So long it's been good to know ya,
So long it's been good to know ya,
So long it's been good to know ya,
For a long time since I've been home,
Since I've been home,
And I gotta be driftin' along.
I've sung this song but I'll sing it again
Of the people I've met
and the places I've seen
Of some of the troubles that
bothered my mind
And a lot of good people
that I've left behind
Saying so long,
it's been good to know ya
So long, it's been good to know ya
So long, it's been good to know ya
What a long time since I've been home
And I gotta be driftin' along
The sweethearts they sat in the dark
and they sparked
They hugged and they kissed
in that dusty old ark
They sighed and they cried
and they hugged and they kissed
But in stead of marriage
they talk like this
Sayin' so long, it's been good to know ya
So long, it's been good to know ya
So long, it's been good to
know ya
It's been long time since
I've been home,
and I gotta be driftin' along.
I went to your family
and asked them for you,
they all said, Take her, oh,
take her, please do.
She can cook for Saul,
and she won't smelt the floor.
So I put on my hat
and tiptoed out the door, saying,
So long, it's been good to know ya.
So long, it's been good to know ya.
So long, it's been good to know ya
for a long time since I've been home.
And I gotta be driftin' along.
We went to a wedding.
The church, it was packed.
The pews were so crowded
from front to the back.
A thousand friends waited to
kiss the new bride.
But I was so anxious,
I rushed her outside.
Saying, so long,
it's been good to know you.
So long, it's been good to know you.
So long, it's been good to know you.
But a long time since I've been home.
Been a time I've been home.
And I gotta be drifting.
I gotta be drifting.
I gotta be drifting along.