[Intro]
(Now this next song, ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to do is a song we've been doing a lot here, and it's a true story, and I'd like to share the story with you. The song has been around for a long time, but it, uh, there's a story behind it, and I'd like to share it with you
It's a story of a man who was in a hospital, and he's dying
And his wife had been sitting by his bedside for three days and three nights
Somewhere on the third day, between midnight and day
She laid down beside him and dozed off to sleep
Well, he felt her when she dozed off to sleep
And at the same time he felt himself start to die
So he didn't want her to see him pass away
So he took his notepad on the side of the bed, and he wrote)

Softly (Softly)
I will leave you (I will leave you)
Softly
(For my heart would break) For my heart would break
(If you should wake) If you should wake
(And see me go) And see me go

(So I leave you) So I leave you
(Softly) Softly
(Long before you miss me) Long before you miss me
(Long before your arms can beg me stay) Long before your arms can beg me stay
(For one more hour) For one more hour
For one more day

(After all the years) After all the years
(I can't bear the tears) I can't bear the tears
(To fall) To fall
(So softly) So softly (So softly)
I will leave you there
I will leave you there
(Thank you, everyone, thank you very much)