Would you join a slow marching band   And take pleasure in your leaving   As the ferry sails and tears are dried   And cows come home at evening?      Would you get behind a slow marching band   And join together in the passing   Of all we shared through yesterdays   In sorrows neverlasting?      Take the hand and take a bow   You played for me, that's all for now   Oh, and never mind the words   Just hum along and keep on going      Walk on slowly, don't look behind you   Don't say goodbye, love, I won't remind you      Dream of me as the nights draw cold   Still marking time through winter   You paid the piper and called the tune   And you marched the band away      Take the hand and take a bow   You played for me, that's all for now   Oh, and never mind the words   Just hum along and keep on going      Walk on slowly, don't look behind you   Don't say goodbye, love, I won't remind you   Oh, walk on slowly, don't look behind you   Don't say goodbye, love, I won't remind you, remind you