Hello my old friend, Won’t you stay a while On the lonely road For miles and miles Lend me your ears I’ve a story to tell Of a wretched fool, and broken hearts Of the bye and bye and the ne’er do well Of lonely souls, and good old days And fairy tales And wretched fools Inside their jails Let me bend your ear For a little while Pour my Soul And drink her smile Like a sad old drunk , With an empty cup And a thirst so deep That it won’t give up And oh, to say goodbye And maybe then In this lonely tale Of mice and men The darkest nights and the bitter days Oh I wish That I could find a way A river running deep Wild and free And the Love that flowed, So far from me And I weep, and weep And I wonder why While I linger in The By and By Oh I weep, I weep And I wonder why As I’m living In the By and By And I just can’t sleep And I don’t know why ‘Cause I’m dreamin’ In the By and By Oh I think, and I sink And I wonder why ‘Cause I’m drownin’ In the By and By And I just can’t sleep And I don’t know why ‘Cause I’m dreamin’ In the By and By Oh I think, and I sink And I wonder why ‘Cause I’m drownin’ In the By and By Oh I weep, I weep And I wonder why As I’ m living In the By and By And I just can’ t sleep And I don’ t know why ‘ Cause I’ m dreamin’ In the By and By Oh I think, and I sink And I wonder why ‘ Cause I’ m drownin’ In the By and By And I just can’ t sleep And I don’ t know why ‘ Cause I’ m dreamin’ In the By and By Oh I think, and I sink And I wonder why ‘ Cause I’ m drownin’ In the By and By
