You'll Be Leaving Me

You’ll Be Leaving Me
(Laurie Lewis/Bug Music OBO Spruce & Maple Music, ASCAP)

When your heart breaks for the first time
You know it's not that hard to mend
But the healing goes more slowly
Every time it breaks again

Where once you gave love freely
Now you're holding it inside
You say you're learning how to live
But you're just learning how to hide

And that was me
Until you came along
You told me that you needed me
Your love--it seemed so strong

So I found myself needing you, too
And now too late I see
Just when I've learned to believe in you
You'll be leaving me

It seems I just learn how to share my life
When I'm back out on my own
So I learn to not be lonely
Though I find myself alone

And then I'm happy in my own company
When some thief steals my heart
I tell myself that “This is the end”
But I'm right back at the start

And this is it--
I'll never give my heart again
Well, you can cry, but darlin'
This time I won't bend

‘Cause I'd find myself needing you
And then too late I'd see
Just when I'd learned to believe in you, you’d be leaving me
Just when I'd learned to believe in you, you’d be leaving me