by the time you say goodbye 

by the time you say cheerio 

we'll take a handshake through 

on your journey as you go 

keep a pray'r within your heart 

that the time will surely fly 

to the day when we shall meet again 

by the time you say goodbye 



hmmm..... 



yes listeners, we have been coming to you 

live on a crystal ballroom high above the Hotel Jamestown 

in picturesque western new york 

as your program draws to a close 

it gives me profound pleasure to say cheerio 

to the strains of Miss Natalie Merchant and her choir 

and so now it only remains for me to say... goodnight 



by the time you say goodbye 

by the time you say cheerio 

we'll take a handshake through 

on your journey as you go 

keep a pray'r within your heart 

that the time will surely fly 

to the day when we shall meet again 

by the time you say goodbye