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 red 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