From the Musical, “SEVEN LIVELY ARTS,” 1944.
Words and Music by Cole Porter.
Copyright ©24 Nov 1944.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics:
We love each other so deeply
That I ask you this, sweetheart,
Why should quarrel ever,
Why can’t we be enough clever, never to part.
REFRAIN:
Ev’ry time we say goodbye
I die a little,
Ev’ry time we say goodbye
I wonder why a little,
Why the gods above me
Who must be in the know
Think so little of me
They allow you to go
When you’re near
There’s such an air of Spring about it
I can hear
A lark somewhere begin to sing about it,
There’s no love song finer,
But how strange the change
From major to minor
Ev’ry time we say goodbye.
REPEAT REFRAIN:
Ev’ry time we say goodbye.