David Gray Warner Music

Say Hello Wave Goodbye White Ladder (2000)

Intro: A D E x2 times

Verse 1:

A D A D E

Standing at the door of the Pink Flamingo crying, the rain

A D A D E

It was a kind of so so live and I’m, gonna make sure it doesn’t happen again

A D A D E

You and I it, had to be, the standing joke of the year

A D A D E

You were a runaround, a lost and found and not for me I feel

Chorus:

D F#m C#m D E

Taaake your hands off me hey

D F#m C#m D E

IIII don’t belong to you, you see

D F#m C#m D E

Taaake a look in my face for the last time

D F#m C#m D E

I never knew you, you never knew me Say Hello goodbye

A D E A D E

Say hello and wave good bye

Verse 2:

A D A D E

We tried to make it work, you in a cocktail skirt and me, in a suit, but it just wasn’t me

A D A D E

Your used to wearing less, and now your life’s a mess, so insecure you see

A D A D E

Well I put up with all the scenes, and this is one scene that’s going to be played my way

Chorus:

A D E A D E

Say heelo and wave good bye

Verse 3:

A D A D E

Under the deep red light, I can see the make-up, sliding down

A D A D E

Well hey little girl, you will always make up so take off that unbecoming frown

A D A D E

As for me, well I’ll find someone who’s not going cheap in the sales

A D A D E

A nice little housewife who’ll give me a steady life and not keep going off the rails

Chorus:

A D E A D E

Say hello and wave good bye

A D E A D E

Say hello and wave good bye

A D E A D E

Say hello and wave good bye