Leave Her Wild

She was sittin' cross-legged, smokin' a bummed cigarette

Black truck tees and checkin' her phone

She might as well have had a T-shirt on that said

"Beautiful and hard to get"

She took away your breath like smoke

All you know right now is what you didn't know then

Can't fall for a bird, then cage it in

If you're gonna love her, gotta love her when she cries

If you're gonna love her, love that 2 AM yawn in her eyes

If you're gonna love her, gotta let go when she flies

To count the stars in the sky like a child

If you're gonna love her, leave her wild

Love her, leave her wild

She's got a touch that woulda stopped Kerouac in his tracks

And made him hand-wave his parents goodbye

Her red bandana's fast asleep in your bedside drawer

While she's out somewhere, up all night

You tried to tell her she was livin' her life all wrong

But isn't that what turned you on? Turned you on?

If you're gonna love her, gotta love her when she cries

If you're gonna love her, love that 2 AM yawn in her eyes

If you're gonna love her, gotta let go when she flies

To count the stars in the sky like a child

If you're gonna love her, leave her wild

Love her, leave her wild

Leave that reckless in her soul as she spins

Leave that hairpin in her heart, that's who she is

'Cause tryna change her's like tryna change the sky

From blue to red without the sunshine

If you're gonna love her, gotta love her when she cries

If you're gonna love her, love that 2 AM yawn in her eyes

If you're gonna love her, gotta let go when she flies

To count the stars in the sky like a child

If you're gonna love her, leave her wild

(If you're gonna) Love her, leave her wild

(You know you've gotta leave her) Wild

(If you're gonna) Love her, leave her wild

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