IF We Only Have Love

IF WE ONLY HAVE LOVE
(Quand On N’a Que l’amour)
By: Jacques Brel
English words: Mort Shuman, Eric Blau
From: Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well
      And Living In Paris
Shirley Bassey
Key: Am

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If we on-ly have love 
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then to-mor-row will dawn
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And the days of our years 
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will rise on that morn
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If we on-ly have love 
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to em-brace with-out fears
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We will kiss with our eyes, 
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we will sleep with-out tears

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If we on-ly have love, 
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we can reach those in pain
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We can heal all our wounds, 
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we can use our own names
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If we on-ly have love, 
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we can melt all the guns
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And then give the new world 
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to our daugh-ters and sons

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If we on-ly have love 
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with our arms o-pened wide
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Then the young and the old 
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will stand at our side
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If we on-ly have love, 
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we will nev-er bow down
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We'll be tall as the pines 
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Neith-er her-oes nor clowns

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If we on-ly have love 
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Then we’ll on-ly be men
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And we’ll drink from the grail 
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to be born once a-gain
 
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then with noth-ing at all
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but the lit-tle we are
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we’ll have con-quered all time
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all space, the sun and the stars