midnight will sound and we ll all gather round the new little year of the day but dear old year before you go here s something you ought to know though your back is bent and your beard is gray you re a year well spent and i d like to say you put on a first class show and i m sorry to see you go you brought trouble taught me to handle it thanks for the lesson you brought romance oh what a scandal it caused when it all fell through you brought worry taught me to laugh at it now i m confessin that my whole approach is new after a year like you so we ll share a toast from the loving cup here s to you grown old and to me grown up there s nothing left up your sleeve but i m sorry to see you leave so retire into a memory you ve earned a good rest it s been great and though i ll pretend to be part of this midnight show just between old you and me and that kid with his year to grow i m sorry really sorry to see you go sorry to see you go sorry to see you go sorry to see you go sorry to see you go