If You Go Away - Damita Jo

If You Go Away
Lyrics written by: Rod McKuen
Originally written by: Jacques Brel
Adapted from: Ne me quitte pas written by Jacques Brel


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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 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

If you go away
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
Til your next hello

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 night
Like no night has been
Or will be again

I'll ride on you smile
I'll sail on your touch
I'll talk to your eyes
That I love so much

But 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 the 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 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

Singers:
Ne me quitte pas written by Jacques Brel French
1. Jacques Brel November 1959 2. Jacqueline Danno 1959 3. Simone Langlois December 1959 4. Barbara 1961 5. Nina Simone June 1965 6. Maysa 1966 7. Sandie Shaw November 1967 8. Ornella Vanoni 1968 9. Frida Boccara 1971 10. Daniel Guichard 1972 11. Gigliola Cinquetti 1974 12. Serge Lama 1979 13. Iva Zanicchi 1982 14. Zabranjeno Pušenje 1985 15. Alison Moyet 1987 16. Sting 1991 17. Catherine Ribeiro 1992 18. Nanette Workman 1993 19. Ludwig von 88 1994 20. Yves Duteil 1996 21. Nana Mouskouri November 1997 22. Jo Lemaire & Johan Verminnen 1998 23. Faudel 1998 24. Toots Thielemans 1998 25. Yuri Buenaventura 1998 26. Sonia Silvestre July 14, 1998 27. Karrin Allyson August 3, 1999 28. Dominique Horwitz 2000 29. Eileen Mager 2001 30. Roberto Ferri 2001 31. Mich en scène 2001 32. Natacha Atlas April 30, 2001 33. Noel Harrison 2002 34. Jokke Schreurs Trio 2002 35. Dyango 2003 36. Candan Erçetin 2003 37. Pierre Bachelet 2003 38. Janez Detd. 2003 39. Bic Runga with Christchurch Symphony November 17, 2003 40. Wende 2004 41. In-grid December 2004 42. Dee Dee Bridgewater 2005 43. Alain Barrière 2007 44. Belinda Carlisle February 6, 2007 45. Florent Pagny November 19, 2007 46. Sarach 2008 47. Ainhoa Arteta 2008 48. Micheline & Bruno Brel October 2008 49. Freddy Birset December 2008 50. Angélique Kidjo 2010 51. Kellylee Evans September 2010 52. Herbert Léonard April 16, 2012 53. Sophie Hunger September 28, 2012 54. Céline Dion November 2, 2012 55. Buika 2013 56. Jean-Félix Lalanne en duo avec Emmanuel Moire March 25, 2013 57. Juliette Gréco October 25, 2013 58. Philippe Elan & Amstel Quartet January 15, 2015 59. Ms. Lauryn Hill July 10, 2015

Laat me niet alleen written by Ernst van Altena Dutch
1. Jacques Brel 1961 2. Liesbeth List 1968 3. Rob de Nijs 1983 4. Frank Cools 1995 5. Bart Peeters 2002 6. Ronny Mosuse January 2008

Non andare via written by Gino Paoli Italian
1. Gino Paoli 1962 2. Patty Pravo 1970 3. Rossana Casale 1999 4. Petra Magoni & Ferruccio Spinetti March 31, 2006 5. Rocco Granata 2008

Bitte geh' nicht fort written by Max Colpet German
Marlene Dietrich 1963

If You Go Away written by Rod McKuen English
1. Rod McKuen April 1966 2. Damita Jo (billboard adult contemporary 1967) November 1966 3. Kim Weston 1967 4. Shirley Bassey 1967 5. Monique Leyrac 1967 6. The Billy Vaughn Singers 1967 7. Lainie Kazan 1967 8. The Seekers 1967 9. Jack Jones 1967 10. Al Martino 1967 11. Mitch Ryder November 1967 12. Dusty Springfield November 1967 13. Samantha Jones 1968 14. Danny Williams 1968 15. Bobby Goldsboro 1968 16. Dottie West March 1968 17. Glen Campbell November 1968 18. Tom Jones November 29, 1968 19. Jackie Trent with The Tony Hatch Orchestra 1969 20. Ginette Reno 1969 21. Ray Barrett 1969 22. Frank Sinatra March 1969 23. Scott Walker April 1969 24. Brenda Lee May 1969 25. Oliver 1970 26. Nina [3] 1971 27. The Dells 1971 28. Neil Diamond November 1971 29. Freda Payne October 1973 30. Terry Jacks 1974 31. Nana Mouskouri 1974 32. Top of the Pops July 1974 33. Dean Reed 1976 34. Gracie Rivera 1978 35. Marc and The Mambas September 1982 36. Barbara Dickson 1986 37. Boba 1987 38. Helen Merrill featuring Stan Getz 1989 39. Marc Almond December 1989 40. Julio Iglesias 41. 1990 42. Stephen Ackles 1993 43. Sheena Easton 1993 44. Michael Ball 1995 45. Jack Lukeman & the Black Romantics 1996 46. Emilíana Torrini August 30, 1999 47. Robert Clary with the John Rodby Trio 2000 48. Dicte 2000 49. Ronny Mosuse 2002 50. Violet Indiana January 22, 2002 51. Patricia Kaas April 15, 2002 52. Cyndi Lauper November 18, 2003 53. Sofia Laiti 2004 54. Ambulette April 2005 55. Lesley Garrett 2007 56. Belinda Carlisle February 6, 2007 57. Little Annie & Paul Wallfisch February 12, 2008 58. Maria Kesselman June 2009 59. Barbra Streisand September 25, 2009 60. Vassilikos December 4, 2009 61. Mary Byrne November 25, 2011 62. Holly Cole 2012 63. Malia January 13, 2012 64. Katy Setterfield February 2012 65. Nicki Parrott April 17, 2013 66. Tout Va Bien June 14, 2013 67. Alfie Boe November 11, 2013 68. Storm Large October 7, 2014

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