Every Time You Leave
By: Beck Hansen, Dan Auerbach, Greg Kurstin, Patrick Carney
Original Performance: The Black Keys
Written by: Beck Hansen, Dan Auerbach, Greg Kurstin, Patrick Carney

Versions:
  1. Every Time You Leave (2:57)
    Available on Ohio Players.
    Credits
    Patrick Carney: Drum Machine, Drums, Guitar, Hand Claps
    Dan Auerbach: Guitar, Vocals
    Greg Kurstin: Guitar, keyboards, Percussion, Producer, Synthesizer, Vocals (Background)
    Tom Bukovac: Guitar
    Howie Weinberg: Mastering
    Will Borza: Mastering
    Mark Spike Stent: Mix
    The Black Keys: Producer
    Ashley Wilcoxson: Vocals (Background)
    Leisa Hans: Vocals (Background)
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Lyrics:
Every Time You Leave [Version (a)]:

Every time you walk away
I wonder if I'm going down today
Under the ground where the hounds of hell
Patiently waiting
Down on my knees and I start to pray
Seems I don't have nothing good to say
Is it a sin to love a sinner?
Who's gonna save me?

Every time you leave me
You know I'm gonna lose my way
If you don't believe me
Look at how I'm living today
Hey hey hey hey
Every time you leave
Everything I need goes away

Tell me what I want to believe
A wing and a prayer ain't nothin' to me
How can you say you wanted love
But then you fake it?
It's only the devil in my mind
Making me leave myself behind
I know I've been blind, but I see the light
And I'm stoned and naked

Every time you leave me
You know I'm gonna lose my way
If you don't believe me
Look at how I'm living today
Hey hey hey hey
Every time you leave
Everything I need goes away

Tried living without you
Died thinking about you
Why wouldn't you want to want me too?
One day I'll be crying
Two days and I'm dying
Next day, I'll be tryin' to look for you

Every time you leave me
You know I'm gonna lose my way
If you don't believe me
Look at how I'm living today
Hey hey hey hey
Every time you leave
Everything I need goes away
 
The Song:

Beck joined The Black Keys in the studio for their 2024 album, Ohio Players. He played on and cowrote about half of the songs. On this track, Beck is a cowriter, but is not credited with any instruments. Colors producer, Greg Kurstin, also wrote, produced, and played on the song.