Go Away (4-piece demo version)

Bryson/McDowall

The use of ‘??’ denotes lyrics too unclear to transcribe.

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 sitting there on the rocks
Not knowing that you had gone away
I was just sitting there on my own
Wiping the tears away

Can you imagine how that must feel
Being treated so unreal?
I just wish that you would go away
I don’t want to see you another day

I know that it’s just because you hate yourself
?? someone else
Don’t you know that it just won’t help
I don’t think that I can forget

Can you imagine how that must feel
Being treated so unreal?
I just wish that you would go away
I don’t want to see you another day
I just wish that you would go away
?? something else, I want to stay

Go away, please don’t stay
Go away, please don’t please don’t please don’t please don’t stay

An early version recorded when the band had four members, belatedly released in 2017 as 1982 4-Piece Demo.

A later version with amended lyrics was recorded for the B-side of Trees And Flowers, re-recorded for the album Strawberry Switchblade, and reissued on The Platinum Collection.