Sarah Vaughan - When Your Lover Has Gone (Roulette Records 1960) video free download

"When Your Lover Has Gone" is a 1931 composition by Einar Aaron Swan. This song is unusual in that, after a simple verse, it does not follow the usual 64-bar refrain that characterizes the structure of most pop music, but tells its entire story in 32 bars.

Sarrah's accompanied by Jimmy Jones Orchestra with Harry "Sweets" Edison on trumpet. Recorded in New York City, October 13, 1960. (Roulette Records)

For ages and ages the poets and sages,

Of love wonderous love always sing,

But ask any lover and you'll soon discover,

The heartaches that romance can bring,

When you're alone, who cares for starlit skies

When you're alone, the magic moonlight dies

At break of dawn, there is no sunrise

When your lover has gone

What, what lonely hours, the evening shadows bring

What lonely hours, with memories lingering

Like faded flowers, life can't mean anything

When your lover has gone