joanie sommers
softly, as i leave you
Softly, I will leave you softly  For my heart would break  If you should wake and see me go.   So I leave you softly,  Long before you miss me  Long before your arms can beg me stay  For one more hour  Or one more day.   After all the years, I can't bear the tears to fall  So, softly as I leave you there.   Softly, long before you kiss me  Long before your arms can beg me stay  For one more hour  Or one more day.   After all the years,  I can't bear the tears to fall  So, softly as I leave you there  As I leave I you there  As I leave I you there.