verse I] You got a mouth full of gasoline strike a match, call it “meant to be” same old trick, different lie I don’t blink, I let it die you lean in like I’m still yours like I’m waiting by the door wrong girl, wrong time cut the cord, flatline [chorus] dead man walking don’t come near me don’t say “baby” you don’t get to hear me dead man walking watch you drop I don’t love you I just stopped I’m not your baby anymore not your baby anymore [verse II] hands up like you’re innocent cheap lines, counterfeit confidence you want soft, you want blind you don’t get what’s mine you had your turn, you had your say burned it down and walked away now you circle back again I don’t fold, I don’t bend [chorus] dead man walking don’t come near me don’t say “baby” you don’t get to hear me dead man walking watch you drop I don’t love you I just stopped I’m not your baby anymore not your baby anymore [bridge] (half-time, drums drop to kick + clap) say my name — no say it twice — no say you changed — I don’t care step back stay there [final chorus] dead man walking hear that sound? that’s me never turning around dead man walking you lost me not your baby don’t call me I’m not your baby anymore not your baby anymore [outro] (not your baby) (not your baby) dead man walking
