Gene Kelly - We Hate To Leave lyrics

We hate to leave But when they give you leave,you gotta leave Oh our hearts bleed for all you guys aboard But right now sympathy is a thing we can't afford We hate to leave, we hate to leave Without you guys along, we'll even grieve But we'll be back, yes, we'll be back Before we're even missed And tell you guys about the gals out there that we have kissed We'll even say, we'll even say We really hate to leave (You know, Clarence, I hate the thought of going ashore,) (And leave these guys here sitting in their undershirts) (We gotta meet all those beautiful dames in their soft silk dresses,) (But duty is duty, and an order is an order) (Now I know some guys get a thrill out of meeting) (A gorgeous gal every night.) Oh, we hate to leave, we hate to leave But when they give you leave, you gotta leave No more pin-up gals that we so enjoy Tonight, my boy, we get to meet the real McCoy We hate to leave, we hate to leave But we'll be back before the night is here We want to stay, we want to stay Our hearts are with the ship But the Admiral made us take this leave Or he'll beat us with a whip We'd rather stay, we'd rather stay Oh we really hate to leave