Hanging Tree - Tim Easton

Put your arms around the one

Whose heart that you’ve just broken

And take them to the bottom again

Why don’t you leave?

What you see when you’re far away

Gets blurry when it’s in your face

Find yourself someplace new to stay

Why don’t you leave?

Why don’t you pick up and go?

You’ve already let me know

That I’m nothing to you anyhow

Who is the weak one now?

You don’t need me 'cause you don’t need

Anyone in here can read the writing

On the hanging tree

Why don’t you leave?

Once you tried to make some ground

And there you were backstabbing me down

You got lazy so you stuck around

Why don’t you leave?

You were set free but you could not run

Must have mistaken weak for strong

The slowest reaction to the fastest gun

Why don’t you leave?

Why don’t you pick up and go?

You’ve already let me know

That I’m nothing to you to trust

And that is the truth about us You don’t need me 'cause you don’t need

Everyone but you can read the writing

On the hanging tree

Why don’t you leave?

Tonight I watched you from below

And I could tell you wanted to go Just outside the law

Why don’t you leave?