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Artist: Aretha Franklin
Canonical path: /aretha-franklin/if-ever-i-would-leave-you
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If Ever I Would Leave You
Read If Ever I Would Leave You lyrics by Aretha Franklin on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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If Ever I Would Leave You
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If ever I would leave you, it wouldn't be in summer
Seeing you in summer, I never would go
Your hair streaked with sunlight, your arms red as flame
Your face with a luster that puts gold to shame
And if I'd ever leave you, it couldn't be in autumn
Just how I'd leave in autumn, I never, never would know
I've seen how you sparkle when fall nips the air
I know you in autumn and I must be there
Oh would I leave you running merrily, merrily, merrily through the snow?
Or on a wintry evening when you catch the fire's glow?
If ever I would leave you, it wouldn't be in springtime
Knowing how in springtime I'm bewitched, bewitched, bewitched by you so
Oh, no, not in springtime, summer, winter, or fall
If ever I would leave, leave you at all
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Aretha Franklin performs "If Ever I Would Leave You", and this lyric page sits inside the Aretha Franklin catalog on LyroVerse.
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