sommerro • rybak
The nineteen year old Henning Sommerro composed this song in 1971 to Hans Hyldbakk's 1945 poem «Vårsøg» ["Longing for Spring"], told to be written waiting for emancipation from the German occupation of Norway since spring 1940.
That poem was written in dialectic form, and hard to fully understand even for quite many norwegians. Maybe also Alexander Rybak got so confused by strange words that he simply wrote brand new lyrics for his own version, for the album "Fairytales"(2009), making it a love song. Who cares? Nice tune.
if you were gone the moon would lose its brightness
without your smile the finch would sing no more
and once in a while some waves would sigh with sadness
remembering two lovers walking by the shore
if you were gone the days would all be pointless
and in the night I'd sing the song so blue
a song about spring and every happy moment
when I had all the time alone with you
but you're right here and nothing could be better
so take my hand and stay with me 'till dawn
and while the wind is playing with your sweater
I can't imagine life if you were gone
if you were gone the world would lose its meaning
without your love how could I smile again
and though the sun would always keep on shining
I'd never shine without my dearest friend
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Chords in brackets may be omitted.
Em B7 Em C D7 Em if you were gone the moon would lose its brightness B7 Em C D7 G ...Em7 without your smile the finch would sing no more Am D7 Bm ...Em7 and once in a while some waves would sigh with sadness Am B B7 Em remembering two lovers walking by the shore Em C D7 G but you're right here and nothing could be better C D7 G so take my hand and stay with me 'till dawn Am D7 Bm ...Em7 and while the wind is playing with your sweater Am B B7 Em I can't imagine life if you were gone
