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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...