I TOLD MY WORLD TO GO AWAY (AND SHE DID)
(Mickey Jaco)

Conway Twitty - 1968




I grew tired of the world that I was livin' in
I looked around and found another world to take me in
It was bright and new with skies of blue, not like my skies of grey
And so I told my world to go away

This world's not big enough for both of us, so one of us must go
My mem'ry burns with unkind words I said
This world's not big enough, so one of us must break away and so
I told my world to go away and she did

(Instrumental Break)

What makes a man think that he can turn his world away
To wander through a world that's new and then return someday
To the one he knew was good and true, the one he loved at home
I ask my world to take me back, but she won't

This world's not big enough for both of us, so one of us must go
My mem'ry burns with unkind words I said
This world's not big enough, so one of us must break away and so
I told my world to go away and she did


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - October 2010)