Don't Leave Me Lonely
Recording Artist: Bryan Adams
Writers: Jim Vallance
Bryan Adams
Eric (Carr) Caravello
Date Written: July 1982 / Vancouver Canada, Los Angeles USA
Albums: Cuts Like A Knife (A&M Records, 1983)
Audio:
 
Bryan Adams: rhythm guitar, vocal
Keith Scott: rhythm guitar, lead guitar
Tommy Mandel: organ
Dave Taylor: bass
Mickey Curry: drums
 
Produced by Bob Clearmountain and Bryan Adams.  Recorded by Bob Clearmountain, August/September 1982, at Little Mountain Sound (Vancouver) and the Power Station (New York).  Mixed by Bob Clearmountain.
Comments:
Songwriting for "Don't Leave Me Lonely" began in Los Angeles with Bryan Adams and KISS drummer Eric Carr.  The song was completed by me and Adams a few days later in Vancouver.

Sadly, Eric Carr died of cancer in 1991.
Lyrics:
KISS drummer
Eric Carr >
I won't stand bein' broken hearted
I won't be pushed around
The rules were set when we got started
But lately I have found

We've spent too little time and too much heartache
I feel we're losin' ground
And lately I've been hearin'
You won't be needin' me around

Don't leave me lonely
Just wanna be right by your side
Your one and only - tonight
So don't leave me lonely
I need you here all the time
So don't leave me lonely - oh no

You say you need your independence
Well I need mine
Separate lives and separate feelings
I guess that's fine

But that won't last - it's no solution
I know it can't survive
And lately I've been thinkin'
Thinkin' 'bout you all the time

Don't leave me lonely
Just wanna be right by your side
Your one and only - tonight
So don't leave me lonely
I need you here all the time
So don't leave me lonely - oh no
Don't leave me lonely
Just wanna be right by your side
Your one and only - tonight
So don't leave me lonely
I need you here all the time
So don't leave me lonely - oh no