When Your Lover Has Gone

"When Your Lover Has Gone" is a song Frank Sinatra first-recorded under Columbia Records. It was later rerecorded to be featured in Sinatra's 1955 Capitol album In the Wee Small Hours.

A live version of this song can be found on the 1999 album, Sinatra ’57 in Concert.

History
"When Your Lover Has Gone" was composed by Einar Aaron Swan in 1931 specifically for the film . Since this rendition of the song, it has become a classical jazz standard, popularized by dozens of artists.

Releases

 * Studio recordings
 * In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning (1955)
 * Live performances
 * Sinatra ’57 in Concert (1999)
 * Reissues
 * Concepts (1992)
 * The Columbia Years 1943–1952: The Complete Recordings (1993)
 * The Voice: Frank Sinatra, the Columbia Years (1943–1952) (1996)
 * Portrait of Sinatra: Columbia Classics (1997)
 * The Capitol Years (1998)
 * Gold Collection (2001)
 * All or Nothing at All (2002)
 * Sinatra: Best of the Best (2011)

Lyrics
From ages to ages the poets and sages, Of love glorious 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 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