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Ne me quitte pas, Jacques Brel

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    Do not leave me.
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    We have to forget
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    all that can be forgotten,
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    that which has already passed:
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    to forget the times
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    of misunderstandings,
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    to forget the hours
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    that sometimes killed
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    the happiness of heart
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    each jab asking "why?".
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    (Just) don't leave me.
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    Don't leave me...
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    Do not leave me.
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    I could give you
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    pearls of the showers
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    that have come from lands
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    where it never rains.
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    I would dig the earth,
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    even after my death,
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    to cover your body
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    with gold and light.
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    I will make a world
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    where love will be king,
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    where love is the ruling law,
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    where you will be queen.
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    (Just) don't leave me.
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    Don't leave me...
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    Don't leave me.
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    I would invent
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    nonsensical words
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    that you will understand.
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    I will speak of these past lovers
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    who have twice seen
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    their hearts set on fire.
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    I will tell you the tale
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    of this king,
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    dead from never having
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    been able to meet you.
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    (Just) don't leave me.
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    Don't leave me...
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    Don't leave me.
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    One has often seen
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    spurts of fire
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    from an old volcano
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    once thought to be too old.
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    They even say that
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    burned lands yield more wheat
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    than the best April.
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    And when the evening comes,
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    in order for the sky to blaze,
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    the red and the black,
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    do they not marry together?
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    Don't leave me.
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    Don't leave me...
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    Don't leave me.
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    I don't want to cry anymore.
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    I don't want to talk anymore.
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    I will hide over there
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    to watch you
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    dance and smile,
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    and to hear you
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    sing and then laugh.
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    Let me become
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    the shadow of your shadow,
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    the shadow of your hand,
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    (even just) the shadow of your dog.
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    (Just) don't leave me.
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    Don't leave me...
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Ne me quitte pas, Jacques Brel
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