[Intro]
    
   
   

      
    
     


[Verse 1]
           
And hate runs 

          
through my blo

od
           
Well, my tongu

       
e was in love
           
But my heart w

              
as left above
   
I've got to be

 leaving now
           
I thought I'd 

   
never be shot 

down
           
But, girl, I'm

            
 black and blu

e
           
So beaten down

   
 for you

Well, I'm beat

en down and bl

ue


[Chorus]
        
Don't break aw

        
ay
       
I waste away

  

Don't break aw

ay

   

[Verse 2]
         
And lay me out

       
 across the gr


ey
            
Hours I should

            
 have kept at 


bay
            
Well, I had no

              
 chance to get

 
 away
            
I can't escape

        
 my own escape
           
Even more when

             
 it's sweet to


 the taste
         
Red stairs lea

         
d sense astray
            
I look up and 

         
seek for faith
            
Oh, but girl, 

         
just lean over

     
 and say
       
Well lay me do

#  
wn
     
Pull me out
        
Well, take my 

        
crown again
            
He's submerged


 in doubt



[Verse 3]
            
But wait, I ma

            
ke my last req


uest
           
See, this coul

          
d be the best
           
But, blue, I n

      
eed to rest
        
See, I been br

         
oken down
      
So much has lo

st it now
        
I just stop an

d say
         
Girl, don't yo

       
u worry ‘bout 

a thing

Baby blue

[Outro]