Let our affair be a gay thing
And when these hours have flown,
Then, without forgetting happiness that has past,
There'll be no regretting fun that didn't quite last.
Let's look on love as a play thing.
All these sweet moments we've known
Mustn't be degraded
When the thrill of them has faded,
Let's say goodbye and leave it alone.
Now we've embarked on this foolish game,
Don't let's destroy it with tears.
Once we begin to let sentiment in
Happiness disappears.
Reason may sleep for a moment in Spring,
But please let us keep it a casual thing,
Something that's sweet to remember through the years.
[spoken:] Listen, my dear, were both of going to suffer a good deal during these next few months, and the color will go out of everything for a bit, but when we do meet again, somewhere far away in the future, it'll be gay, and sweet and terribly exciting, because however many others we may have loved in the meantime, and however old and tired we may be, we shall have between us a perfect memory.
Let our affair be a gay thing
And when these hours have flown,
Then, without forgetting happiness that has past,
There'll be no regretting fun that didn't quite last.
Let's look on love as a play thing.
All these sweet moments we've known
Mustn't be degraded
When the thrill of them has faded,
Let's say goodbye and leave it alone.