Is it hello? is it hello or goodbye?
Which one am I to say?
I don't wanna be fooled
Into falling in love with you
Will you stay for a while?
It seems like we were just getting
To know one another so well
But oh well
Hello always means goodbye
So babe

I won't stop telling you everyday
How much I need you a round
I know you're up in the sky
But I don't know when you'll be back down
I wake up looking for you
But I guess it depends on the day
Hello, goodbye
Just tell me which one to say

My mother's voice was soft rain
And my daddy's was more like a hurricane
Saying son you better learn to pray
I'm like, the sun better learn to shine
I'm feeling blind
I been gone for a while
And my daughter's days have been blue and gray
I can see the same story in her eyes
Saying