Lyrics

Fare Thee Well

(Kathy Kallick,Red Shirt Pub. Co./BMI)

Fine friends, the dearest to my heart
Those loved so well through all the years 
The time has come for us to part
I'll not accept your saddest tears
 
Think on the best of all our times
The gladdest moments we have shared
Hold dear the favorite funny lines
The boldest truths we may have bared
 
      As you go out in the gentle night
      Out beneath the moon's bright spell       
      When you leave please don't bid me goodbye
      Please just say fare thee well    
 
I'll not forget the things you've said
At least the gist of all you meant
The separate lives that we have led
Have twined tonight as branches bent
 
If we should never meet again
Hold close the memory of this hour
Recall the ways you made me laugh
Sweet humor sweeter than a flower
 
      When I turn to say my fond farewell
      In the fading of the brightest light
      And when I leave I won't bid you goodbye
      I'll just say fare thee well
      Let's just say fare thee well