Don't leave me this way
I can't survive, can't stay alive
without your love, oh baby.
Don't leave me this way, no
I can't exist, I'll surely miss your tender kiss
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
Come on satisfy the need in me
Only your good loving can set me free.
Don't, don't you leave me this way, no
Don't you understand I'm at your command
Oh baby, please, please don't leave me this way, no, baby!
Don't leave me this way, no
I can't survive, I can't stay alive without your love
Baby, don't leave me this way!
Chorus
So sang T.H. 1976. 40 Jahre 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.