[Verse]
Well, you drove off in the summer rain
I waved to you like a sleeping dream
Told me to stay callous, if someone bothered me
"The Eiffel Tower, the marching band
But I'm sure you wouldn't understand"
I just hope you don't stay gone

[Chorus]
Don't leave
Don't leave this world to me
Don't leave
Don't leave this world to me

[Verse]
I saw your mother at the department store
She looked innocent like a stillborn
But all I could think about was the sting
Since you've gone, nothing's been the same
The wind don't sing and the sky's so dim
I've seen her staring up to it, saying

[Chorus]
Don't leave
Don't leave this world to me
Don't leave
Don't leave this world to me
[Bridge]
When the winter calls to war
When the spring sets in once more
When the summer starts to sing
When the fall comes marching in

[Chorus]
You'll leave
You'll leave this world to me
You'll leave
You'll leave this world to me