I Wish They Didn't Mean Goodbye (Album Version)

Goodbye, goodbye

Oh, why must we say goodbye?

I've heard that song in many lands

'Ke ora ta tua' the Polynesians say

Farewell, dear friends

We'll meet another day

From far Japan, 'sayonara' they say

I wish they didn't mean goodbye – goodbye

I hear 'au revoir' and long for gay Paris

In Rome, 'arividerci,' they fondly say to me

As we sail from fair Hawaii, I hear 'aloha oe'

Oh, I wish they didn't mean goodbye

As I leave London town I hear their 'cheerios'

In Spain 'hasta mañana', 'Adios' from Mexico

And Vienna's old refrain is a sad 'auf wiedersehеn'

Oh, I wish they didn't mean goodbye

'Aloha oе,' I hear them sigh

Oh, I wish they didn't mean goodbye

Goodbye! Goodbye! Goodbye! Goodbye!

Aloha for them!