From the recording Spectaculars
Lyrics
[Intro]
[clean electric guitar rhythm, walking bass, shuffle drums]
(Oh yeah)
(Oh yeah)
[Verse 1]
[male vocals]
When you said you were going to go away
(Oh yeah)
I was brokenhearted 'cause I thought you said you're gonna stay
(Oh yeah)
Why'd you have to go and break my heart again?
(Oh yeah)
I thought it was resolved that you and I would always just be friends
(Oh yeah)
[guitar solo enters]
Take it away, Jimmy!
[Chorus]
[melodic guitar solo with light overdrive]
Oh, Madeleine, don't desert me, oh no
Oh, Madeleine, don't desert me, oh no
'Cause I, I can't take the pain
[Bridge]
[rhythm guitar and bass continue]
(Oh yeah)
(Oh yeah)
[Verse 2]
A tug of war stopped when we both stopped tugging on the string
(Oh yeah)
But the knots that bound us were so tight you were my lifeline, my everything
(Oh yeah)
So why did it unravel, why don't you just tighten the bows a little bit?
(Oh yeah)
If you cut the ties that bind us I know we'll both regret it someday
(Oh yeah)
Take it away, Jimmy!
[Chorus]
[guitar solo]
Oh, Madeleine, don't desert me, oh no
Oh, Madeleine, don't desert me, oh no
'Cause I, I can't take the pain
[Outro]
(Oh yeah)
(Oh yeah)