If you go away // But if you stay, I'll make you a day like

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 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 fill up my hand,
 If you go away,
 if you go away,
 if you go away.

 If you go,
 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
 till the next hello,
 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 sail on your smile,
 I'll ride on your touch,
 I'll talk to your eyes
 that I love so much.

 But if you go, go,
 I won't cry,
 Though the good is gone
 from the word goodbye,
 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.
 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.