So Long, Marianne

[Verse 1]

Come over to the window, little darling

I'd like to try to read your palm

I used to think that I was some kind of gypsy boy

Before I let you take me home

[Chorus]

So long, Marianne, it's time that we began

To laugh and cry and cry and laugh about it all again

[Verse 2]

Well you know that I love to live with you

But you make me forget so very much

I forgot to pray for the angels

And then the angels forgot to pray for us

[Chorus]

So long, Marianne, it's time that we began

To laugh and cry and cry and laugh about it all again

[Verse 3]

We met when we were almost young

Deep in the green lilac park

You held on to me like I was a crucifix

As we went kneeling through the dark

[Verse 4]

Your letters they all say that you're beside me now

Then why do I feel so alone?

I'm standing on a ledge and your fine spider web

Is fastening my ankle to a stone

[Chorus]

So long, Marianne, it's time that we began

To laugh and cry and cry and laugh about it all again

[Verse 5]

Oh you really are such a pretty one

I see you've gone and changed your name again

And just when I climbed the whole mountainside

To wash my eyelids in the rain

[Chorus]

So long, Marianne, it's time that we began

To laugh and cry and cry and laugh

So long, Marianne, it's time that we began

To laugh and cry and cry and laugh about it all again