From Me to You - Janis Ian

Written by：Janis Ian

I'm leaving by night I'm leaving alone

I'm leaving it lie when you waken I'll be gone

I would not beg for me as I would not beg for you

Though I'd like to be the one to see you through

Every step you have taken disappears with the tide

You're torn up and shaken with changing your mind

You haven't got the grace to say you'll finally decide

And you haven't got the strength to stay and fight

Those people who surround you

Only want to see you weak enough to crawl

They'll lie for you decide for you

And buy up all your rights and all your wrongs

And they'll try to stop your singing in the middle of your song

For they do not want you free and they do not make you strong

But only drag you down in the hole they're coming from

They say you are foolish in wanting the sun

Say you are selfish in learning to run

They'll tell you that the darkness is a blessing in disguise

For you never have to notice if you're sighted or you're blind

And they'll do their best to keep you from the light

You're more than beginning you're learning to fly

You feel like you're falling but it passes in time

I hate to see a friend go down in flames without a song

So I'm waiting by the doorway but I will not linger long

And I'm leaving by night I'm leaving alone

I'm leaving it lie when you waken I'll be gone

I would not beg for me as I could not beg for you

But I'd like to be the one to see you through