Just Enough To Lose

F C 4x F C It was just between the sowing and the reaping F Am G That you told me our crop was bound to fail F G Am And it was never a harvest you were seeking F You loved the growing and the tending Dm F Much more than the ending Dm G C With the labour that the gathering-in entailed F G C You left me just enough to lose Dm Em F But not enough to thrive F Am G So little I could use F Dm F To keep our love alive F G C Your heart you only lent Dm Em F But if I had to choose F G Am I’d settle in the end C F For just enough C Just enough to lose F C On the silver screen the title was still rolling F Am G And I’m the leading man learning my best lines F G Am By the second scene the action wasn’t flowing F I just failed to make my mark Dm F So you left me in the dark Dm G C Where your shadow and the credits both entwined F G C You left me just enough to lose Dm Em F But not enough to thrive F Am G So little I could use F Dm F To keep our love alive F G C Your heart you only lent Dm Em F But if I had to choose F G Am I’d settle in the end C F For just enough G F C Just above the bread-line just below the easy life Am G My father kept the family from the street F Now in my old man’s shoes Am I will freely choose F To roll with the rough and smooth G Just enough F G C Dm Em F F Am G F Dm F F G C Dm Em F F G Em C F F F C The maestro the conductor and the tyrant F Am G Baton raised I look up from my score F G Am And in my hands the orchestra falls silent F But you left before the curtain call Dm F Your final note the dying fall Dm G C Alone upon the empty stage once more F G C You left me just enough to lose Dm Em F But not enough to thrive F Am G So little I could use F Dm F To keep our love alive F G C Your heart you only lent Dm Em F But if I had to choose F G Am I’d settle in the end C F For just enough C Just enough to lose