[Intro] (All) Hello! (Bass) Hello! (Baritone) Hello! (Tenor) Hello! (All) It's good to see your face a-gain! (Lead) It's been a while... (Backing) Such a long, long while... (Lead) Since way back when! (Backing) Way back when! [Verse 1] (Lead) I walked into the grocery store just the other day I saw a man approaching in the produce aisle way He smiled a smile so friendly, and he waved a happy hand He looked at me expecting that I'd know just who I am! (All) But oh! Oh! Oh no! I checked my mental Rolodex and found the pages blank My memory was empty, drawing nothing from the bank! [Chorus] (Lead) So I said, "Hey there, old Buddy!" (Backing) (Old Buddy! Old Buddy!) (Lead) "Good to see ya, Old Pal!" (Backing) (Old Pal! Old Pal!) (Lead) How's the wife? How's the job? How's the... thing-a-ma-bob? (Bass) Don't ask him his name! Don't ask him his name! (Lead) You're lookin' great, you're lookin' swell, you haven't aged a day! (Tenor/Bari) (Just keep on talking, keep on talking so he goes away!) (All) It's great to see you, Mister... uh... Mister... uh... Mister Man! [Verse 2] (Lead) He slapped me on the shoulder and he asked, "Do you recall?" (Backing) (Do you? Do you?) (Lead) "The time we took that roadtrip to the city in the fall?" (Bass) (Bum-bum-bum-bum) (Lead) I started sweating bullets, just a-noddin' like a fool Was he a guy from work? Or maybe elementary school? (All) I'm panic-king! I'm panic-king! The conversation's stiff! I'm praying that my darling wife doesn't ask me: "Who is this?" [Bridge] (Slow, rubato) (Tenor) Oh, sweet forgiving mystery... (Baritone) Who could this stranger be? (Bass) Is he Jim? Is he Joe? Is he Bob from the show? (All - Swipe Chord) I simply just don't knoooooow! [Chorus - Up Tempo] (Lead) So keep on smiling, Old Buddy! (Backing) (Old Buddy! Old Buddy!) (Lead) Shake the hand of, Old Pal! (Backing) (Old Pal! Old Pal!) (Lead) Keep keepin' on, keepin' real, give the handshake some zeal! (Bass) Don't ask him his name! Still don't know his name! (Lead) Take care my friend, my chum, my mate, my compadre, my... champ! (Tenor/Bari) (Get to the car, get to the car, run away to the car!) [Outro] (Lead) It was lovely catching uuuuuuuup! (Backing) Lovely catching up! (Lead) See you la-ter... (Backing) Alli-ga-tor... (Lead) Whatever your name is! (Bass) Don't know your name. (All) Good-byeeeee! (Spoken) (Bass) Seriously, who was that?
