August 26th, 2010 - If You Leave - OMD

Well I certainly know where I was at this moment twelve years ago today. 


I was sitting on a balcony in Ocho Rios, Jamaica having a ciggie and a cuppa java on what was ...
my wedding day.  Wow!  That seems like an absolute lifetime ago. 




I imagine everyone who marries does so with the intention of staying married. 
If you can, that's fabulous, but the odds are not great. 

And, now that I've rained on your parade and wee-weed in your Cheerios ...
Let me toss in a bonus with today's Ocho-rific Song o the Day

... it's a relationship advice freebie ...

You're welcome!! :)

Relationship Advice Freebie

"I don't think people take marriage seriously anymore ... Six months of groovy giggles and grand sex does not a marriage make, that doesn't mean two people can't have a long and wonderful relationship; it just means slow down and let the tingles wear down a bit and see what and WHO you've got." -Kim Jackson

Anywho, in honor of this day; I'm going to share a song with you that was very important to me during the period of my life that bookmarks the exit of that relationship. There's a portion of it italicized, if you're trying to break up from something you should print that out and tape it to your bathroom mirror :) ...then take two aspirin and text me in the morning.

If You Leave

OMD
1986

from Songmeanings.net

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've always had time on our sides

Now it's fading fast

Every second every moment

We've got to--we've gotta make it last

I touch you once I touch you twice

I won't let go at any price

I need you now like I needed 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 have run the other way

 

Seven years went under the bridge

Like time standing still

Heaven knows what happens now

You've got to--you've gotta say you will

I touch you once I touch you twice

I won't let go at any price

I need you now like I needed you then

You always said we'd meet again

I touch you once I touch you twice

I won't let go at any price

I need you now like I needed you then

You always said we'd still be friends

I touch you once I touch you twice

I won't let go at any price

I need you now like I needed you then

You always said we'd meet again someday

If you leave

Oh if you leave

Oh if you leave

Don't look back

Don't look back

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::Wiki Facts::

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  It became the group's biggest hit in the U.S., reaching number four on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, but was virtually ignored in the UK, where it only reached number 48 on the UK Singles Chart.
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  It was recorded for the soundtrack to the film Pretty in Pink
  where it was played prominently during the final scene.
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  "If You Leave" was covered by pop-punk band Good Charlotte for the soundtrack of
  Not Another Teen Movie, a parody on teen movies like Pretty in Pink.
  
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  Bravo for the soundtracks of John Hughes' films!!
  
  
  I couldn't find any song facts on this one and I'm running a little too late this morning to go on a hunt, but what a great song ... the lyrics of which hold a clue for tomorrow's Ocho-rific Song o the Day!!

Until then ...

Have a grand and groovy day!

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