If You Go Away [The Frank Sinatra Collection] Lyrics
Frank Sinatra
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Lyrics
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 away…
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 on the rain
We'll talk to the trees
and 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
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.
Please don't go away…
Song & Lyrics Facts
If You Go Away is a song from The Frank Sinatra Collection, the compilation album of American singer and actor Frank Sinatra released in 1995. Written by Jacques Brel with English lyrics adapted by Rod McKuen, it is a pop ballad performed in a traditional big band style.
It features Sinatra's signature crooning vocals accompanied by an orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle. The track was first recorded by Sinatra for his 1965 album September of My Years, which won him a Grammy Award for Album of the Year. If You Go Away has been covered by many artists over the years, including Barbra Streisand, Neil Diamond, and Tom Jones. Lyrics to this melancholic love song include “If you go away on this summer day, then you might as well take the sun away”.