As You Leave Me Here to Cry – English Lyrics

• By: Billy Branch
• Album: Romancing The Blue Stone

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the soulful depths of Chicago Blues with Billy Branch's poignant song. By delving into the lyrics, listeners can grasp the emotional weight of love and loss, and the cultural richness embedded in blues music .

[English]

There is nothing I can do

If you leave me here to cry

There is nothing I can do

If you leave me here to cry

You know my love will follow you

As the years go passing by

I gave you all that I own

That's one thing you can't deny

I Gave you all that I own

That's one thing you can't deny

You know my love will follow you

As the years go passing by

I'm Gonna leave it up to you

I'll say So long, but not goodbye

I'm Gonna leave it up to you

I'll say So long, but not goodbye

You know my love will follow you

As the years go passing by

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
leave /liːv/ A1	verb - to go away from
cry /kraɪ/ A1	verb - to shed tears noun - an act of crying
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - an intense feeling of affection verb - to feel deep affection for someone
years /jɪər/ A1	noun - a period of twelve months
passing /ˈpæsɪŋ/ B1	verb - to go past
gave /ɡeɪv/ A1	verb - past tense of give
own /oʊn/ A2	verb - to possess something
thing /θɪŋ/ A1	noun - an object or item
deny /dɪˈnaɪ/ B2	verb - to state that something is not true
long /lɒŋ/ A1	adjective - measuring a great distance from end to end
goodbye /ˌɡʊdˈbaɪ/ A1	noun - a farewell expression

Key Grammar Structures

• There is nothing I can do

  ➔ Existential 'There is/are' + Modal verb 'can'

  ➔ Uses the existential 'There is' to indicate the absence of options or actions available. 'Can' expresses the inability to do anything.

• If you leave me here to cry

  ➔ Conditional clause (Type 0 or Type 1, depending on interpretation)

  ➔ Expresses a potential or inevitable consequence. Here, 'leave' is in the present simple, implying a general truth (Type 0) or a likely future event (Type 1). The infinitive 'to cry' expresses the purpose of leaving.

• You know my love will follow you

  ➔ Future simple with 'will'

  ➔ 'Will' expresses a prediction or strong intention about the future.

• As the years go passing by

  ➔ Present Continuous used for emphasis on ongoing action. Could be 'go by' instead of 'go passing by'.

  ➔ While grammatically correct, 'go passing by' is slightly redundant and emphasizes the continuous nature of the years passing. 'Go by' is more common and equally valid.

• I gave you all that I own

  ➔ Past Simple + Relative Clause (that I own)

  ➔ 'Gave' is the past simple of 'give', indicating a completed action in the past. 'That I own' is a defining relative clause specifying what was given.

• That's one thing you can't deny

  ➔ Demonstrative Pronoun ('That's') + Modal Verb ('can't')

  ➔ 'That's' refers back to the preceding statement. 'Can't deny' expresses impossibility or strong certainty.

• I'm Gonna leave it up to you

  ➔ Informal Future ('Gonna') + Phrasal Verb ('leave it up to')

  ➔ 'Gonna' is a contraction of 'going to', indicating a future intention. 'Leave it up to' means to entrust a decision or responsibility to someone else.

• I'll say So long, but not goodbye

  ➔ Future Simple ('I'll say') + Contrastive Conjunction ('but')

  ➔ 'I'll say' expresses a future action or intention. 'But' introduces a contrast, indicating that 'so long' is not the same as 'goodbye', implying hope for a future meeting.