Jamie Lyrics by Ruby Gill
Jamie, I cannot take your side
I was just a baby, how could I decide
You made me this holy leader of the band
You made me some sinner, like only you can
You found me when I was fifteen
Save your breath
The song lasts only as long as a lie
Old man, I cannot take your side
Sometimes, I get angry, and it swells like a tide
I have been the eyelash washing up on the sand
I have known abandon, let me know some kind of land
I wish you had listened to my mother in the driveway
When she threatened to arrest you
And to leave and not come back
And I cannot forgive you
For the way you took my childhood
Like a beetle that you crushed between your hands
I was just a baby, Jamie
You found me when I was fifteen
Save your breath
The song lasts only as long as a lie
Only as an adult
Have I learned it doesn’t work
To burn yourself to keep others warm
Only as an adult
Have I learned it doesn’t work
To burn yourself to keep others warm
Only as an adult
Have I learned it doesn’t work
To burn yourself to keep others warm
Only as an adult (You found me)
Have I learned it doesn’t work (When I was fifteen)
To burn yourself to keep others warm (Save your breath)
(The song lasts only as long as a lie)
Jamie, I cannot take your side
