On the floor, the people dance around   Moving close together   But there all alone in the corner   There's the girl I once knew   Who broke me in two.   So won't you please play a song   A sentimental song   For my sentimental friend over there.      We've been so long apart   Make it go right to the heart   Of my sentimental friend over there.   Bring the tears to her eyes   Help to make her realize   The love we had was just beyond compare.   Then if the time is right   Maybe I'll hold her tight   My sentimental friend over there.      I recall the way she used to feel   When we heard a sad song   The teardrops would fall   And she'd hold me   And tell me,    She'd be forever with me.   So won't you please play a song   A sentimental song   For my sentimental friend over there.      We've been so long apart   Make it go right to the heart   Of my sentimental friend over there.   Bring the tears to her eyes   Help to make her realize   The love we had was just beyond compare.   Then if the time is right   Maybe I'll hold her tight   My sentimental friend over there.      Oh won't you please play a song   A sentimental song   For my sentimental friend over there.      We've been so long apart   Make it go right to the heart   Of my sentimental friend over there.   Bring the tears to her eyes   Help to make her realize   The love we had was just beyond compare.   Then if the time is right   Maybe I'll hold her tight   My sentimental friend over there.      So won't you please play a song   A sentimental song   For my sentimental friend over there...