We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye - 1932

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 20 Feb 2002

People in love are funny,
mighty hard to explain.
One minute they quarrel,
then they're back together again.
Take my case, for instance,
we had a little fuss.
Listen, ladies and gentlemen,
here's what happened to us.

We thought that love was over,
that we were really through,
I said I didn't love her,
that we'd begin anew
and you can all believe me,
we sure intended to,
but we just couldn't say goodbye.
The chair and then the sofa,
they broke right down and cried,
the curtains started wavin'
for me to come inside;
I tell you confidentially,
the tears were hard to hide,
and we just couldn't say goodbye.
The clock was striking twelve o'clock,
it smiled on us below
with folded hands it seemed to say,
we'll miss you if you go,
so I went back and kissed her
and when I looked around,
the room was singin' love songs
and dancin' up and down.
And now we're both so happy,
because at last we've found,
that we just couldn't say goodbye.

We thought that love was over,
that we were really through,
I said I didn't love her,
that we'd begin anew
and you can all believe me,
we sure intended to,
but we just couldn't say goodbye.
The chair and then the sofa,
they broke right down and cried,
the curtains started wavin'
for me to come inside;
I tell you confidentially,
the tears were hard to hide,
and we just couldn't say goodbye.
The clock was striking twelve o'clock,
it smiled on us below
with folded hands it seemed to say,
we'll miss you if you go,
so I went back and kissed her
and when I looked around,
the room was singin' love songs
and dancin' up and down.
And now we're both so happy,
because at last we've found,
that we just couldn't say goodbye.

I was a careless lover,
but the fear we should part,
soon made me discover
what a place she had in my heart.
I thought she'd been flirting,
she thought I'd done the same,
in a moment, with jealousy
both our hearts were aflame.

We thought that love was over,
that we were really through,
I said I didn't love her,
that we'd begin anew
and you can all believe me,
we sure intended to,
but we just couldn't say goodbye.
The chair and then the sofa,
they broke right down and cried,
the curtains started wavin'
for me to come inside;
I tell you confidentially,
the tears were hard to hide,
and we just couldn't say goodbye.
The clock was striking twelve o'clock,
it smiled on us below
with folded hands it seemed to say,
we'll miss you if you go,
so I went back and kissed her
and when I looked around,
the room was singin' love songs
and dancin' up and down.
And now we're both so happy,
because at last we've found,
that we just couldn't say goodbye.

We thought that love was over,
that we were really through,
I said I didn't love her,
that we'd begin anew
and you can all believe me,
we sure intended to,
but we just couldn't say goodbye.
The chair and then the sofa,
they broke right down and cried,
the curtains started wavin'
for me to come inside;
I tell you confidentially,
the tears were hard to hide,
and we just couldn't say goodbye.
The clock was striking twelve o'clock,
it smiled on us below
with folded hands it seemed to say,
we'll miss you if you go,
so I went back and kissed her
and when I looked around,
the room was singin' love songs
and dancin' up and down.
And now we're both so happy,
because at last we've found,
that we just couldn't say goodbye.

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We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye 1932
Music and Words by Harry Woods
copyright 1932 by Keit-Engel Inc., New York
additional lyrics by Charles Wilmott
Francis, Day and Hunter Ltd., London
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Wednesday 20 February 2002 at 21.52
in association with Doug Grierson
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