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I Left It Running

Modern Reggae
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[Intro]

[Verse 1]
The hose lay coiled and wet in the grass
Moths kept knocking the porch light glass
There was a plate of food that nobody finished
And the last warm night of the year went past

[Pre-Chorus]
You asked how long I had before I go
I looked past you at the road
Then the first cold breath of the fall came in
Right in the middle of that hug

[Chorus]
My taillights striped the fence in red
I said the easy thing instead
I left it running so I wouldn't have to stay
I left it running so I wouldn't have to stay

[Verse 2]
A thousand miles and a lot of years
Somebody mows a lawn down the street from here
One breath of cut grass and cooling air
And I'm standing in that yard and you're still there

[Pre-Chorus]
I called it a clean goodbye
Quick so nobody would cry
But quick was the coward in me
Dressed up like I set you free

[Chorus]
My taillights striped the fence in red
I said the easy thing instead
I left it running so I wouldn't have to stay
I left it running so I wouldn't have to stay

[Bridge]
I could have shut the engine off and sat down
I could have said the thing I meant that night
But I didn't want to go, and I never told you

[Final Chorus]
The taillights still stripe that fence in red
That engine is still running in my head
It's still running, and I never got away
It's still running, and I never got away

[Outro]
I left it running
I never got away

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