Giving You Up

Album: We Were Cowboys (2019)
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  • Don't you dare try and reappear
    After you already got me standing here
    I can't believe you would come at me looking for
    A little bit of sympathy
    Like I wasn't the one you left all alone crying
    Looking like a hot mess
    Don't show your face 'round here anymore, honey
    This is something you better get through your head

    'Cause I'm giving you up
    Just like I did them Marlboro Lights
    And I'm giving you up
    The same way I did the whiskey on ice
    And it's all so tough
    You turned me into a man I don't even recognize
    I'm giving you up
    The same way you did me out in the moonlight

    What the hell are you thinking coming 'round to visit?
    Completely uninvited, messing with my brain again
    You couldn't give me the satisfaction of forgetting your existence
    Showed up when I thought I'd finally found the end
    Don't be coming over looking for a conversation
    Dropping little hints that you want me back again
    'Cause I'm so sick and tired of the little lies you tell me
    So here is all I'm saying, baby, better listen in

    'Cause I'm giving you up
    Just like I did them Marlboro Lights
    And I'm giving you up
    The same way I did the whiskey on ice
    And it's all so tough
    You turned me into a man I don't even recognize
    I'm giving you up
    The same way you did me out in the moonlight
    Yeah, I'm giving you, I'm giving you, I'm giving you up

    Yeah, I'm letting go of all the things
    That held their grips on me
    With you being my first priority
    'Cause death isn't worth the weight of your love no more
    Yeah, I'm packing up, leaving, closing shop
    There ain't no use for you in this heart no more
    So I'm letting go

    And I'm giving you up
    Just like I did them Marlboro Lights
    And I'm giving you up
    The same way I did the whiskey on ice
    And it's all so tough
    You turned me into a man I don't even recognize
    I'm giving you up
    The same way you did me out in the moonlight, oh, oh
    Out in the moonlight, whoa

    (I'm giving you, I'm giving you, I'm giving you up)
    Oh, I'm giving you up
    (I'm giving you, I'm giving you, I'm giving you up)
    Oh, I'm giving you, I'm giving you, I'm giving you up Writer/s: Kameron Marlowe
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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