He said, Dear, I’m leaving, right there in the hallway 
As the party roared on all around 
And her head wouldn’t turn, O she couldn’t look at him 
In a whirlpool she quietly drowned 
And she said to herself, I won’t cry, I won’t grieve 
But I’ll laugh and I’ll flow with the wine 
With the fast love of strangers we’ll sing Sweet Bye 
and Bye 
Happy Days and Auld Lang Syne 

How I wish I knew 
All the old songs they’re singing 
Such comfort they’re bringing 
To a heart that’s as empty as mine 
O it lifts you so high 
Does the Sweet Bye and Bye 
Happy Days and Auld Lang Syne 

And she said, I’ll be wearing my smile like a mask 
And I’ll care for each stranger I kiss 
And no-one will know that I’m wounded and cheated 
So close to my moment of bliss 
And sometimes you never connect with a song 
Till it’s telling the way that you feel 
Putting words to your story, all the pain and the glory 
How can it be written so real 

How I wish I knew 
All the old songs they’re singing 
Such comfort they’re bringing 
To a heart that’s as empty as mine 
O it lifts you so high 
Does the Sweet Bye and Bye 
Happy Days and Auld Lang Syne