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