Don't leave me this way
I can't survive, can't stay alive
without your love.
Don't leave me this way, no!
I can't exist, I'll surely miss your tender kiss
Don't leave me this way, no!
Don't leave me this way-ay,
a broken man with empty hands
Oh baby |: please :| don't leave me this way!
(Chorus:)
Ah... baby, my heart is full of love and desire for you
Now come on down and do what you gotta do
You started this fire down in my soul
Now can't you see it's burning out of control
[Now/*Just] come on satisfy the need in me,
'cause only your sweet loving can set me free, baby!
Don't leave me this way
It would be wrong to strangle on a love so true.
Don't you leave me this way
Don't you understand I'm at your command
Oh baby |: please :| don't leave me this way-ay!
Don't leave me this way-ay
I can't survive, can't stay alive without your love
Don't leave me this way!
Chorus*
Instrumental + bla bla bla
So sang H.M. 1975. Jahrzehnte später, als das Referendum über den "Brexit" anstand, bemühte sich eine - niederländische - Zeitung mit einer geradezu rührenden Schlagzeile, den Briten in letzter Minute den Verbleib schmackhaft zu machen - vergeblich.