Stop - Bettye LaVette

Don’t tell me to stop\nTell the rain not to drop,\nTell the wind not to blow\nCause you said so;\nTell me love isn’t true\nIt’s just something we do,\nTell me everything I’m not\nBut don’t tell me to stop\nTell the sun not to shine\nNot to get up this time,\nLet it fall by the way,\nLeave me where I lay;\nTell the leaves not to turn\nBut don’t tell me I’ll learn,\nTake the black off a crow\nBut don’t tell me to go\nTell the bed not to lay\nLike the mouth of a grave,\nNot to stare up at me\nLike a calf on it’s knees;\nTell me love isn’t true\nIt’s just something we do,\nTell me everything I’m not\nBut don’t tell me to stop