Leaving on Tuesday

Shelbi Nicole Bennett 1990 (Lynchburg, VA)



I'm sorry baby
The drinks won't change the facts
I'm leaving here on Tuesday
And I ain't coming back
I tried so hard for so long
And you won't try to meet me
Even close to half of what's the middle
I just can't keep playing the whole band
When you can't keep hold of the fiddle
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Submitted by shelbibennett27 on January 08, 2024

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Scheme ABACDAEFE
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 278
Words 57
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 9

Shelbi Nicole Bennett

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