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protecting my love

from Adult Child by Paul McMahon

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PROTECTING MY LOVE

NOW IT'S HERE THE TIME I'VE DREADED SO LONG
TO SEPARATE MY LOVE FROM YOU BUT THE FEELINGS ARE AWFUL STRONG
STILL I KNOW, I CAN'T PRETEND THAT EVERYTHING'S OKAY
SO I'M PROTECTING MY LOVE BY TAKING IT AWAY

YOU SAY YOU LOVE ME AND IN YOUR MIND I'M SURE YOU THINK IT'S TRUE
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT ME THE ONLY THING YOU SEE IS YOU
AND I KNOW THAT'S HOW IT IS AND THAT'S HOW IT WOULD STAY
SO I'M PROTECTING MY LOVE BY TAKING IT AWAY

I'M NOT STAYING WITH SOMEONE WHO IS NEVER THERE
I'M NOT STAYING WITH SOMEONE WHO WILL NEVER CARE
SO NOW IT'S OVER AND I'M SEPARATING ALL MY LOVE FROM YOU
I FEEL SO BAD IT'S TRUE BUT I'LL FEEL BETTER WITHOUT YOU

SO FARE THEE WELL IT'S BEEN GOOD TO KNOW YOU ALL GOOD THINGS MUST END
MAYBE SOMEDAY DOWN THE ROAD WE'LL MEET AGAIN AS FRIENDS
BUT I KNOW MY MIND'S MADE UP THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN SAY
I AM PROTECTING MY LOVE BY TAKING IT AWAY

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from Adult Child, released April 1, 1989

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Paul McMahon Woodstock, New York

From a musical family he explored folk, jug, blues and rock quitting music at 20 for art, returning as a punk rocker at 27. Then a long oddysey, solo and band in search of the real real deal; the songs becoming a diary of psychological and spiritual experience; shamanism and ordination as an Interfaith minister.
January 2020 tour of DC Ba Ph & Bk was his first at 69 organized by Goodflavor45
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