Let Her Go Into the Darkness

Well she's back with her old boyfriend.
He don't challenge her. He don't contend with her.
And she don't answer the cards you send.
Now you're jealous of the time he spends with her.

Just let her go into the darkness.
Let her learn from all the things there.
Just let her go into the darkness.
Let her go, let her go, let her go.

You want tell that her that her boyfriend's no friend
You want to tell her he don't know where it's at
She won't listen 'cause she's not listening
Just take them sheets down to the laundromat.

And let her go into the darkness.
Let her learn from all the things there.
Just let her go into the darkness.
Let her go, let her go, let her go.

Of course she's taking drugs, what did you expect?
Alcoholic too, yeah, yeah, don't worry about that
It's all right, it's all right, it's all right
Laundromat, laundromat, laundromat!

And let her go into the darkness.
Let her learn from all the things there.
Just let her go into the darkness.
Let her go, let her go, let her go.

Oh, you've got your shoes on, you want to take a walk
But you're headed for her neighborhood
You want to talk to her, but she won't wanna talk
You want to warn her how her boyfriend's no good, no no

Let her go into the darkness.
Let her learn from all the things there.
Let her go into the darkness.
Let her go, let her go, let her go.

--Jonathan Richman

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