TRACK 04JRH · WHERE YOU CAN BREATHE
Don’t Look at Me Like That
Two people at a bar, one dangerous look, and nowhere left for the truth to hide.
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You reached to type your numberLike the night was something newBut your name was waiting thereLike fate had left a clueYou looked up in the low lightLike the past had walked back inThree years sat between usAnd I was drawn to you again
That screen lit up between usLike a match inside that roomAll the words we left unfinishedCame walking back too soonI tried to steal one eveningBack before we knewBut you had someone thenSo it never made it through
Don’t look at me that wayThen act like you don’t knowDon’t pull me inJust to let me goDon’t look at me like you want meThen lock your heart againDon’t light that fireIf you’re scared to let me inYou know what you’re doin’Don’t say it ain’t trueDon’t make me fall this hardIf you ain’t fallin’ too
When the quiet stretched too longI came back through that doorYou said, “I figured you cut me loose”Like you’d been cut beforeSomewhere in a Vegas cabI lost my way to youBut I wasn’t gonna let thatBe the reason we fell through
Then one drink turned to dinnerOne story turned to twoWe stayed out way too longLike the night had more to proveYou smiled like you might mean itThen pulled yourself backThat’s when I knew I was in troubleWhen you looked at me like that
Don’t look at me that wayThen act like you don’t knowDon’t pull me inJust to let me goDon’t look at me like you want meThen lock your heart againDon’t light that fireIf you’re scared to let me inYou know what you’re doin’Don’t say it ain’t trueDon’t make me fall this hardIf you ain’t fallin’ too
You kissed me after dinnerThen wiped your lipstick from my faceMint still on your breathLike trouble I could tasteYou said, “Let’s keep ’em guessing”Let ’em wonder what they knowBut girl, the way you looked at meMade it hard to let you go
Don’t look at me that wayUnless you mean what your eyes sayDon’t stand that closeIf you’re just gonna walk awayDon’t look at me like you want meThen lock your heart againDon’t light that fireIf you’re scared to let me inYou know what you’re doin’Don’t say it ain’t trueDon’t make me fall this hardIf you ain’t fallin’ too
Maybe we started years agoMaybe love came circlin’ backBut girl, if you don’t mean itDon’t look at me like that
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