Melanie did a set on the Mountain Stage Radio Show on the eve of her 50th birthday, February 2nd 1997, accompanied by Frank Usher on guitar and Jeordie Schekeryk on backing vocals. One of the numbers was this great live version of 'Leftover Emotions':
Leftover emotion from a couple of nights ago
I got a feeling I left somebody somewhere along the line
Leftover words I've been meaning to tell somebody
Unfinished business is weighing on my mind
Leftover emotions weighing me down again
Leftover emotions weighing me down again
Leftover emotions weighing me down
Make a window in the wall, close it on the pain
Keep the vision deep inside, to stir you up again
I can't take this frustration, I need to tell somebody
Don't get me wrong, just take me as I am
Leftover emotions weighing me down again
Leftover emotions weighing me down again
Leftover emotions weighing me down
Is what you had in your mind what you done in my heart?
Did you plan it this way?
Did you know at the start?
Did you make a B-movie with me in this part?
Is what you had in your mind what you done in my heart?
My move
I'd be a fool to let love go forsaken
I'll call
'Cause after all, how will you know I'm home?
I've learned two things in life
The heart was meant for breakin'
And leftover emotions don't go away alone, no no
Leftover emotion weighing me down again
Ooh those leftover emotions weighing me down, weighing me down
Leftover emotions weighing me down again
Ooh those leftover emotions weighing me down again
Leftover emotions weighing me down again
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Written by Melanie Safka
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