Bettye LaVette Follow

"I won't be a victim, a beggar, a fool / I try to live my life by the golden rule / If you don't love me / What am I supposed to do / I'll take the high road and walk on away from you.
I'll find me an angel / To lift me up in time / I'll listen for the voice/
Which speaks my better mind.
Ill try to forgive myself / for not heeding all the signs / Oh, I'll take the high road / And walk away one last time.
I'll wipe away the tears / Cause I know darn well I've tried / I'll look inside myself / For the part that was mine. / I ain't gonna try to hurt ya back or lie and say I didn't care / I'll just take the high road / and walk away from here. /My heart is battered, my soul is bruised /my face is wearing that same false smile, I used to use. / I put my feelings under lock and key/ Oh, and take the high road / And walk on away quietly.
I'll pack up my pride and go somewhere far / You can't blame somebody / for who they really are. / But what you've done to me, you know it just ain't fair. / I ain't gonna fight about it, cause I know darn well, it just ain't there./ I'll walk away with my head held high, forgive and forget / uh-uh daddy not this time. / I'll keep looking for my angel / and I know I'll be just fine / Oh stayin on the high road / and walking away last time.//