I'm Gonna Leave You Now (While I Still Love You)

You took the little gifts I gave

As though afraid each one contained

Some sort of bribe

And so the joy you might have had

From someone giving 'cause they cared

Has been denied

And now the frown of discontent

Upon your face grows deeper, girl, with time

And I'm gonna leave

While I still love you

I know now there's no way that I can

Make up to you for whatever wrong

Has caused you all the pain and sorrow

That your heart has lived on for so long

And the walls you built between us

Higher now and harder now to climb

And I'm gonna leave

While I still love you

I wish that I could be

All the reasons that you need to go on living

I wish that I could give you what you want

So I can get what you're not giving

But happiness is not a gift that I can bring

You tied with pretty ribbons

And so before I'm left with only bitterness

And memories of bad times

Baby, I'm gonna leave

While I still love you

Baby, I'm gonna leave

While I still love you