We thought that love was over That we were really through I said I didn't love you and we'd begin anew And you can all believe me We should've ended too But we just couldn't say goodbye The chair and then the sofa Broke right down and cried The curtain started waving For him to come inside I tell you confidentially The tears were hard to hide And we just couldn't say goodbye The clock was striking twelve o'clock It smiled on us below With folded hands it seemed to say We'll miss you if you go So he came back and kissed me And when I looked around The room was singing love songs And dancin' up and down And now we're both so happy Because at last we found We just couldn't say goodbye (Music) People in love are funny Mighty hard to explain One minute they quarrel Then they're back together again Take my case for instance We had a little fight Listen, ladies and gentleman Here's what happened to us (Humming and Music) And you can all believe me We sure intended to The chair and then the sofa Broke right down and cried I tell you confidentially The tears were hard to hide The clock was striking twelve o'clock It smiled on us below With folded hands it seemed to say We're gonna miss you if you go So he came back and kissed me When I looked around The room was singing love songs And dancin' up and down Now we're both so happy Because at last we found That we just couldn't say goodbye