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

Don't leave
Don't leave this world to me
Don't leave
Don't leave this world to me

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

Don't leave
Don't leave this world to me
Don't leave
Don't leave this world to me

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

You'll leave
You'll leave this world to me
You'll leave
You'll leave this world to me