The applause after the song is enthusiastic, causing the singer and his friends to grin, waving to a few audience members they know.

Their next song is slightly faster, a walking pace, still with the ache of the second song. Still bluesy, with that sense of 'having been done wrong.' Alas, the song says, love is cruel. But we can't help it.

"Just as I thought I'd made it
You walk back into my life.
Just like you never left.

Just as I'd learned to be lonely,
You call up to tell me
You're not sure if you're ready.
Oh but ready or not,
you'll take what you've got
and leave.

Leave me alone with my heart
I'm putting the pieces back together again.
Just leave, leave me alone with my dreams.
I can do without you, you know what I mean...

I wish I could write a love song,
To show you the way I feel.
Seems you don't like to listen-
Oh but like it or not,
you take what you've got
and you leave.

Leave me alone with my heart-
It's broken in two and I'm not,
I'm not thinking too straight.
Just leave, leave me alone with my dreams
You've taken everything else,
you know what I mean."