Go Away
Bryson/McDowall
You know why I don’t want see you
Remember when we went to the bay
You had your car so we thought we’d go
Since it was such a nice day
I remember walking with you to the rocks
Not knowing what you had in mind
I closed my eyes to make a wish
But opened them up to find
You’d slipped away
And I wondered where
Thinking you’d return
I thought I would stay
But after a while you hadn’t returned
Then it didn’t seem such a nice day
I remember sitting there on the rocks
Not knowing you had gone away
I was sitting there on my own
Wiping the tears away
Go away
I wish you would go away
I want you to go away
I wish you would go
You’ve come to ask me how I am
But I don’t want to see you today
You said it was fun but I cannot smile
I just wish that you would go away
I still remember sitting there on the rocks
Not knowing you had gone away
I was sitting there on my own
Wiping the tears away
Go away
I wish you would go away
I want you to go away
I wish you would go away
From the B-side of Trees And Flowers, re-recorded for the album Strawberry Switchblade, reissued on The Platinum Collection.
An earlier version with less developed lyrics was recorded when the band had four members, and was belatedly released in 2017 as 1982 4-Piece Demo.