Don't Let Me Linger
Channel: DavidRoe1111
Date: 2024-01-31

Word & Music by David Roe©℗™℞
Don’t let me linger. Just let me go. 
I don’t want to stay here, after the show.
I just want to pack my psaltry and bow.
Not too quickly. Not too slow.

When the party is over and the dishes are done,
I’ll be long gone, but I’ll be leaving the fun.
My Romani toodle-oo won’t be heard by anyone
If I can’t walk, well, its been a good run.

Its too late to be good, for only the good die young
Rusting or burning when the final bell has rung
Take my ashes to the river, and when the songs are all sung
I’ll be finishing the circle, and climbing the next rung.

I have seen death coming straight at me direct and to my face. That unpleasant terror is something I’d rather erase 
Let me die mid song, or in one last embrace
killed by a falling piano, anvil, or doghouse bass.


I’ve watched people struggle trying to save an old hard drive
It’s just a brick now, memory gone, no will to survive
But, If I can’t whistle, or wiggle my toe,
Don’t let me linger. Just let me go.