Marc Almond - If You Go Away

"If You Go Away" is a song in English based upon the French song "Ne Me Quitte Pas" (1959), written by Jacques Brel. The English lyrics were written by Rod McKuen as part of a larger project to translate Brel's work. "If You Go Away" is considered a pop standard and has been recorded by many artists: Frank Sinatra, Tom Jones, Brenda Lee, Violetta Villas, Shirley Bassey, Daliah Lavi, Marc Almond, Emilíana Torrini, Neil Diamond, Scott Walker, Farhad Mehrad, Dusty Springfield and Cyndi Lauper. The complex melody is partly derivative of classical music - the poignant "But if you stay..." passage comes from Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 3. Here, beautiful performance of Marc Almond on his album "Jacques" (1989) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "If You Go Away" jest angielska wersja francuskiej piosenki "Ne Me Quitte Pas" autorstwa Jacguesa Brela. Angielskie slowa napisal Rod McKuen, jako czesc wiekszego projektu tlumaczenia dziel Brela. "If You Go Away" jest uwazana za standart muzyki pop, byla nagrywana przez bardzo wielu artystow: Frank Sinatra, Tom Jones, Brenda Lee, Violetta Villas, Shirley Bassey, Daliah Lavi, Marc Almond, Emilíana Torrini, Neil Diamond, Scott Walker, Farhad Mehrad, Dusty Springfield czy Cyndi Lauper. Melodia jest czesciowo pochodna muzyki klasycznej,przejmujacy fragment "But if you stay..." pochodzi z Rapsodii wegierskiej nr 3 Franciszka Liszta. Tutaj piekne wykonanie Marca Almonda, z jego plyty "Jacques" (1989) Lyrics: If you go away On this summer's 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 And the day was young And the nights were long The trees stood still for the night birds song If you go away If you go away If you go away And if you stay I'll make you a day Like no day has been Or will be again I'll sail on the sun I'll ride on the rain I'll talk to the trees And i'll worship the wind But 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 away As i know you will You must tell the world to stop turning , turning Til you return again If you ever do For what good is love Without loving you Let me 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 But if you stay, I'll make you a night Like no night has been Or will be again I'll sail on you smile I'll ride on your touch Oh, i'll talk to your eyes How i love them so much But if you go I won't cry For the good is gone In the word "goodbye" If you go away Please don't go away Please don't go away Please don't leave me I won't cry anymore I won't talk anymore I'll hide in your room And i'll watch you As you dance and you smile And i'll listen a while As you sing and you laugh Please let me become The shadow of your shadow The shadow of your hand The shadow of your glass On this shadow of a man Please don't leave me Please stay Please don't go away And if you stay I'll make you a day Like no day has been Or will be again I'll sail on the sun I'll ride on the rain I'll talk to the trees And i'll worship the wind But if you go I'll understand Leave me just enough love To fill up my hand If you go away Please don't go away Please don't go away