Rosanne Cash - Why Don't You Quit Leaving Me Alone? Lyrics

(Benmont Tench)


Surely you remember this old resort hotel
It’s pink and white all over and historical as hell -Don Cesar, St. Petersburg, FL
F. Scott and Zelda stayed here and you and me as well
At least that’s how the story goes, the porters like to tell

A cold hard rain keeps coming down
It wasn’t like this last time around
There’s no calm center to this storm
Oh baby, why don’t you quit leaving me alone

There’s nothing on the TV.
No message on the phone
Nothing but an awful lot of nothing going on
And every radio station plays the same forsaken song
You’d think I would have the sense to leave this place alone

Some dreams die with dignity
They fade out clean and quietly
But some won’t let you let ‘em go
Oh baby, why don’t you quit leaving me alone

The same old corner bedroom seven stories up
That overlooks the window that overlooks the gulf
And the same ol’ sleazy porter with the after hour stuff
I think I’ll kick the walls around and beat myself up

Some dreams die with dignity
They fade out clean and quietly
But some won’t let you let ‘em go
Oh baby, why don’t you quit leaving me…

A cold hard rain keeps coming down
It wasn’t like this last time around
There’s no calm center to this storm
Oh baby, why don’t you quit leaving me alone


[Thanks to wildflowerfields08 for adding these lyrics]