作曲 : Don Mclean
 作词 : Don Mclean
 They were married in the old Church yard
 And they promised to be true to each other
 No matter how hard their lives might be
 But like meteors that fell through moments parallel
 They were soon to cross
 And on different plots of earth they both did fall
 Though their lives has really not been hard at all
 Oh my what a shame
 No one's to blame
 It just happened that way
 And there's nothing you can say
 When two people say goodbye
 Oh my...
 Two brothers, promised they'd return
 When the war that they were fighting was over
 But only one lived to keep his vow
 And the story I was told said he lived to be quite old
 Before time won out
 Someone asked if he knew what they both fought for
 But he could not recall he had ever been to war
 Oh my what a shame
 No one's to blame
 It just happened that way
 And there's nothing you can say
 When two people say goodbye
 Oh my...
 And there's nothing you can say when it's over
 And there's nothing you can do when it's done
 There's no battle you can win
 And there's nowhere to begin
 Is hasn't begun
 On this moment, I recall your face
 And I wonder if you still think about me
 Occasionally I still think of you
 And I saw the river flow and I know I must let go
 But it's oh so hard
 For the waves are all around my small canoe
 I had always hoped this boat could carry two
 Oh my what a shame
 No one's to blame
 It just happened that way
 And there's nothing you can say
 When two people say goodbye
 Oh my...