If You Go Away (Ne me quitte pas) Songtext
von Barbra Streisand

(Thank you, thank you, thank you
Back in the, in the 60′s there was a little show called
Jacques Brel is-
Something I said?
Uh, is alive and well and living in Paris
So, you remember, is that right?
Played on Bleecker Street at the Village gate
I love Jacques Brel's music and, uh
In fact, I actually flew to Marseille, France
With my friend Cis Corman and our husbands, at the time
And, uh, ′cause I love the song "Ne Me Quittes Pas"
And he didn't sing it
And actually, that stayed with me, 'cause I-I find, you know
When I sing the same songs over and over again
Like "People" and bla bla bla, I get so bored
But I always remember the feeling I had
The disappointed I had when he didn′t sing that song, so
So I sing those songs, like "People"
This one′s very special)


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
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

Then 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


Ne me quitte pas
Il faut oublier
Tout peut s'oublier
Qui s′enfuit déjà
Oublier le temps
Des malentendus
Et le temps perdu
À savoir comment
Oublier ces heures
Qui tuaient parfois
À coups de pourquoi
Le cœur du bonheur
Ne me quitte pas
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 sail on your smile
I′ll ride on your touch
I'll talk to your eyes
That I love so much

Then 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 left
In this world to trust
Just an empty room
Full of empty space
Like the empty look
I see on your face
I would′ve been the shadow
Of your shadow
If it might have kept me
By your side

If you go away
If you go away
Please, don't go away

(Thank you!
Very interesting, isn't it?
That song gets people
Well, so we all relate to that
Sometime or another in our lives)