A flower for your vanity
A penny for your thoughts
About the world's insanity

And how we've gotten lost
Strike up the band to play a song
As we go waltzing by

And fake a smile as we all say goodbye

Goodbye, oh, goodbye


Say a prayer for recognition
Kiss the ones you love

Gather up the ammunition
Sigh for all the lost
Strike up the band to play a song

As we go waltzing by
And fake a smile as we all say goodbye


Raise a glass for ignorance
Drink a toast to fear
The beginning of the end has come

That's why we all are here
Strike up the band to play a song
And try hard not to cry

And fake a smile as we all say goodbye
Goodbye