ARETHA FRANKLIN - If Ever I Would Leave You lyrics

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If ever I would leave you, it wouldn't be in summer<br />

Seeing you in summer, I never would go<br />

Your hair streaked with sunlight, your arms red as flame<br />

Your face with a luster that puts gold to shame<br />

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And if I'd ever leave you, it couldn't be in autumn<br />

Just how I'd leave in autumn, I never, never would know<br />

I've seen how you sparkle when fall nips the air<br />

I know you in autumn and I must be there<br />

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Oh would I leave you running merrily, merrily, merrily through the snow?<br />

Or on a wintry evening when you catch the fire's glow?<br />

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If ever I would leave you, it wouldn't be in springtime<br />

Knowing how in springtime I'm bewitched, bewitched, bewitched by you so<br />

Oh, no, not in springtime, summer, winter, or fall<br />

If ever I would leave, leave you at all