Released: May 6, 1996
Songwriter: Easy Mo Bee Diddy Richard Finch Harry Wayne Casey Craig Mack Alvin Toney Mookie
Producer: Timmy Allen Mookie
[Chorus: All]
Don't leave me 'cause you need me
I never wanna be without you
Don't leave me 'cause you need me
I never wanna be without you
[Verse 1: AJ]
I woke up this mornin'
From a dream
That you were sayin' goodbye
We had simple argument
But not enough to keep out
Each other's lives
[Pre-Chorus: Brian, AJ & Nick]
I wanna be happy
But I can't be happy
If I can't be with you
'Cause you're my baby
My sweet honey
And no other girl will do
[Chorus: All & AJ]
Don't leave me 'cause you need me
I never wanna be without you
Don't leave me 'cause you need me
I never wanna be without you
(I never wanna be without you)
[Verse 2: AJ]
I can't seem to figure out
Just what went wrong with us
You must have thought I was selfish
But everything I did, I did for us
[Pre-Chorus: Brian, AJ & Nick]
I wanna be happy
But I can't be happy
If I can't be with you
'Cause you're my baby (my baby)
My sweet honey (honey)
And no other girl will do
[Chorus: All & Brian]
Don't leave me 'cause you need me
(Baby don't go)
I never wanna be without you
(Don't want you leaving)
Don't leave me 'cause you need me
I never wanna be without..
I never wanna be without you
[Bridge: Nick]
I can't eat or even sleep
'Til I have you
Back inside my world
My life won't be complete
Unless you stay my girl
[Chorus: All, Brian & AJ]
Don't leave me 'cause you need me
I never wanna be without you
(I don't want you leaving)
Don't leave me 'cause you need me
(Don't you leave)
I never wanna be without you
[Interlude: AJ]
Come on, girl, let me break it down
[Break: All]
Don't leave me girl
Don't leave me, don't go
Don't leave me girl
Don't leave me, don't go
Don't leave me girl
Don't leave me, don't go
Don't leave me girl
Don't leave me, ooh (don't leave)
Don't leave me girl
Don't leave me, don't go
Don't leave me girl
Don't leave me, ooh (don't leave)
[Chorus: All & Brian]
Don't leave me (I don't wanna let you go)
'Cause you need me (I don't wanna be alone)
I never wanna be without you
(I never wanna be alone)
Don't leave me 'cause you need me
I never wanna be without you
Don't leave...
[Reprise: All]
Don't leave me girl
Don't leave me, don't go
Don't leave me girl
Don't leave me, don't go
Don't leave me girl
Don't leave me, don't go
Don't leave me girl
Don't leave me, ooh (don't leave)
Don't leave me girl
Don't leave me, don't go
Don't leave me girl
Don't leave me, ooh (don't leave)
Don't leave me 'cause you need me
I never wanna be without you
Don't leave me 'cause you need me
I never wanna be without you
[Verse 1: AJ]
I woke up this mornin'
From a dream
That you were sayin' goodbye
We had simple argument
But not enough to keep out
Each other's lives
[Pre-Chorus: Brian, AJ & Nick]
I wanna be happy
But I can't be happy
If I can't be with you
'Cause you're my baby
My sweet honey
And no other girl will do
[Chorus: All & AJ]
Don't leave me 'cause you need me
I never wanna be without you
Don't leave me 'cause you need me
I never wanna be without you
(I never wanna be without you)
[Verse 2: AJ]
I can't seem to figure out
Just what went wrong with us
You must have thought I was selfish
But everything I did, I did for us
[Pre-Chorus: Brian, AJ & Nick]
I wanna be happy
But I can't be happy
If I can't be with you
'Cause you're my baby (my baby)
My sweet honey (honey)
And no other girl will do
[Chorus: All & Brian]
Don't leave me 'cause you need me
(Baby don't go)
I never wanna be without you
(Don't want you leaving)
Don't leave me 'cause you need me
I never wanna be without..
I never wanna be without you
[Bridge: Nick]
I can't eat or even sleep
'Til I have you
Back inside my world
My life won't be complete
Unless you stay my girl
[Chorus: All, Brian & AJ]
Don't leave me 'cause you need me
I never wanna be without you
(I don't want you leaving)
Don't leave me 'cause you need me
(Don't you leave)
I never wanna be without you
[Interlude: AJ]
Come on, girl, let me break it down
[Break: All]
Don't leave me girl
Don't leave me, don't go
Don't leave me girl
Don't leave me, don't go
Don't leave me girl
Don't leave me, don't go
Don't leave me girl
Don't leave me, ooh (don't leave)
Don't leave me girl
Don't leave me, don't go
Don't leave me girl
Don't leave me, ooh (don't leave)
[Chorus: All & Brian]
Don't leave me (I don't wanna let you go)
'Cause you need me (I don't wanna be alone)
I never wanna be without you
(I never wanna be alone)
Don't leave me 'cause you need me
I never wanna be without you
Don't leave...
[Reprise: All]
Don't leave me girl
Don't leave me, don't go
Don't leave me girl
Don't leave me, don't go
Don't leave me girl
Don't leave me, don't go
Don't leave me girl
Don't leave me, ooh (don't leave)
Don't leave me girl
Don't leave me, don't go
Don't leave me girl
Don't leave me, ooh (don't leave)
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- Don’t Leave Me
- Nobody But You
- Roll With It
- Let’s Have a Party
- Darlin’
- Every Time I Close My Eyes
- I Wanna Be With You
- Just To Be Close to You
- Boys Will Be Boys
- Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)
- I’ll Never Break Your Heart
- Get Down (You’re the One For Me)
- Anywhere For You
- Lay Down Beside Me
- Backstreet Boys (Int’l) (1996)
- I Want It That Way
- Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)
- As Long As You Love Me
- Don’t Go Breaking My Heart
- Chances
- Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely
- No Place
- Shape of My Heart
- Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)
- Drowning
- Incomplete
- Larger Than Life
- The Call
- I Want It That Way (Alternate Version)
- Breathe (DNA)
- All I Have To Give
- New Love
- I’ll Never Break Your Heart
- Nobody Else
- We’ve Got It Goin’ On
- Passionate
- Chateau
- Don’t Wanna Lose You Now
- More Than That