• Song:

    You Left It Up To Me

  • Artist:

    Indigo Girls

  • Album:

    Strange Fire (Expanded ...

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{intro} 
 

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When I let you go, I cursed myself with empty hands 
                                        E5 
 Strong enough to watch you walk, but not enough to understand it 
                              E5 
 With spiteful eyes you burn for my grace 
                                            E5 
 I was trying to stand outside of this, you were trying to save face 
 

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 You can say that I don't care (I don't care) 
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 You can hope that we still have something left to 
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share; But just between you, baby, and me 
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 Just between me, baby, and you 
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There's nothing there 
 
I finally found someone I can hold 

You ask me to defend myself, as if I shouldn't be so bold 

Well, get that look off of your face 

I don't have the time, (I don't have the time) and you don't have the place 
 
To say that I don't care (I don't care) 

And hope that we still have something left to share 

But just between me, baby, and you 

Just between you, baby, and me 

There's nothing there 
 
{Instrumental, same chords as one verse} 
 
Baby, what are you gonna do? 

I can't salvage any truth from you 

Everybody else already knows 
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 It hurts you to realize, so leave well enough, enough alone 
 

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 You don't need my hands to help you understand 
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 You don't need to hear my voice (you have no choice) 
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 So don't be throwing stones; the closer we get, the harder they come 
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Now, even if you're feeling alone, don't come home 
 

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 'Cause when it was up to you (when it was up to you) 
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   When it was up to you, you left it up to 
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me (me...)     You left it up to 
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me, oh you left, oh you left it up to me 
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   When it was up to you, you left it up to me 
 
 
 
 
- Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com
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