I never can say goodbye
No no no I
I never can say goodbye

Every time I think you’ve had enough
of me and start bolting for the door
there’s a very odd trembling
spearing me right to the core

(Might it be the way of life
might it be the question of power
might it be my positive bank balance)

That feeling says to me
Turn around you mug
you know I love this way
more and more each day

Tell me why is it so
I don’t want to let go
(out here in Africa
it seems just so)

I never can say goodbye
No no no I
I never can say goodbye

I keep thinking that our problems
soon are all going to work out
(what’s the thing with our credit ratings)
but there’s that same discontented feeling
and there’s that distress and hesitation

It’s that same old giddy hang-up
(that so much authority brings
what is it again about absolute power)
I can’t do with it or without

Tell me why is it so
I don’t want to let go
Please don’t make me say good-bye
Hey I never can say goodbye
It is just too easy, what with the Internet and a Thesaurus at hand!