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Artist: Terry Jacks
Canonical path: /terry-jacks/if-you-go-away
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If You Go Away
Read If You Go Away lyrics by Terry Jacks on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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If You Go Away
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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 nights were long
And the moon stood still for the nightbird'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 the sun, we'll ride on the rain
We'll talk to the trees, we'll fly with the wind
But if you go away, when I love you so
There'll be nothing left in the world you know
Just an empty room full of empty space
Like the empty look I see on your face
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, we'll fly with the wind
But if you go away, if you go away
If you go away
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