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LEAVE, LUANNE
from 35mm: A Musical Exhibition
Music and Lyrics by
RYAN SCOTT OLIVER
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Music and Lyrics 2010 by Ryan Scott Oliver. 2012 by ARESSO MUSIC PUBLISHING.
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arm's done broke, hung limp like yolk, And soft - ly she's re - peat-ing,
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Leave, Lu - anne. Why don't you march out that door? Sou-thern wo-man, he ain't no good to you.
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you dy - ing on her ru - by plains; and yet, Lo - yal Lu-anne re -
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since he got him laid off, His sa-ni-ty just made off. No, he was ne-ver nice, but now he's
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Leave Lu - anne, 'Cause ifyou walk out that door, His truckwill be gun-nin' for you. No, you won't
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Some - one's howl - ing Screams like sigh - ing with bat - tered breath.
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months of such con - di - tions Turn lay - men to lo - gi-cians; And to -
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night the Bas - tard's sleep - ing like a log.
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cuts the rope And hope on hope, She starts to shout, "Your dog's got out!" She's
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got her chance, with no back-glance, She runs out to the bog, Scream-ing, scream-ing,
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Leave Lu - anne, Yougot a life left to live In a house hang-in'offtheGol-den Coast.
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"Leave Lu - anne." House hang-in'offthe Golden Coast.
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Leave, Lu - anne! You won't for- get nor for-give, And she don't feel the stings and rips and scrapes
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in thisswampof lee - ches,Go as the prea - cherprea - ches,as a light in thenight.
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hair, And strick - en, stare at the Bas - tard Who beat you
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no one's on his shoul-der, But his mat - tress don't feel cold - er. In fact it's
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death. Lu - anne, she cries her mis - 'ra-ble knell So that Bas-tards will ne - ver sleep a-gain.
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death. Lu - anne, she cries her mis - 'ra-ble knell Bas-tards will ne - ver sleep a-gain.
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