When I accepted this job
I was resigned to my fate
When I got there early
She hesitated
You can say she's gone forever
Or just sent time away
She said I was unprincipled
And that I was not the first
Like the phoenix coming back
From the ashes
I know what's good
But I know what trash is
In the headlights
In the highlights of her home
Hit the headlines
But she's not there
Many happy returns
Many happy returns
These are the places
I should have gone
Many happy returns
These are the places
I should have gone
Okay, I'm sad not blue
Okay, remember
All that matters to me now
Is the message I sent you
Like the world
Spinning round
On its axis
I know democracy
But I know what's fascist
When she's gone
All I've got to learn
Is the law of diminishing return
When she's here
One thing I've found
Things get better
Second time around
Many happy returns
Many happy returns
These are the places
I should have gone
Many happy returns
These are the places
I should have gone
Okay, I'm sad not blue
Okay, remember
All that matters to me now
Is the message I sent you
Like the world
Spinning round
On its axis
I know what's small
But I know what's massive
When she's gone
All I've got to learn
Is the law of diminishing return
When she's here
One thing I've found
Things get better
Second time around
Many happy returns
These are the places
I should have gone
Many happy returns
These are the places
I should have gone
I should have gone
I should have gone
I should have gone
Now she's gone
She's gone anyway
Now she's gone forever
Coming back no other day
So why resurrect her?
Return
Return, many happy returns
These are the lessons I can learn
Return, many happy returns
These are the letters I should have learned
Return, many happy returns
These are the lessons I could have learned
Return, many happy returns
These are the letters I should have learned
Return, many happy returns
These are the letters I should have learned
Return, many happy returns
These are the letters I should have learned
Return, many happy returns
These are the lessons I could have learned
Return, many happy returns
These are the letters I should have, I should have learned
Return, Many Happy Returns
Return, Many Happy Returns
Return, Many Happy Returns
Return, Many Happy Returns
Return, Many Happy Returns
Return, Many Happy Returns