(J.Brel, R.McKuen)
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[Recorded February 20, 1969, Hollywood]
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If you go away on this summer day,
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Then you might as well take the sun away;
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All the birds that flew in the summer sky,
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When our love was new and our hearts were high;
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When the day was young and the night was long,
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And the moon stood still for the night bird's song.
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If you go away, if you go away, if you go away.
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But if you stay, I'll make you a day
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Like no day has been, or will be again;
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We'll sail the sun, we'll ride on the rain,
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We'll talk to the trees and worship the wind.
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Then if you go, I'll understand,
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Leave me just enough love to fill up my hand,
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If you go away, if you go away, if you go away.
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If you go, as I know you will, you must tell the world to stop turning
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Till you return again, if you ever do, for what good is love without loving you,
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Can I tell you now, as you turn to go, I'll be dying slowly till the next hello,
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If you go away, if you go away, if you go away.
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But if you stay, I'll make you a night
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Like no night has been, or will be again.
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I'll sail on your smile, I'll ride on your touch,
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I'll talk to your eyes that I love so much.
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But if you go, go, I won't cry,
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Though the good is gone from the word goodbye,
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If you go away, if you go away, if you go away.
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If you go away, as I know you must,
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There'll be nothing left in the world to trust,
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Just an empty room, full of empty space,
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Like the empty look I see on your face.
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I'd have been the shadow of your shadow
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If I thought it might have kept me by your side.
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If you go away, if you go away, if you go away.
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If You Go Away
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| Frank Sinatra |
