Would It Kill You?

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[Overheard conversation on a commuter train. A woman next to me, who had huffed and puffed for ages as she furiously typed messages into her smart phone, eventually took a call from the recipient of her texts and hollered, "I texted you 13 minutes ago would it fucking kill you to reply?".

Technology seems to heighten our fears...]

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WOULD IT KILL YOU?

Would it kill you to say hi?
Would it kill you just to reply?
Well I texted 13 minutes ago
Would it kill you?

Is it wrong for you to return?
Is it wrong to show concern?
I texted 14 minutes ago
Would it kill you?

Are you scared to show that you care?
Do you act like I'm not there?
I texted 15 minutes ago
Would it kill you?

So why are you blanking me?
Are you really so busy?
I texted 16 minutes ago
Would it kill you?

I can’t take this straight rejection anymore
I won’t have you act like I don’t breathe,
I don’t exist…

I take 1 1 1 cause you left me and
2 2 2 for my family and
3 3 3 for my heartache and
4 4 4 for my headaches and
5 5 5 for my loneliness and
6 6 6 for my sorrow and
7 7 for no tomorrow and
8 8 I forget what 8 was for and
9 9 9 for a lost god and
10 10 10 10 for everything
everything everything everything

Would it kill you to say hi?
Would it kill you just to reply?
I texted 17 minutes ago
Would it kill you?

Is it wrong for you to return?
Is it wrong to show concern?
I texted 18 minutes ago
Would it kill you?

Are you scared to show that you care?
Do you act like I'm not there?
I texted 19 minutes ago
Would it kill you?

So why are you blanking me?
Are you STILL so busy?
I texted 20 minutes ago
Would it kill you?

I can’t take this straight rejection anymore
I won’t have you act like I don’t breathe
I don’t exist…

Would it kill you to say hi?
Would it kill you just to reply?
I texted 21 minutes ago
Would it kill you?

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from Jimi Cagney Experience, released June 1, 2014
Words & Music: Neal Davies.
(Includes a section 'borrowed' from the Violent Femmes song "Kiss Off" written by Gordon Gano)

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All words, music and instruments written, sung and played by Neal. Apologies for the singing...

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