Walk Away

(Written by Chantal Kreviazuk/Raine Maida/Kara DioGuardi/Kelly Clarkson)
Published by Neverwouldathot Music/Smelly Songs (ASCAP)/K’Stuff Publishing (BMI) administered in the U.S. and Canada by ArtHouse Entertainment. Administered outside the U.S. and Canada by EMI Music, Ltd./Copyright Control

You’ve got your mother and your brother
Every other undercover telling you what to say
You think I’m stupid but the truth is that it’s cupid baby loving you has made me insane
So before you point your finger
Get your hand off of my trigger
You need to know the situations getting old
And now the more you talk the less I can take

I’m looking for attention
Not another question
Should you stay or should you go
Well if you don’t have the answer
Why you still standing here
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Just walk away

I waited here for you like a kid waiting after school
So tell me, how come you never showed
I gave you everything and never asked for anything
And look at me, I’m all alone
So before you start defending
Stop all your pretending
I know you know I know so what’s the point of being slow
Let’s get this show on the road today

I want a love
I want a fire
To feel the burn, my desires
I want a man by my side
Not a boy who runs and hides
Are you gonna fight for me, die for me
Live and breathe for me
Do you care for me
Cause if you don’t then just leave


Produced by Raine Maida, Kara DioGuardi for Caroland Productions and Chantal Kreviazuk
Mixed by Serban Ghenea at MixStar Studios, Virginia Beach, VA
Assisted by Tim Roberts
Recorded by Brian Garcia, Cameron Webb and Raine Maida at Whitecoat Sound, Malibu, CA; NRG Recording, North Hollywood, CA; Henson Recording, Hollywood, CA
Strings Recorded by Cameron Webb
Additional Pro-Tools Engineer: John Hanes
Assistant Engineer at NRG: Mark Kiczula
Assistant Engineer at Henson: Jon Berkowitz
All vocals by Kelly Clarkson
Drums: Randy Cook
Guitar: Phil X and Raine Maida
Bass and Programming: Jason Lader
String Arrangement: Raine Maida and Chantal Kreviazuk
String Quartet: Victor Lawrence, Mark Robertson, Shalini Vijayan, Shanti Randall
Raine Maida appears courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment (Canada), Inc.