How Could I Leave

How could I live
How could I possibly go on
If you should say goodbye
Just like a rose
If you don't water it every morn
It withers and it dies

Promise you won't leave me
Promise you won't hurt me
Promise you won't ever make me blue

If you ever leave me
If you should desert me
Baby, I don't know just what I'll do
I really don't know just what I'll do
I really don't know just what I'll do

It was ordained
That man should leave his mother
And cling to the woman he loves

I'm so sure
I'm so sure
I could never love anyone the way I love you, girl
I could never love anyone the way I love you, girl
The way I love you

Promise you won't hurt me
Promise you won't desert me
Promise you won't ever make me blue

If you ever hurt me
Baby, or desert me
Baby, I don't know just what I'll do
I really don't know just what I'll do
I really don't know just what I'll do