Carey Ott

I Wouldn't Do That To You

Carey Ott


Looking at the soft skin of yesterday's light fall upon you 
Rising up off the pillowy haze that we gaze through 
It's the song that I sing because I have to 
I make a choice to raise my voice but you're hard to refuse 

I wouldn't do that to you 
I wouldn't do that to you 
I couldn't drag it out 
You couldn't settle me down 
I wouldn't do that to you 

Peel off the yellowing pages of memories in black and white 
When love was just a sweet idea we could lie beside 
And it's a price that we pay because we want to 
But it's worse to see the hurt when she's so much to lose 

I wouldn't do that to you 
I wouldn't do that to you 
I couldn't drag it out 
You couldn't settle me down 
I wouldn't do that to you 

(To you, to you) 

Trying on the tough skin of Saturday night falls around you 
I'm thinking of the billowing blaze that surrounded you 
Now it's the song that you sing because you have to, not 'cause you want to 
And it's the hardest thing to choose when there's so much to lose 

I wouldn't do that to you 
I wouldn't do that to you (no) 
I couldn't drag it out 
You couldn't settle me down 
I wouldn't do that to you