Many Happy Returns (Steven Wilson Stereo Mix / 2022)

When I accepted this job, I was resigned to my fate

When I got there early, she'd arrive late

You can say she's gone forever or just sit tight and wait

She said I was unprincipled but I was not the first

Like the phoenix coming back from the ashes, uh-huh

I know what's good, but I know what trash is

In the headlights and the highlights of her hair

Hit the headlines, but she's not there

Many happy returns, many happy returns

These are the lessons I could have learned

Return, many happy returns

And these are the letters I should have burned

Okay, I'm sad not blue

Okay, remember

All that matters to me now

Is the message I sent her

Like the world spinning 'round on its axis, uh-huh

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 found

Things get better second time around

Return, many happy returns

These are the lessons I could have learned

Return, many happy returns

And these are the letters I should have burned

Okay, I'm sad not blue

Okay, remember

All that matters to me now

Is the message I sent her

Now she's gone, she's gone away

Now she's gone, forget her

Coming back another day

If you'd only let her

Okay

Ooh, ooh, ooh

Now she's gone, she's gone away

Now she's gone, forget her

Coming back no other day

So why resurrect her?

Many happy returns, many happy returns

These are the lessons I should have learned

Many happy returns, many happy returns

And these are the letters I should have burned