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Paloma Faith – Leave While I'm Not Looking | Track profile | Dork

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A Perfect Contradiction (Outsiders' Expanded Edition)
Leave While I'm Not Looking

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Leave While I'm Not Looking

From A Perfect Contradiction (Outsiders' Expanded Edition)

Track 14

3:53

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"Leave While I'm Not Looking" is a track by Paloma Faith, from the album A Perfect Contradiction (Outsiders' Expanded Edition). The track is 3:53 long. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Paloma Faith.

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Lyrics

Leave While I'm Not Looking

If you're gonna leave
You're gonna leave my heart in pieces
If you're gonna go
Then you're gonna be the reason why
I, I, I cry

If this is goodbye
Then you're gonna leave me shattered
You're gonna take away
Only everything that matters
I, I, I might die

So if you go
Leave while I'm not looking
Do it fast
Oh please don't kill me slow
Leave while I'm not looking
Go silently
So my heart won't know
Leave while I'm not looking
'Cause I can't watch you go
Watch you go, watch you go

If this is the end
Then it's only gonna end me
You rip my heart apart
There ain't nothing gonna mend me
I, I, I won't lie

If you walk away
Then baby I don't wanna see it
You're gonna take away
Only all I've ever needed
I, I, I might die

So if you go
Leave while I'm not looking
Do it fast
Oh please don't kill me slow
Leave while I'm not looking
Go silently
So my heart won't know
Leave while I'm not looking
'Cause I can't watch you go
Watch you go, watch you go

Have some mercy
You hurt me more than you know
So if you go
Leave while I'm not looking
Do it fast
Oh please don't kill me slow
Leave while I'm not looking
Go silently
So my heart won't know

Leave while I'm not looking
'Cause I, I, I can't stand to see you go
I, I, I oh I can't stand to see you go
Watch you go
Watch you go, oh no
Watch you go
Watch you go

Can't stand to see you go

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Track details

From A Perfect Contradiction (Outsiders' Expanded Edition)

3:53

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Album

A Perfect Contradiction (Outsiders' Expanded Edition)

Track number

14

1Can't Rely on You
3:15
7Trouble with My Baby
3:00
8The Bigger You Love (The Harder You Fall)
3:02
9Impossible Heart
4:32
11It's the Not Knowing
3:29
12Beauty Remains
3:36
14Leave While I'm Not Looking
3:53
1Mouth to Mouth (Live from BBC Proms 2014)
4:45
2Take Me (Live from BBC Proms 2014)
4:48
3Trouble with My Baby (Live from BBC Proms 2014)
3:24
4I'd Rather Go Blind (with Ty Taylor) [Live from BBC Proms 2014]
5:28
5Other Woman (Live from BBC Proms 2014)
3:51
6It's the Not Knowing (Live from BBC Proms 2014)
3:59
7Only Love Can Hurt Like This (Live from BBC Proms 2014)
4:12
8Upside Down (Live from BBC Proms 2014)
4:47
9Can't Rely on You (Live from BBC Proms 2014)
4:42

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