So Long (It's Been Good to Know Yuh)

So long, it's been good to know ya

So long, it's been good to know ya

So long, it's been good to know ya

What a long time since I've been home (Since I've been home)

And I gotta be driftin' along

I've sung this song, but I'll sing it again

Of the people I've met and the places I've seen

Of some of the troubles that bothered my mind

And a lotta good people that I've left behind

Sayin' so long, it's been good to know ya

So long, it's been good to know ya

So long, it's been good to know ya

What a long time since I've been home

And I gotta be driftin' along

The sweethearts, they sat in the dark and they sparked

They hugged and they kissed in that dusty old arch

They sighed and they cried and they hugged and they kissed

But instead of marriage they talk like this

Sayin' so long, it's been good to know ya

So long, it's been good to know ya

So long, it's been good to know ya

What a long time since I've been home

And I gotta be driftin' along

I went to your family and asked them for you

They all said, "Take her, oh, take her, please do

She can't cook for so and she won't scrub the floor"

So I put on my hat and tiptoed out the door

Sayin' so long, it's been good to know ya

So long, it's been good to know ya

So long, it's been good to know ya

What a long time since I've been home

And I gotta be driftin' along

We went to a weddin', the church it was packed

The pews were so crowded from front to the back

A thousand friends waited to kiss the new bride

But I was so anxious I rushed her outside

Sayin' so long, it's been good to know ya

So long, it's been good to know ya

So long, it's been good to know ya

What a long time since I've been home (Since I've been home)

And I gotta be driftin'

I gotta be driftin'

I gotta be driftin' along