Nancy Wilson
If Ever I Would Leave You
If ever I would leave you
It wouldn't be in summer
Seeing you in summer
I never would go
Your hair streaked with sunlight
Your lips hard as flame
Your face with a luster
That puts gold to shame
But if I'd ever leave you
It couldn't be in autumn
How I'd leave in autumn
I never will know
I've seen how you sparkle
When fall nips the air
I know you in autumn
And I must be there
And could I leave you running merrily
Through the snow?
Or on a wintry evening
When you catch the fire's glow?
If ever I would leave you
How could it be in springtime
Knowing how in spring
I'm bewitched by you so
Oh, no, not in springtime
Summer, winter, or fall
No, never could I leave you
At all