Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Leave Me Be lyrics

Her dress it was of snowy white A rose tied to her wrist The words her daddy preached to her Were softened with a kiss They'll judge you by your company they cannot see beyond Be careful who you choose in life And stay where you belong Leave me be, I'll make my own friends Don't tell me who to love, don't tell me who to hate I'll find out on my own, don't make the road too narrow and straight He was on the road to Galveston By way of Woodsboro After four long weeks out on a rig In the Gulf of Mexico His eyes were like the shining sea, his hair was like black gold She knew her daddy'd disapprove Because he was so bold Leave me be, I'll make my own friends Don't tell me who to love, don't tell me who to hate I'll find out on my own, don't make the way too narrow and straight I'll find out on my own, don't make the way too narrow and straight He was sleeping in his easy chair When a call came in the night The trooper said they'd found his girl His little girl dressed in white He jumped into his car and drove to the Gulf of Mexico And found her face down in the sand like poor Pinocchio And he remembered how she'd cried when the movie played in town But where was the good fairy now To turn all this around Don't tell me who to love don't tell me who to hate I will find out on my own Leave me be, I'll make my own friends Don't tell me who to love, don't tell me who to hate I will find out on my own, don't make the road too narrow and straight I will find out on my own, don't make the road too narrow and straight