if you go away ne me quitte pas

Ray Charles

If you go away on this summer day,
Then you might as well take the sun away;
All the birds that flew in the summer sky,
When our love was new and our hearts were high;
When the day was young and the night was long,
And the moon stood still for the night bird s song.
If you go away, if you go away, if you go away.

If you go, as i know you will, you must tell the world to stop turning
Till 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,
If you go away, if you go away, if you go away.

But if you stay, i ll make you a night
Like no night has been, or will be again.
I ll sail on your smile, i ll ride on your touch,
I ll talk to your eyes that i love such.
But if you go, go, i won t cry,
Though the good is gone from the word goodbye,
If you go away, 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,
Like the empty look i see on your face.
I d have been the shadow of your dog
If i thought it might have kept me by your side.
If you go away, if you go away, if you go away.