Tell the lady I said good-bye Tell the lady I'm through Tell my friends I'm wise To a woman's lies Tell the lady good-bye Tell the world my love is gone Let the other men sigh For never will a pair of eyes Send me to paradise Tell the lady good-bye My love was once a fire But now the tide has turned Pity the fool who plays with fire You always get your fingers burned Oh, yes, now Tell the lady I said farewell Then tell the lovers that I Failed to find the love and glory In the old eternal story Tell the lady good-bye Tell the lady Tell the lady I said good-bye