Leave Me Alone
From the work Songs of 1974
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Composer: Jeff Schnaidt and Roger D. Linder
Old man, leave me alone
I'm just trying to roam
I'm on the road looking for bread
Or a place to straighten my head
I'm walking head in hand
The day is not the way I planned
I know I'm a man
Doin' the best I can
I'm so far gone I don't even care
Life in hand, gripped with despair
I need a place to lay me down
Or to the water so I can drown
Leave me alone
Leave me alone
Commentary
Co-written February 25, 1974 by Jeff Schnaidt and Roger D. Linder. Jeff was one of my best friends and a musical mentor. He sold me my first guitar and was generally responsible for the musical tastes I developed in the 1970s.
We were playing around with his sound on sound reel-to-reel recorder and dashed off this little ditty. We never gave it a formal title, but I've always referred to it as "Leave Me Alone."
I married his sister-in-law. Jeff passed away in December, 2010. Miss you, man.
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