when i accepted this job
i was resigned to my fate
when i got there early
she´d arrive late
you can say she´s gone forever
or just sit tight and wait
she said i was unprincipled
that i was not the first

like the phoenix coming back
from the ashes, uh-huh
i know what´s good,
but i know what trash is
in the head-lights,
in the highlights of her hair...
hit the head lines
but she´s not there:

_ chorus:

many happy returns
many happy returns
these are the lessons i could have learned
return. many happy returns
and these are the letters i should have burned

okay, i´m sad, not blue
okay, remember
all that matters to me now
is the message i sent her

like the world, spinning ´round
on its axis, uh-huh
i know democracy
but i know what´s fascist
when she´s gone, all i got to learn
is the law of diminishing return
when she´s here, one thing i´ve found
things get better second time around

_ chorus

okay i´m sad, not blue
okay, remember
all that matters to me now
is the message i sent her

now she´s gone, she´s gone away
now she´s gone forget her
coming back another day
if you´d only let her

now she´s gone, she´s gone away
but she´s gone forget her
coming back another day
so why resurrect her?

_ chorus