If you leave don't leave now please don't take my heart away
Promise me just one more night then we'll go our separate ways
We always had time on our side now it's fading fast
Every second every moment we've got to,
we've got to make it last

I touch you once I touch you twice I won't let got at any price
I need you now like I need you then you always said we'd still be friends
someday.

If you leave I won't cry I won't waste one single day
But if you leave don't look back I'll run the other way
Seven years went under the bridge like time was standing still
Heaven knows what happens now you've got to
You've got to say you will

I touch you once I touch you twice I won't let got at any price
I need you now like I need you then you always said we'd meet again

I touch you once I touch you twice I won't let got at any price
I need you now like I need you then you always said we'd still be friends

I touch you once I touch you twice I won't let got at any price



Lyrics submitted by Jillian04

If You Leave Lyrics as written by Paul David Humphreys Martin Handsley Cooper

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    to me. .this song is such a great classic. .so i was scared to hear this cover. .but i reaaaaaaally like it. .nada surf kicks ass

    Madison5on September 24, 2004   Link
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    Heard it on the OC episode when Anna leaves... It's a beautiful song and it's the song that got me to listen to nada surf :D

    strokenon December 27, 2004   Link
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    yea i heard this song on a episode of the OC. it really was a good song for that scene

    ShockerDeanon January 09, 2005   Link
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    it sounded amazin in the o.c. scene

    gorgeous!!!on January 11, 2005   Link
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    this is a very very nicely done cover! i like it better than the original in fact.

    bleebleeon January 29, 2005   Link
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    I ADORE THIS SONG AND THE O.C!!! nada surf did a good job covering it, i like it better than the origional and it was used at such a perfect time on the o.c it made anna leaving so much sader!~!! adam brody is toatlly adorable lol hes so hot lol and so is ben mckenize

    Bubblezon February 02, 2005   Link
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    god, the OC has wonderful music... self-explanitory.

    clairebabyon May 17, 2005   Link
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    bubblez and clairebaby..you 2 totally have the right idea. this song fits sooo well w/ the scene of anna leaving but it has been said that she might come back in like th 4th season or the end of the 3rd...something like that. nothing to do w/ the song...anyways i haven't heard any other songs from nada surf but this song is so addicting and well played i just might start

    fixyouon August 04, 2005   Link
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    This song is amazing, i like it better than the original. The scene where anna left with this on the background was just magical. touch you once, touch you twice... amazing.

    The Ironiston December 07, 2005   Link
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    er, is this the O.C fansite? I thought this is songmeaning.net.

    xuharaon February 08, 2006   Link

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