(Jacques Brel/Rod McKuen)





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



But if you stay, I'll make you a day

Like no day has been or will be again

We'll sail on 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 hold in my hand



If you go away, If you go away, If you go away



Ne me quitte pas

Il faut oublier

Tout peut s'oublier

Qui s'enfuit dÃÆ'©jÃÆ' 

Oublier le temps

Des malentendus

Et le temps perdu

A savoir comment

Oublier ces heures

Qui tuaient parfois

A coups de pourquoi

Le coeur du bonheur



Ne me quitte pas, ne me quitte pas, ne me quitte pas



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 so much

Then if you go, I'll understand

Leave me just enough love to hold in my hand



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 this world to trust

Just an empty room, full of empty space

Like the empty look I see on your face

Oh, I'd have been the shadow of your shadow

If it might have kept me by your side



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



[spoken] Please don't go away!