Rod McKuen - If You Go Away
If you go away
On this summer day
Then you might as well
Take this sun away
All the birds that flew
In the summer sky
When our love was new
And our hearts were high
And the day was young
And the night was long
And the moon stood still
For the night bird's song
If you go away
Ne me quitte pas
If you go away
Ne me quitte pas
But if you stay
I'll make you a day
Like no day has been
or will be again
We'll sail the sun
We'll ride the rain
We'll talk to the trees
We'll worship the wind
Then if you go
I'll understand
Leave me just enough love
To fill up my hand
If you go away
If you go away
Ne me quitte pas
If you go away
If you go away
As I know you will
You must tell the world
To stop turning to
you return again
If you ever do
For what good is love
Without loving you
Can I tell you now
As you turn to go
I'll be dying slowly
till the next hello
Ne me quitte pas
Ne me quitte pas
chop
If you go away
Ne me quitte pas
But if you stay
I'll make you a day
Like no night has been
or will be again
I'll sail on your smile
I'll glide on your touch
I'll talk to your eyes
That I love you so much
Then if you go
I'll understand
Leave me just enough love
To hold in my hand
If you go away
Ne me quitte pas
If you go away
If you go away
If you go away
As I know you must
There'll be nothing left
In the world to trust
Just an empty room
Full of empty space
My empty look
I see on your face
And I'd have been the shadow
of your though
If I though might have kept me
by your side
Ne me quitte pas
If you go away
Ne me quitte pas
Please don't go away
On this summer day
Then you might as well
Take this sun away
All the birds that flew
In the summer sky
When our love was new
And our hearts were high
And the day was young
And the night was long
And the moon stood still
For the night bird's song
If you go away
Ne me quitte pas
If you go away
Ne me quitte pas
But if you stay
I'll make you a day
Like no day has been
or will be again
We'll sail the sun
We'll ride the rain
We'll talk to the trees
We'll worship the wind
Then if you go
I'll understand
Leave me just enough love
To fill up my hand
If you go away
If you go away
Ne me quitte pas
If you go away
If you go away
As I know you will
You must tell the world
To stop turning to
you return again
If you ever do
For what good is love
Without loving you
Can I tell you now
As you turn to go
I'll be dying slowly
till the next hello
Ne me quitte pas
Ne me quitte pas
chop
If you go away
Ne me quitte pas
But if you stay
I'll make you a day
Like no night has been
or will be again
I'll sail on your smile
I'll glide on your touch
I'll talk to your eyes
That I love you so much
Then if you go
I'll understand
Leave me just enough love
To hold in my hand
If you go away
Ne me quitte pas
If you go away
If you go away
If you go away
As I know you must
There'll be nothing left
In the world to trust
Just an empty room
Full of empty space
My empty look
I see on your face
And I'd have been the shadow
of your though
If I though might have kept me
by your side
Ne me quitte pas
If you go away
Ne me quitte pas
Please don't go away
If you go away
On this summer day
Then you might as well
Take this sun away
All the birds that flew
In the summer sky
When our love was new
And our hearts were high
And the day was young
And the night was long
And the moon stood still
For the night bird's song
If you go away
Ne me quitte pas
If you go away
Ne me quitte pas
But if you stay
I'll make you a day
Like no day has been
or will be again
We'll sail the sun
We'll ride the rain
We'll talk to the trees
We'll worship the wind
Then if you go
I'll understand
Leave me just enough love
To fill up my hand
If you go away
If you go away
Ne me quitte pas
If you go away
If you go away
As I know you will
You must tell the world
To stop turning to
you return again
If you ever do
For what good is love
Without loving you
Can I tell you now
As you turn to go
I'll be dying slowly
till the next hello
Ne me quitte pas
Ne me quitte pas
chop
If you go away
Ne me quitte pas
But if you stay
I'll make you a day
Like no night has been
or will be again
I'll sail on your smile
I'll glide on your touch
I'll talk to your eyes
That I love you so much
Then if you go
I'll understand
Leave me just enough love
To hold in my hand
If you go away
Ne me quitte pas
If you go away
If you go away
If you go away
As I know you must
There'll be nothing left
In the world to trust
Just an empty room
Full of empty space
My empty look
I see on your face
And I'd have been the shadow
of your though
If I though might have kept me
by your side
Ne me quitte pas
If you go away
Ne me quitte pas
Please don't go away
On this summer day
Then you might as well
Take this sun away
All the birds that flew
In the summer sky
When our love was new
And our hearts were high
And the day was young
And the night was long
And the moon stood still
For the night bird's song
If you go away
Ne me quitte pas
If you go away
Ne me quitte pas
But if you stay
I'll make you a day
Like no day has been
or will be again
We'll sail the sun
We'll ride the rain
We'll talk to the trees
We'll worship the wind
Then if you go
I'll understand
Leave me just enough love
To fill up my hand
If you go away
If you go away
Ne me quitte pas
If you go away
If you go away
As I know you will
You must tell the world
To stop turning to
you return again
If you ever do
For what good is love
Without loving you
Can I tell you now
As you turn to go
I'll be dying slowly
till the next hello
Ne me quitte pas
Ne me quitte pas
chop
If you go away
Ne me quitte pas
But if you stay
I'll make you a day
Like no night has been
or will be again
I'll sail on your smile
I'll glide on your touch
I'll talk to your eyes
That I love you so much
Then if you go
I'll understand
Leave me just enough love
To hold in my hand
If you go away
Ne me quitte pas
If you go away
If you go away
If you go away
As I know you must
There'll be nothing left
In the world to trust
Just an empty room
Full of empty space
My empty look
I see on your face
And I'd have been the shadow
of your though
If I though might have kept me
by your side
Ne me quitte pas
If you go away
Ne me quitte pas
Please don't go away
