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 head-lights, In the highlights of her hair... Hit the head lines 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 `round On its axis, uh-huh I know democracy But I know what`s fascist When she`s gone, all I 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 another day So why resurrect her? 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 --- Many Happy Returns - ABC