Leave, leave, leave, leave, go home I just need some time, I'm tryna think straight I just need a moment in my own space Ask me how I'm doing, I say okay, yeah But ain't that what we all say Sometimes I think back to the old days End up pointless conversations with the old me, yeah Back when my mama used to hold me I wish somebody would've told me If you want love, you gon' have to go through the pain Leave, leave, leave, leave, go home If you want love, you gon' have to learn how to change Leave, leave, leave, leave, go home If you want trust, you gon' have to give some away Leave If you want love Leave If you want love Leave, go home Yeah, as a kid I used to think life Was moving so slow, I'd watch it go by Look out the window at my bus ride I thought the world was so small through my closed eyes I've always tried to control things In the end that's what controls me Maybe that's why I'm controlling I wish somebody would've told me If you want love, you gon' have to go through the pain Leave If you want love, you gon' have to learn how to change Leave If you want trust, you gon' have to give some away Leave If you want love Leave If you want love Leave, go home Now older I get, I feel like I'm always tryna save time Talking to the voices in my head that make me think twice Telling me it doesn't mean it's wrong because it feels right I'm scared that one day I'll wake up and wonder where the time go Talk about the past like it's the present while I rock slow I'll sit in the living room and laugh with kids of my own I'm telling If you want love, you gon' have to go through the pain I wish you would've told me Leave If you want love, you gon' have to learn how to change I wish somebody would've told me If you want trust, you gon' have to give some away Leave If you want love Leave If you want love Leave Leave Leave Leave Leave Leave Leave Leave Leave Leave