Leave Me Alone

Don't ask me how I am.
Or how the day has been.
Pleasantries light the gunpowder;
Just leave me alone.

Don't ask how she is,
And where she is tonight.
The drums, I hear them drumming;
Just leave me alone.

Don't ask about the car
My midas touch is my own.
The catapults start firing;
Just leave me alone.

Don't ask about my life,
Don't make me face reality.
The sappers are a-digging.
Just leave me alone.

Just let me walow inside,
And build my grand facade.
Don't lay siege to my castle;
Just leave me alone.

I don't want to have to answer,
To lie to an honest face.
Be there in person and comfort;
But my mind - my fortress, my sanctuary -;
Just leave it alone.