Don't Make Me Leave - Dan Bern

I would like to live forever
With you and me as all the people 
All the roles would be defined 
Here's the church, here's the steeple 
But when I start to walk away 
I panic when I speak 

Don't make me leave 
Oh, don't make me leave this place 

Can't there be a trap door 
When I finally have to go 
I could just drop to the earth Through a hole in the floor
The further that I walk away 
Brings more pain and fear 

Don't make me leave 
Oh, don't make me leave this place 

Without you maybe I'd be dead 
Without you maybe I'd have bled 
All of the life out of me 
So I guess I gotta figure out
How to break this chain 
People can chop you up 
'Til nothing remains 
It's not that I'm unwilling 
To strike out on my own 

Don't make me leave 
Oh, don't make me leave this place