Let's Say Goodbye (Words And Music) - Noel Coward and Orchestra
Let our affair be a gay thing
And when these hours have flown
Then without forgetting happiness
That has past
There'll be no regretting fun
That didn't quite last
Let's look on love as a play thing
All these sweet moments we've known
Mustn't be degraded
When the thrill of them has faded
Let's say goodbye and leave it alone
Now we've embarked on this foolish game
Don't let's destroy it with tears
Once we begin to let sentiment in
Happiness disappears
Reason may sleep for a moment in spring
But please let us keep it a casual thing
Something that's sweet
To remember through the years
Listen my dear
Were both of going to suffer a good deal
During these next few months
And the color will go out of
Everything for a bit
But when we do meet again
Somewhere far away in the future
It'll be gay and sweet
And terribly exciting
Because however many others
We may have loved in the meantime
And however old and tired we may be
We shall have between us a perfect memory
Let our affair be a gay thing
And when these hours have flown
Then without forgetting happiness
That has past
There'll be no regretting fun
That didn't quite last
Let's look on love as a play thing
All these sweet moments we've known
Mustn't be degraded
When the thrill of them has faded
Let's say goodbye and leave it alone
