So long,
it's been good to know you.
So long,
it's been good to know you.
So long,
it's been good to know you.
What a long time since I've been home.
And I gotta be drifting along.
I've sung this song, but I'll sing it again.
Of the people I've met and the places I've been.
Some of the troubles that bothered my mind.
And a lot of good people that I've left behind.
Singing so long, it's been good to know you.
So long, it's been good to know you.
So long,
it's been good to know you.
What a long time since I've been home.
And I gotta be drifting
along.
The sweethearts,
they sat in the dark and they sparked.
They hugged and they kissed in that dusty old dark.
They sighed and they cried and they hugged and they kissed.
But instead of marriage,
they talked like this honey.
So long, it's been good to know you.
So long, it's been good to know you.
So long,
it's been good to know you.
What a long time since I've been home.
And I gotta be drifting along.
When you went to your family,
I asked them for you.
They all said take her, oh take her, please do.
She can't cook or sew and she won't scrub your floor.
So I put on my coat, tiptoed out the door.
Singing so long, it's been good to know you.
So long, it's been good to know you.
So long, it's been good to know you.
What a long time since I've been home.
And I gotta be drifting along.
I walked down the street to the grocery store.
It was crowded with people,
both rich and both poor.
I asked the man how his butter was sold.
He says one pound of butter for two pounds of gold.
I said so long, it's been good to know you.
So long, it's been good to know you.
So long, it's been good to know you.
What a long time since I've been home.
And I gotta be drifting along.
My telephone rang and it jumped off the wall.
That was the preacher a-making a call.
He said we're waiting to tie the knot.
You're getting married, believe it or not.
Well, the church, it was jammed.
The church, it was packed.
The pews were crowded from the front to the back.
A thousand friends waited to kiss my new bride.
But I was so anxious,
I rushed her outside,
told them
so long, it's been good to know you.
So long, it's been good to know you.
So long, it's been good to know you.
What a long time since I've been home.
And I gotta be drifting along.