If You Go Away

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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 nightbird'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 on 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.



       Am
If you go away, as I know you will, 

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You must tell the world to stop turning til

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You return again, if you ever do, 

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For what good is love without loving you?

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Can I tell you now, as you turn to go, 

         Am
I'll be dying slow til your 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, no, I won't cry, 

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Though the good is gone from the word good-bye.

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If you go away, if you go away, if you go away.


         Am
If you go away, as I know you must, 

            Dm
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 your shadow if I thought it might 

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Have kept me here, by your side;

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If you go away, if you go away . . . please don't go away.