I was just seventeen, when I made the AHL I couldn't skate in junior, but my fists rang like a bell I'll never win a title, and I'll never win the cup But when it comes to ladies, I've had the best of luck
My first girl was a sly one, she's hanging round the rink They sent me off to Cornwall, as fast as you could blink In Moose Jaw I was right in love, the daughter of the coach He traded me for nothing, didn't take to my approach
So goodbye, fare thee well There's no time for delay You'll see me at the face-off Or catch the play-by-play So goodbye, fare thee well I'm glad you shared my bed But never trust a fellow With a helmet on his head
Chantal was from Moncton, elle a jouer avec moiA tongue as sharp as razors, but she had a fancy carHer husband was a bruiser, played senior in QuebecAnd if he'd had the rights of it, it would have been my neck So goodbye, fare thee wellThere's no time for delayYou'll see me at the face-offOr catch the play-by-play So goodbye, fare thee wellI'm glad you shared my bedBut never trust a fellow With a helmet on his head And Nancy couldn't watch me fight, she'd always be in tearsWaving from the bleachers, and screaming in my earsAnd she, I could have married, and we had a dandy flingBut I had a one way contract, blew the money for the ring So goodbye, fare thee wellThere's no time for delayYou'll see me at the face-offOr catch the play-by-play So goodbye, fare thee wellI'm glad you shared my bedBut never trust a fellow With a helmet on his head Yeah, I should have sent the letter, and it would have been politeI'm cleaning out my locker, and time is getting tightI'm calling from the station, perhaps another day'Cause they're calling up a rookie, and they're trading me away So goodbye, fare thee wellThere's no time for delayYou'll see me at the face-offOr catch the play-by-play So goodbye, fare thee wellI'm glad you shared my bedBut never trust a fellow With a helmet on his head No never trust a fellowWith a helmet on his headDon't ever trust a fellowWith a helmet on his headFare thee well