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Takeoff on a song by Billy Joe
Shaver
(With new lyrics by U.R. Bowie)
Just Because
Long ago and far away
Out of kilter, all askew,
I turned my world all whichaway,
Just because you asked me to.
Like unto a starlight gleam,
Simple love holds beams of true,
Ain’t no end to what I’d do,
Just because you asked me to.
Common needs and working folk,
Learn to win some, learn to lose,
Me I tried to laugh and joke,
Just because you asked me to.
First Refrain:
Why’d you have to go and leave?
What was left for me to do?
Could have stayed with me and
grieved,
Just because I asked you to.
Long ago and far away,
When skies rained naught but new
bad news,
I twisted, turned all whichaway,
Just because you asked me to.
You and me was pepper/salt,
We had happiness and blues,
Cast a blind eye at your faults,
Just because you asked me to.
Think of all the years we had,
Sure, we had our share of rue,
I did good, and not much bad,
Just because you asked me to.
Second Refrain:
Don’t you ever think of me,
Still moaning on, still being
true?
Let you go and set you free,
Just because you asked me to.
Like unto a starlight gleam,
Simple love holds beams of true,
Ain’t no end to what I’d do,
Just because you asked me to.
Back when time came for amends,
When our once-fine thing hit the
screws,
Gave up liquor, gave up friends,
Just because you asked me to.
Recitation:
Since you left that’s nine
years back,
Somewhere out there you’re
still you,
Here I live on, same old shack,
Right here where you asked me
to.
Repeat First Refrain (with
changes):
Why’d you have to go and leave?
Drained all beauty from the
blue,
Could have stayed here, loved
and grieved,
Is living grief so hard to do?
Why’d you have to go and leave?
Drained all beauty from the
blue,
Could have stayed, and loved
and grieved,
That’s all I ever asked of you.
Could have lived on, loved and
grieved,
That’s all I ever asked of you.
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