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

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

Goodbye goodbye

Oh why must we say goodbye

I've heard that word in every land

'Ke ora te tura' the Polynesians say

Farewell dear friend

We'll meet another day

From far Japan 'sayonara' they cry

I wish they didn't mean goodbye

I hear 'au revoir' and long for gay Paree

In Rome 'arividerci ' they fondly say to me

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

Oh I wish they didn't mean goodbye

As I leave London town

I hear their 'cheerio'

From Spain 'hasta mañana'

'Adios' from Mexico

And Vienna's old refrain

Is a sad 'auf wiedersehen'

Oh I wish they didn't mean goodbye

'Aloha oe ' I hear them sigh

But I wish they didn't mean goodbye