Turn Away

Is this true selflessness or maudlin manipulation?

1.
Cm
If I'm not right for you
B#5
If it does not feel true
Eb
You know what you must do
Ebb5
I know it too
Cm6? (Ebbb5?)
Nobody's stopping you
Eb/Cm
So do what you must do (just)
Db
Turn away
2.
Cm
You see inside of me
B#5
You know how I can be
Eb
If this is tyranny
Ebb5
If you're not free
Cm6? (Ebbb5?)
Pursue your destiny
Eb/Cm
Go be what you must be (just)
Db           Cm
Turn away
Turn Away

Joan CrawfordComposed 1979 Christmastime. While my pathetic method of notation above may not reveal it, the tune is just a Cm and with each line of a verse the 1st drops a half-step until the Db. Published to mindfulwebworks.com 2007 Apr 26. Reformatted 2011 Sep 19.
Image: Joan Crawford, Sudden Fear (1952) c/o San Francisco Film Society
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