"I Was Only Teasing You"—Crooked Timber

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I Was Only Teasing You

(Music and lyrics by Scott Ryan)

On a calm night
We were all right
Until it all tore free
And the storm broke
And a voice spoke;
I guess it must have been me.

          Oh, no—I never wanted to leave you;
          I never wanted to go away.
          I was only teasing you.

And these old songs,
They're my own songs;
I only wrote them yesterday.
Oh, but in this new light
(Such a cold light)
They all sound so cliché to me.

          Oh, no—I never wanted to leave you;
          I never wanted to go away.
          I was only teasing you.

                    Honesty's a hard thing to come by;
                    Sometimes you've got to make your own.
                    You learn to give your heart and keep your head.
                    You learn to do as you would be done by;
                    You learn to leave the unturned stone alone.
                    Some things are better left unsaid.

          Oh, no—I never wanted to leave you;
          I never wanted to go away.
          I was only teasing you.

In the halflight
Of a cold night
Can we let it be?
Can we live through
What we've lived through,
Or does it die so easily?

          Oh—I never wanted to leave you;
          I never wanted to go away.
          I was only teasing you.