Stuart and Tom’s song about safety and staying away from certain dangerous things, starting with poison ivy and ending up with guns (very timely), gets transformed with a classic funk groove.
Leave It There
Credit: words & music by Tom Pease and Stuart Stotts, © 2001, BMI
Album: We're All In This Together
Lyrics:
(Verse 1:)
I was with my mom, in the woods
She said, “Look here, son, for your own good.
That’s poison ivy, make you itch everywhere.
Got three shiny leaves, better leave it there.”
(Chorus:)
Leave it, leave it, leave it there.
Don’t you touch, or take it anywhere.
Leave it, leave it, leave it there.
It’s not safe, so leave it there.
(Verse 2:)
Since that day, I’ve learned so much
There’s lots of stuff, I shouldn’t touch
Like gasoline, or a red-hot stove,
or someone’s pills; Now I know.
(Chorus)
(Verse 3:)
I was with my friend, right next door.
We found a gun, inside a drawer.
He reached for it, but I felt scared.
I said, “Stop right now, and leave it there!”
(Chorus)
(Chorus)