She's leavin' she's leavin' she's on the ship now and leavin'   Standing by the gateway tossin' streamers over my way I find it kinda hard believin'   Deceivin' deceivin' my subtle game of deceivin'   Standing here and waving blowin' kisses and behavin'   Like it doesn't matter much to see her leavin'      I don't know what I don't know who I don't know where she's goin' to   I only know she's goin' out of my life   Across the sea a wavin' hands and Col'nel Billy's farewell band   I watch the disappearin' face of my wife   And I'm doin' all I can to hide the sad confusion in my mind   And brace myself with every trick I know   And though my lips are beating time to the words of Auld Lang Syne   My voice keeps on defyin' cryin' Bonnie please don't go      Oh that fool in me persuadin' me to hide the broken pieces of my dignity   When a simple reassuring word just to reach out and comfort her   Was all I had to say to keep her here with me   And I don't know what I don't know where I don't know who she's goin' to...   She's leavin' she's leavin'...