"So Long (It's Been Good To Know Yuh)" lyrics

So long, it's been good to know ya
So long, it's been good to know ya
So long, it's been good to know ya
What a long time since I've been home
And I gotta be drifting along

I've sung this song, but I'll sing it again
Of the people I've met and the places I've been
Some of the troubles that bothered my mind
And a lot of good people that I've left behind
The sweethearts, they sat in the dark and they sparked
They hugged and they kissed in that dusty old dark
They sighed and they cried and they hugged and they kissed
But instead of marriage, they talked like this

Honey, so long, it's been good to know ya
So long, it's been good to know ya
So long, it's been good to know ya
What a long time since I've been home
And I gotta be drifting along

I went to your family, I asked them for you
They all said, "Take her! Oh, take her, please do!"
She can't cook or sew and she won't scrub your floors
So I put on my coat, tipped out the front door
I walked down the street to the grocery store
It was crowded with people, both rich and both poor
I asked a man how his butter was so
He said, "One pound of butter for two pounds of gold"

I said, "So long, it's been good to know ya
So long, it's been good to know ya
So long, it's been good to know ya
What a long time since I've been home
And I gotta be drifting along"

My telephone rang and it jumped off the wall
That was the preacher a-making a call
He said, "We're waiting to tie the knot
You're getting married, believe it or not"
Well, the church, it was jammed, the church, it was packed
The pews were crowded from the front to the back
A thousand friends waited to kiss my new bride
But I was so anxious I rushed her outside

Told them, "So long, it's been good to know ya
So long, it's been good to know ya
So long, it's been good to know ya
What a long time since I've been home
And I gotta be drifting along
And I gotta be drifting along"