What if I did not love you?
Where will that leave me
Would I wander through the avenues?
Under a part of misery

Would I be face down in the gutter
With cheap whiskey on my breath
The lonely life of a writer
And who's words could not make it's depths

Sayin please don't, please don't pass me by
I am alive, oh can't you see?
That I've been blinded completely
Please don't, please don't pass me by
I am alive, oh can't you see?
That I am pleading for your mercy

What if we became strangers?
Would you notice my face in a crowd?
And you could you hear the sorrow in my voice?
Helplessly crying your way out loud

Would I be searching for a savior?
Burning, burning with regret
The lonely life of a writer
Even if one last desperate quest

Sayin please don't, please don't pass me by
I am alive, oh can't you see?
That I've been blinded completely
Please don't, please don't pass me by
I am alive, oh can't you see?
That I am pleading for your mercy

I've been on the lamb
Being hunted, so confused
Missing time and time don't waits for no man
And I will just walk by
These storm filled skies have cleared

Please don't, please don't pass me by
Please don't, please don't pass me by
Please don't, please don't pass me by
I am alive, oh can't you see?
That I am pleading for your mercy