Backstreet Boys

Released: August 11, 1997

Songwriter: Wayne Perry Gary Baker Timmy Allen

Producer: Timmy Allen

[Verse 1: AJ]
Everyday girl, I wake up and pray
That you'll come back home
And don't take to long
'Cause since you've been gone
Everything's gone a bit wrong
I wish you were here
Holding me near

[Pre-Chorus 1: Nick & All]
You know I'd go out of my mind
If you ever left my love behind
So I'm beggin' you please
(So I'm beggin', beggin' you please)
Bring your sweet love back to me
(Please come back to me)

[Chorus: Brian & All]
If I don't have you (don't have you)
To hold on to (to hold on to)
I can't go on in this world alone
Baby, it's true (baby, it's true if I don't have you)
If you said goodbye (you said goodbye)
Girl, I would die (girl, I would die)
I'm a star with no light, a day with no night
If I don't have you

[Verse 2: AJ, Kevin & Brian]
Late at night, I reach to hold you tight
But you're not there
(You're just not there, baby)
I know you still care
(I know you still care)
And oh, how I miss your soft and love, lovely kiss
You'd give to me (to me)
So tenderly

[Pre-Chorus 2: Nick & All]
We used to feel
That time would stand still
When I see you baby, it will
So hurry home
(So hurry, come home to me)
You know your man needs you so
(Oh girl, can't you see)
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh

[Chorus: Brian & All]
If I don't have you (don't have you)
To hold on to (to hold on to)
I can't go on in this world alone
Baby, it's true (baby, it's true if I don't have you)
If you said goodbye (you said goodbye)
Girl, I would die (girl, I would die)
I'm a star with no light, a day with no night
If I don't have you

[Reprise: Brian, Nick, (AJ) & All]
If I don't have you (don't have you)
(If I don't have you, no-no)
To hold on to (to hold on to)
(I just wanna hold you)
I can't go on (can't go on) in this world alone
Baby, it's true (baby, it's true if I don't have you)
(Baby-baby) If you said goodbye (you said goodbye)
(If you said goodbye, I would die)
Girl, I would die (girl, I would die)
(I would die if I don't have you)
I'm a star with no light (no light), a day with no night
If I don't have you

[Chorus: Brian, Nick, (AJ) & All]
You know I'll go crazy without you (if I don't have you)
(If I don't have you, no-no)
To hold on to (to hold on to)
(I just wanna hold you)
I can't go on (can't go on) in this world alone (in this world alone)
Baby, it's true (baby, it's true if I don't have you)
If you said goodbye (you said goodbye)
(If you said goodbye, I would die)
Girl, I would die (girl, I would die)
(Girl, I know I would die)

[Outro: Brian]
I'm a star with no light
A day with no night
If I don't have you

The Backstreet Boys are the most successful boy band in history, having sold over 130 million records worldwide, and with their first nine albums reaching the top 10 on the Billboard 200. Florida natives A. J. McLean, Howie Dorough, and Nick Carter, along with Kentucky transplant Kevin Richardson, were joined in a band once they attended Lou Pearlman’s auditions for a vocal group in 1992, with the group being completed by Kevin’s cousin Brian Litrell. Once took under the wing of Swedish producer Max Martin in 1995, the stage was set for global domination, attracting the lust of women and the anger of men. While the fad died down and Kevin even left for a while, the band never officially took a break or such.

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