Softly as I Leave You

Softly As I Leave You

 Frank Sinatra

 Writers: Hal Shaper and Antonio DeVita and Giorgio Calabrese

 

 Peak chart position # 27 in 1964

 Previously hit # 16 for Matt Monro in 1962

 

 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