Leave Your Lover

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"Magandang gabi sa inyong lahat," bati ko sa mga customers na kumakain sa restaurant kung saan ako nagtatrabaho ng part time bilang isang singer.

"Sana nag-eenjoy kayo sa pagkaing handa at sa kasama niyo," may ilang natawa sa sinabi ko kaya naman napangiti ako.

"Para mas sumaya ang gabi niyo I'm gonna sing you a song by Sam Smith's, "Leave Your Lover," nagsimula na akong tumipa sa gitara kaya naman pumalakpak ang mga customers ng restaurant.

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"I don't have much to give, but I don't care for gold
What use is money, when you need someone to hold?"

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Habang ramdam ko ang pagkanta ko nakita kong pumasok si Kathy. She was looking around the room nang makita niya rin ako sa stage at kumaway sa akin and I gave her a small smile as a sign nakita ko siya.

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"Don't have direction, I'm just rolling down this road
Waiting for you to bring me in from out the cold"

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She was giving me weird gesture like thumbs up and was that a cheering gesture? I don't know basta ang alam ko habang kumakanta ako ay hindi ko mapigilan ang sariling puso na mapakiliti sa tuwa. She really is beautiful and I was just staring at her until...

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"You'll never know the endless nights, the rhyming of the rain,
Or how it feels to fall behind and watch you call his name"

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Lumapit si Mark sa kanya at hinapit ang kanyang bewang sabay halik sa kanyang labi. Umiwas ako ng tingin ng mapansing tumugon ito sa kanya. Something in me just cringe with hurt just the sight of it.

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"Pack up and leave everything,
Don't you see what I can bring
Can't keep this beating heart at bay"

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Kathy, my best friend. We first met each other noong time na sobrang lungkot at pag-alala ang nararamdaman ko dahil inatake sa puso ang aking ina at malala ang kundisyon habang naka-confine pa rin sa ospital. She approached me that time even if we don't know each other and comforted me through it kahit hindi ako umiimik sa kanya. Sabi niya sa akin noon napadaan lang siya nang makita niya akong malungkot kaya she decided to approached me. She was just there for me giving me courage and being my strength. She was just a stranger pero hindi iyon naging hadlang para tulungan niya ako and even after my mom died she stayed with me until now. She became my bestfriend.

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"Set my midnight sorrow free,
I will give you all of me
Just leave your lover, leave him for me"

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Tumingin ako kung saan sila naka-upo kasama ang ibang kaibigan niya only to find out that she was also staring at me.

"Leave your lover, leave him for me." I sang the song like I was just uttering those words to her hoping that she would get my message. Nakatingin lang kami sa isa't isa pero umiwas din siya at binaling ang tingin sa kanyang kasintahan.

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"We sit in bars and raise our drinks to growing old
Oh, I'm in love with you and you will never know"