Softly As I Leave You (1962) by Matt Monro

Softly As I Leave You

Matt Monro 

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