don t write a letter when you want to leave don t call me at 3 a m from a friend s apartment i d like to choose how i hear the news take me to a park that s covered with trees tell me on a sunday please let me down easy no big song and dance no long faces no long looks no deep conversation i know the way we should spend that day take me to a zoo that s got chimpanzees tell me on a sunday please don t want to know who s to blame it won t help knowing don t want to fight day and night bad enough you re going don t you leave in silence with no word at all don t get drunk and slam the door that s no way to end this i know how i want you to say goodbye find a circus ring with a flying trapeze tell me on a sunday please don t want to fight day and night bad enough you re going don t leave in silence with no word at all don t get drunk and slam the door that s no way to end this i know how i want you to say goodbye don t run off in the pouring rain don t call me as they call your plane take the hurt out of all the pain take me to a park that s covered with trees tell me on a sunday please