Words and Music by Jacques Brel
English Words by Rod McKuen

Performed by Yelena & bitzone
Yelena (vocals, acoustic guitars, MIDI programmed VSTs)
https://soundcloud.com/bitzone (mellotron and production)

Image: Fragment of the drawing by Charles Robinson for The Child World,  The Studio magazine, December 1896

If You Go Away (Ne me quitte pas)

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
And 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 'til
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 the next hello
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 ride on your smile, I'll sail on your touch
I'll talk to your eyes that I love so much
And if you go, I'll understand
Leave me just enough
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 more in this world to trust
Just an empty room, full of empty space
Like the empty look I see on your face
Oh I would have been the shadow of your shadow
If it only kept me by your side
If you go away, if you go away, please don't go away

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If You Go Away [bitzone production]

Chanson, Ballad & Blues 
All songs are produced by brilliant producer and musician from Germany https://soundcloud.com/bitzone. 
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In this project I arrange and record my original songs and favorite covers. Sometimes I set poetry that resonate with me to music. 
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