Key: D
Introduction: D Bm
D A Bm G
The nights are wearing me down and it's hard to get through the day
Bm A D A
'Cos I need you right now and right now you're so far away
D A Bm G
I guess that I should have known that I'd end up this way
Bm A D A
But I swear I'll come home and then nothing will drag me away
D Bm D Bm
Don't you ever leave me baby, don't you ever leave me now
D Bm D Bm
Don't you ever leave me baby, if you'll leave me you will kill me now
G Bm A
Now that so much time has passed, I know that this love of ours will last forever
G
Because we feel it, think it, hope it and believe it
Bm A
You need me like I need you, I know you do, I'm sure you do
D A Bm G
The lights are slowly going down on Lexington Avenue
Bm A D A
And me, I'm all alone feeling the tears falling down from my eyes
D A Bm G
A subway train is passing by, driving into the darkness
Bm A D A
I jump inside 'cos I've got nowhere to sleep tonight
D Bm D Bm
Don't you ever leave me baby, don't you ever leave me now
D Bm D Bm
Don't you ever leave me baby, if you'll leave me you will kill me now
G
I was forcing myself just to walk through the day
Bm A
When all I really wanted to do was curl up in a corner and cry
G
Nothing had any meaning and I just think let's give it another day and see if anything happens
Bm A
Then you came along like my own ray of sunshine and made me feel warm and safe and alive again
D Bm D Bm
Don't you ever leave me baby, don't you ever leave me now
D Bm D Bm
Don't you ever leave me baby, if you'll leave me you will kill me now
D Bm D Bm
Don't you ever leave me baby, don't you ever leave me now
D Bm D Bm
Don't you ever leave me baby, if you'll leave me you will kill me now
D Bm D Bm D
Don't you ever leave me baby, don't you ever leave baby