Don't Walk Away [Bad English featuring Ricky Phillips]

Don't Walk Away
Written by Andy Hill, Peter Sinfield
Lead Vocals by John Waite

Wise men

Thinking of numbers

Shaken not stirred

But I hang

Hang on your every word

These days I roll with the punches

Always your clown

Do you remember when

We used to paint this town

Red gold green and blue

If you still believe in me, and you don't walk away

I know I'll find an answer if you stay

Don't walk away

There's nothing in tomorrow

That wasn't there in yesterday

Oh no no no no no

All the heartache

Too many nights

In the heartbreak hotel

Don't you give up

Love is a carousel

Put on your dancing shoes

And we can paint this town

Red gold green and blue

If you still believe in me

And you don't walk away

I know I'll find an answer

If you stay

Don't walk away

There's nothing in tomorrow

That wasn't there in yesterday

I'm sad that's all

This can't be the end

It's not my fault

The rain on the roof

Reach out

Reach out

I'm drownin' not waving

Reach out

And touch

Before it's too late

To save our love

Baby don't you walk away

Oh no

Don't walk away

I know I'll find an answer

If you stay

Don't walk away

There's nothing in tomorrow

That wasn't there in yesterday

Don't walk away

Don't walk away

No just stay

Baby don't walk away

(Every cloud has got a silver lining)

Don't walk away

Baby don't walk away

(If you look hard enough you'll find love shining)

Don't walk away

(Every cloud has got a silver lining)

No no no no no no

Interpretation

Emotions and life are cyclical (like a carousel). We used to be in love and can rekindle that. Yes we've had a lot of "heartbreak, too many nights in the heartbreak hotel", and it makes me sad. This isn't all my fault. When you see me wave my arms, it's because I'm drowning and calling for help, not waving goodbye. Please don't walk away from our love.

Why paint the town red, gold, green, and blue?  One possibility is in the meaning of colors:

• Red is the color of energy, passion, action, ambition and determination. It is also the color of anger and sexual passion.
• Gold is the color of success, achievement and triumph. Associated with abundance and prosperity, luxury and quality, prestige and sophistication, value and elegance, the color psychology of gold implies affluence, material wealth and extravagance.
• Green is the color of balance and growth. It can mean both self-reliance as a positive and possessiveness as a negative, among many other meanings. 
• Blue is the color of trust and peace. It can suggest loyalty and integrity as well as conservatism and frigidity.