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The Parting Song Lyrics by Aidan Moffat

2016

[Intro]
Kind friends and companions, come join me in rhyme
And lift up your voices in chorus with mine,
Let’s drink and be merry, all grief to refrain,
For we may or might never all meet here again.

[Verse 1]
Now the sirens are wailing, the taxi rank grows,
There’s another wee ned with another burst nose,
They’re puking their rings, and they’re shouting their song
And right here among them is where I belong

[Chorus]
So here’s a health to the company, likewise to my lass,
Let’s drink and be merry all out of one glass,,
Let’s drink and be merry, all grief to refrain
For we may or might never all meet here again

[Verse 2]
Your train’s in the morning, your case packed and locked,
And I cursed the day opportunity knocked,
A new wide world beckons, and so must we part,
For this fine fair city is home to my heart

[Chorus]
So here’s a health to the company, likewise to my lass
Let’s drink and be merry all out of one glass
Let’s drink and be merry, all grief to refrain,
For we may or might never all meet here again

[Verse 3]
Now we’ve all heard the hits and we know how this ends
Though once we were lovers, we’ll never be friends,
As Scott Walker, Nina, and Dusty did say,
My world will be empty if you go away

[Chorus]
So here’s a health to the company, likewise to my lass,
Let’s drink and be merry all out of one glass,
Let’s drink and be merry, all grief to refrain,
For we may or might never all meet here again.
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Aidan Moffat

Aidan Moffat

About “The Parting Song” by Aidan Moffat

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