Many Happy Returns

When I accepted this job I was resigned to my fate When I got there early She'd arrive late You can say she's gone forever Or just sit tight and wait She said I was unprincipled That I was not the first Like the phoenix coming back From the ashes, uh-huh I know what's good But I know what trash is In the headlights In the highlights of her hair Hit the headlines But she's not there Many happy returns Many happy returns These are the lessons I could have learned Return, many happy returns And these are the letters I should have burned Okay, I'm sad, not blue Okay, remember All that matters to me now Is the message I sent her Like the world spinning around On its axis, uh-huh I know democracy But I know what's fascist When she's gone, all I've got to learn Is the law of diminishing return When she's here, one thing I've found Things get better second time around Many happy returns Many happy returns These are the lessons I could have learned Return, many happy returns And these are the letters I should have burned Okay I'm sad, not blue Okay, remember All that matters to me now Is the message I sent her Now she's gone, she's gone away Now she's gone, forget her Coming back another day If you'd only let her Now she's gone, she's gone away But she's gone, forget her Coming back no other day So why resurrect her Many happy returns Many happy returns These are the lessons I should have learned Return, many happy returns And these are the letters I should have burned