Chicago (2020 Version)

(album: Still Alive - 2020)

Give him up, let him go
Won't follow, won't let him follow
Take a breath, steal away
Let him play these games, play these games

Can't cry, won't fight
Not tonight, not turning off these lights
Can't shout, can't scream
He'll think I'm mean (but, I can let that be)

Holding on, letting go, why do we do this we don't know
Stepping out, standing up, look below, I'm still hanging on though
Swept away, off my feet, can't believe how I've been floating lately
Sense a new avenue, I know what to do (just gotta let it take me)

On a plane, I'm leaving for Chicago
Any place I go, you can't run
Leaving town, won't be found here tomorrow
Telling stories, mine has just began
Taking over, leaving no traces
Only smiling faces in the sun
Starting over, tying up my laces
But the damage is done

Ride a wave, the new rave
Let it loose and now it's losing me
Caught between being me or a tragedy (tragedy)
Riding high, cloud nine won't let me through their gates no more
Found a place to escape, I'm out the door (leaving another girl gone)

Won't be fine, about time
Need someone to hold back my hands
Let me loose, let me fall, they'll understand (understand)
Hurting once, maybe twice
They'll find you in a ditch somewhere
Spreading wings, little things are (keeping you away from there)

On a plane, I'm leaving for Chicago
Any place I go, you can't run
Leaving town, won't be found here tomorrow
Telling stories, mine has just began
Taking over, leaving no traces
Only smiling faces in the sun
Starting over, tying up my laces
But the damage is done
But the damage is done
But the damage is done
But the damage is done

I'm shutting you out
I'm gonna leave you behind, one step at a time
I'm gonna do it cause I said so

I'm shutting you out
I'm gonna leave you behind, one step at a time
I'm gonna do it cause I said so

But the damage is done

On a plane, I'm leaving for Chicago
Any place I go, you can't run
Leaving town, won't be found here tomorrow
Telling stories, mine has just began
Taking over, leaving no traces
Only smiling faces in the sun
Starting over, tying up my laces
But the damage is done
But the damage is done
But the damage is done
But the damage is done
But the damage is done