SOMEONE HAS TO GO.

It was easier when I didn't know you,
couldn't see your appeal,
hadn't seen for myself how she feels,
how much she needs you in her life,
how she lights up,
how you make her smile.
I know she's wrong.
I know you know it too.
Still, I'm not ready to leave her.
How about you?
Are you ready to walk away?
Are you ready to leave her with me?
Are you ready to forget her kiss;
leave her with me just like this?
If one of us has to go,
which one will it be?
Will you be the one to walk away,
or will it be me?
Which one has to go;
which one gets to stay?
Which one leaves her arms;
which one loves another day?
I liked it better when I didn't know you,
when you were just a number she called,
when I spent the evening wondering,
if she'd be home tonight at all.
Now I know for sure,
and I just can't let this be.
Is it you, or is it me?
I've got to know.
Which one of us is staying?
Which one of us has to go?
Does she cry when you kiss her?
Does she ever call my name?
Do you wonder when she's gone if she touches me just the same?
Is she woman enough for two men?
Or are we both just fools?
So which of us does she love,
and which does she just use?
Someone has to go;
someone has to set her free.
I see you can't do it.
Does that leave me?
Will I have to pack my bags?
Do I kiss her one last time?
Do I take a long last look at the woman I thought was mine?
Someone has to go.
Some one's going to cry.
One of us has to leave her,
and she's not going to like it.
One of us will stand.
One of us will fall.
Unless you think half of our woman,
is better than no woman at all?
One of us has to go.
One has to do what's right.
I just want to know.
Who gets to stay tonight,
and who will be gone tomorrow?
Someone has to go.

SOMEONE HAS TO GO was written as a companion piece to the script that I am working on called "Choose". It is of course about a woman, a good woman, torn between two really good men. The song has a back story, but since people who know me may read this before I die I will not be sharing it here. Oh, well.
Any way, back story aside, I'd love to see George Benson and Robin Thicke perform this together. Make it danceable, with some double guitar riffs, some slow Spanish horns underneath the guitars, and a couple of Korean bamboo percussions backing up the guitars, and I bet we'd have a hit.
If I were four inches taller and could write music I would rule the world.