Lyrics: Daryl Hall
Music: Daryl Hall
This was sung by Hall and Oates with the Dead at the Rainforest Benefit on 24 September 1988
Baby if we can't solve any problems
Why do we lose so many tears
Whoa oh so you go again
When the leading man appears
Always the same theme
Can't you see we've got everything going on and on and on
And every time you go away
You take a piece of me with you
(Oooh)
And every time you go away
You take a piece of me with you
You go on and go free
Maybe you're too close to see
I can feel your body move
But it doesn't mean that much to me
I can't go on singing the same theme
'Cause you can't see we've got everything
Baby, even though you know that
Every time you go away
You take a piece of me with you
You just don't care girl
Every time you go away
You take a piece of me with you
I can't go on singing the same thing
'Cause you can't see we've got everything, everything, everything
Going on and on and on and on
Every time you go away (every time you go away ooh)
(every time you go away)
Why you have to go away right now
(every time you go away)
Ooh ooh
(every time you go away)
Go on and go away girl
(every time you go away)
I don't understand why you gotta go girl
(every time you go away)
Go on and go free even though you mean so much to me
(every time you go away)
I don't understand baby
(every time you go away)
Oh baby baby every time you go
(every time you go away)
You don't know you don't know 'cause you never understand girl
(every time you go away)
Why you have to go away right now
(every time you go away)
every time you go girl
(every time you go away)
Go on go on and go free yeah
Baby even though you mean so much to me
(every time you go away)
I'll never understand why you gotta go girl
(every time you go away)
Oooh I don't understand girl
(every time you go away)
I don't know go I don't know go I don't know go I don't know go I
don't know go girl
(every time you go away)
Go girl go girl you gotta go girl if you wanna babe
(every time you go away)
Baby baby baby baby yeah