Fare Thee Well

I was wrong to wait around so long to

Be the one you sang love's sweet old-fashioned song to

For I find you've lost your spell

Fare thee well, little Jezebel, fare thee well

How I pined, dear, for the smallest sign, dear

Just to hear you say that come what may you're mine, dear

But it took too long to tell

Fare thee well, little Jezebel, fare thee well

I stood your highs, your lows, your yeses and your nos

But you could never make your mind up

And now at last those nervous days have past

And this, you will observe, is the windup

What elation, no more hesitation

I've a mind inclined to celebration

Au revoir, chère mademoiselle

Fare thee well, little Jezebel

It's been swell, little Jezebel

What the hell, little Jezebel

Fare thee well

Please be kind to the likes of me

Don't run off and leave me

I was young, high-strung

Please stay and don't grieve me

Please be good just as I'll be good

From now on believe me

I was wrong, headstrong

To behave so naively

Then let's forget the past and try to make this last

Let's bury, as they say, the hatchet

Let's repair this on-and-off affair

And where it seems threadbare, let's patch it

What elation (Please be good)

No more hesitation (Just as I'll be good)

I've a mind inclined (From now on)

To celebration (Believe me)

And we'll never say (Never say)

Ever say (Ever say)

"Fare thee well" again