Texty: Richard Thompson. Happy Days And Auld Lang Syne.

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