Lyrics Bettye Lavette

Bettye Lavette

Stop

Don't tell me to stop

Tell the rain not to drop

Tell the wind not to blow

'Cause you said so

Tell me love isn't true

It's just something we do

Tell me everything I'm not

But don't tell me to stop

Tell the sun not to shine

Not to get up this time

Let it fall by the way

Leave me where I lay

Tell the leaves not to turn

But don't tell me, I'll learn

Take the black off a crow

But don't tell me to go

Tell the bed not to lay

Like the mouth of a grave

Not to stare up at me

Like a calf on its knees

Tell me love isn't true

It's just something we do

Tell me everything I'm not