Leave Me Clean Poem by Daniel Wittfoth

Verse 1

Walking down this empty street
rain gently falling down
Pull up the collar of my jacket
step out of the shadows
listening to my own footsteps
Tears begin to sting my eyes
from all you left here inside

Chorus

Let the rain fall
wash it all away
leave me clean
And if I died tomorrow
let my last words be spoken true
Leave me clean
wash it all away
leave me clean

Verse 2

Once more--that abyss swallows me
can feel you just as though--you are still near
Wishing I was numb
unable to hear your voice
whispering on the wind

Verse 3

Through tear stained eyes
funny how this lonely night
Brings me comfort
to mask this heartache
Bad choices made
but in your words
I finally found truth

repeat 1 time (Chorus)

Bridge

Verse 4

Been beaten down
slapped 'round
made to feel cheap and small
Been put through hell
when promised heaven
learned hard lessons fast
Wasn't it something
the everything you did to me
All the while
still tellin' me
oh, how much you loved me

repeat 2 times (Chorus) ...