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Artist: Spandau Ballet
Canonical path: /spandau-ballet/only-when-you-leave
Related lyric paths: 6
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Only When You Leave
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Only When You Leave
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Laying in the afterglow
I only wanna learn what you know
But now you're leaving
How many hearts must you break?
How many calls must I make?
And now you're leaving
In this world, all that I choose
Has come unbearable
But love is in your touch
Oh, it's killing me so much
Only when you leave, I need to love you
And when the action has all gone
I'm just a little fool enough to need you
Fool enough too long
Only when you leave, you'll leave in danger
Oh, I'll make sure that you pay
So give a little passion to a stranger
And take this soul away
I only wanna make things last
So how could this have gone so fast?
And now you're leaving
How many times must I learn?
It's only when you've gone that I burn
And now you're leaving
In the end, all that is left
Has come unbearable
It's hard to change your mind
So leave it all behind
Only when you leave, I need to love you
And when the action has all gone
I'm just a little fool enough to need you
Fool enough too long
Only when you leave, you'll leave in danger
Oh, I'll make sure that you pay
So give a little passion to a stranger
And take this soul away
Laying in the afterglow
I only wanna learn what you know
Oh, but now you're leaving
How many hearts must you break?
How many calls must I make?
But now you're leaving
In this world, all that I choose
Has come unbearable
But love is in your touch
Oh, it's killing me so much
Only when you leave, I need to love you
And when the action has all gone
I'm just a little fool enough to need you
Fool enough too long
Only when you leave, you'll leave in danger
Oh, I'll make sure that you pay
So give a little passion to a stranger
And take this soul away
Woah-oh-oh, only when you leave, you'll leave in danger
Oh, I'll make sure that you pay
So give a little passion to a stranger
And take this soul away
I'm just a little fool enough to need you
Fool enough too long
Only when you leave, you'll leave in danger
Oh, I'll make sure that you pay
So give a little passion
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