Don't Turn Around

Album: Greatest Hits (1988)
Charted: 1
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  • Whoa, whoa, whoa, oh boy

    If you wanna leave, baby
    I won't beg you to stay
    And if you gotta go darling
    Maybe it's better that way
    I'm gonna be strong, I'm gonna do fine
    Don't worry about this heart of mine
    Walk out that door
    See if I care
    Go on and go now

    But don't turn around
    'Cause you're gonna see my heart breaking
    Don't turn around
    I don't want you seeing me crying
    Just walk away
    It's tearing me apart that you're leaving
    I'm letting you go
    And I won't let you know, baby
    I won't let you know

    I won't miss your arms around me
    Holding me tight
    And if you ever think about me
    Just know that I'm gonna be alright
    I'm gonna be strong, I'm gonna do fine
    Don't worry about this heart of mine
    I know I'll survive, yeah
    I'll make it through
    And I'll even learn to live without you

    But don't turn around
    'Cause you're gonna see my heart breaking
    Don't turn around
    I don't want you seeing me crying
    Just walk away
    It's tearing me apart that you're leaving
    I'm letting you go
    And I won't let you know

    I wish I could scream out loud
    That I love you
    I wish I could say to you
    Don't go, don't go, don't go

    Don't turn around
    Don't turn around
    I don't want you seeing me crying
    Just walk away
    It's tearing me apart that you're leaving
    I'm letting you go

    Don't turn around
    'Cause you're gonna see my heart breaking
    Don't turn around
    I don't want you seeing me crying
    Just walk away
    It's tearing me apart that you're leaving
    I'm letting you go

    Don't you turn around
    I'm proud, I don't want you to see that I'm cryin'
    Don't you turn around
    And then would you turn around when you're leaving
    Don't you turn around
    Bye bye, I don't want you to see that I'm cryin'
    Don't you turn around Writer/s: Albert Hammond, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Diane Warren, Phil Spector
    Publisher: Realsongs, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Howard from Wakefield, United KingdomThis is a nice song which I remember when it was released for the first time around 1988.
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