Released: January 25, 1994
Songwriter: Mike Inez Jerry Cantrell Layne Staley
Producer: Alice in Chains Toby Wright
[Verse 1]
Yeah, hey, I want to travel south this year
I won't, won't prevent safe passage here
[Chorus 1]
Why you act crazy
Not an act, maybe
So close, a lady
Shifty eyes, shady
[Verse 2]
Yeah, hey, yeah, tears that soak a callous heart
[Chorus 2]
Why you act frightened
I am enlightened
Your weakness builds me
So someday you'll see
[Refrain]
I stay away
[Chorus 1]
Why you act crazy
Not an act, maybe
So close, a lady
Shifty eyes, shady
[Refrain]
I stay away
I stay away
I stay away
I stay away
Yeah, hey, I want to travel south this year
I won't, won't prevent safe passage here
[Chorus 1]
Why you act crazy
Not an act, maybe
So close, a lady
Shifty eyes, shady
[Verse 2]
Yeah, hey, yeah, tears that soak a callous heart
[Chorus 2]
Why you act frightened
I am enlightened
Your weakness builds me
So someday you'll see
[Refrain]
I stay away
[Chorus 1]
Why you act crazy
Not an act, maybe
So close, a lady
Shifty eyes, shady
[Refrain]
I stay away
I stay away
I stay away
I stay away
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