Roger Whittaker – The First Hello The Last Goodbye lyrics

They say when you gain a lover
You begin to lose a friend .
That the end of the beginning's the beginning of the end .
They say the moment that you're born is when you start to die.
And the first time that we said hello began our last goodbye.

We know each summer's coming means that winter's waiting there.
And gold would not be precious if we all had gold to spare.
You only know how low is low the first time that you fly .
And the first time that we said hello began our last goodbye.

If I could live forever it is certain I could never
know another single second so sublime.
That moment of our meeting when our hands first touched in greeting
how I wanted to hold back the hands of time.

When they begin the overture they start to end the show
When you said I'll never leave you then I knew that you would go.
The sound of all our laughter is now echoed in a sigh.
And the first time that we said hello began our last goodbye.

If I could live forever it is certain I could never
know another single second so sublime.
That moment of our meeting when our hands first touched in greeting
how I wanted to hold back the hands of time.

When they begin the overture they start to end the show
When you said I'll never leave you then I knew that you would go.
The sound of all our laughter is now echoed in a sigh.
And the first time that we said hello began our last goodbye.