Listening to Sirius 70s station today, and I heard a song which I really believe was written for all of you guys who had their ATF suddenly and inexplicably retire, and just vanish like a bird into thin air. I remember around 5 years ago some guy, MERB poster, can't recall the handle, started a thread sleuthing on what happened to his ATF, and he seemed doggedly determined to find out why she retired and "left" him. Unsatisfied by the agency's responses to his inquiries, his dogged pursuit did not uncover the mystery of what happened to her- at least not on MERB, anyway. This song, supposedly written about a man smitten by an escort, is for him, and for all you guys who have been searching for words after the ATF suddenly leaves, never to be seen or adored again:
Don't pull your love out on me, baby
If you do, then I think that maybe
I'll just lay me down, cry for a hundred years
Don't pull your love out on me, honey
Take my heart, my soul, my money
But don't leave me here drowning in my tears
You say you're gonna leave, gonna take that big white bird,
Gonna fly right out of here without a single word
But you know you'll break my heart when I watch you close that door
Cause I know I won't see you anymore
Don't pull your love out on me, baby
If you do, then I think that maybe
I'll just lay me down, cry for a hundred years
Don't pull your love out on me, honey
Take my heart, my soul, my money
But don't leave me here drowning in my tears
Haven't I been good to you, what about that brand new ring?
Doesn't that mean love to you, doesn't that mean anything?
If I threw away my pride and I got down on my knees,
Would you make me beg you "pretty please"?
Don't pull your love out on me, baby
If you do, then I think that maybe
I'll just lay me down, cry for a hundred years
Don't pull your love out on me, honey
Take my heart, my soul, my money
But don't leave me here drowning in my tears
There's so much I want to do
I've got love enough for two
And I'll never use it, girl, if I don't have you