Hello, my faithful friend,
you're back again
Hello, my dreary friend,

you're here again
Every day I wonder
Will you show yourself again

Never really knowing
Why or if or where or when
Suddenly you'll turn up

On my doorstep once again
Giving me no warning
That my joy has come to end


You're at my door again
No help to lend

You knock again and again
Is there no end?
Sorry not to welcome

You with open arms, my friend,
Seems like you just left me
My heart had no time to mend

I was almost happy
Thinking you had come to end
Now your darkness fills me

As you settle in again

I hate you, faithful friend,

You have no end
I loathe you, dreary friend,
you'll bring my end

Once again you turn up
In an unexpected way
Like an unforeseen twist

In a dark and tragic play
Yesterday I smiled
Thinking you had gone away

Now your sadness fills me
And I see you're here to stay