Roger Whittaker – The First Hello, The Last Goodbye Songwriters: Gardew Robinson / Roger Whittaker
They say when you gain a lover You begin to lose a friend That the end of the beginning's The beginning of the end They say the moment that you're born Is when you start to die And the first time that we said hello Began our last goodbye
We know each summer's coming Means the winter's waiting there And gold would not be precious If we all had gold to spare You only know how low is low The first time that you fly And the first time that we said hello Began our last goodbye
If I could live forever It is certain I would never know Another single second so sublime At the moment of our meeting When our hands first touched in greeting How I wanted to hold back the hands of time
When they begin the overture They start to end the show When you think I'll never need you Then I knew that you would go The sound of all our laughter Is now echoed in a sigh And the first time that we said hello Began our last goodbye
If I could live forever It's certain I would never know Another single second so sublime At the moment of our meeting When our hands first touched in greeting How I wanted to hold back the hands of time, oh yes
When they begin the overture They start to end the show When you think I'll never need you Then I knew that you would go The sound of all our laughter Is now echoed in a sigh And the first time that we said hello Began our last goodbye And the first time that we said hello Began our last goodbye