LYRICS I've tried to mend/ The love that end-/ ed long ago or will we still pretend?/ Our love is surely coming to an end/ Don't waste the time we've got to love again. We tried to lie/ But you and I/ Know better than to let each other lie./ The thought of lying to you makes me cry/ Counting up the time that's passed us by. I sent this letter hoping it would reach your hand/ And if it does I hope that you will understand/ That I must leave in awhile/ And though I smile/ The smile is really only there to hide/ What I'm really feeling deep inside/ Just a place where I can hang my pride. [ Interlude ] Goodbye! Goodbye! [ First Improvisation ] We'll talk of places that we went, and times we spent together penniless and free. You'll see the day another way, and wake up with the sunshine pouring right down where you lay. [ Second Improvisation ] You'll love again, I don't know when, but if you do I know that you'll be happy in the end.