@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
Love don't say you can't forgive me
How can I bear to live if you say goodbye?
God has mercy, can't you spare some?
I am begging you to stay, if it's just a lie
I'll take the crumbs you leave at my door
I just can't bear not to see you anymore
Those years of love can't be gone
Take me with you, don't leave me here alone
Don't say goodbye love
I couldn't bear to hear it
Don't say goodbye love
It's what I've always feared
Nightmares come, I know, I've had one
Why can't I be awake? Say it's just a dream
This is all too real for dreaming
Like something in a play, truer then it seems
How did your face of love turn to hate?
Only a moment passed, now it is too late
Blind to the truth I have loved
Lost for now, I am helpless without you
Don't say goodbye love
I couldn't bear to hear it
Don't say goodbye love
It's what I've always feared
High above, the moon is riding
Clouds covering her face so she can not see
Tears are falling from my own eyes
Hope dying in my heart, struggles to be free
I want to hide in the past
Where I thought that I'd found love at last
Love that would suffer my sins
Love that would let me begin to live
Don't say goodbye love
I couldn't bear to hear it
Don't say goodbye love
It's what I've always feared
Don't say goodbye
Don't say goodbye
How can I bear to live if you say goodbye?
God has mercy, can't you spare some?
I am begging you to stay, if it's just a lie
I'll take the crumbs you leave at my door
I just can't bear not to see you anymore
Those years of love can't be gone
Take me with you, don't leave me here alone
Don't say goodbye love
I couldn't bear to hear it
Don't say goodbye love
It's what I've always feared
Nightmares come, I know, I've had one
Why can't I be awake? Say it's just a dream
This is all too real for dreaming
Like something in a play, truer then it seems
How did your face of love turn to hate?
Only a moment passed, now it is too late
Blind to the truth I have loved
Lost for now, I am helpless without you
Don't say goodbye love
I couldn't bear to hear it
Don't say goodbye love
It's what I've always feared
High above, the moon is riding
Clouds covering her face so she can not see
Tears are falling from my own eyes
Hope dying in my heart, struggles to be free
I want to hide in the past
Where I thought that I'd found love at last
Love that would suffer my sins
Love that would let me begin to live
Don't say goodbye love
I couldn't bear to hear it
Don't say goodbye love
It's what I've always feared
Don't say goodbye
Don't say goodbye
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Don't Say Goodbye Love Lyrics as written by Judy Collins
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