I've been gone such a long time Perhaps I left at the wrong time All the things I remember to clearly remember Don't seem the same All the people who are stopping by Just to claim my long lost friendship The people smiling from the open doors Where I knocked before in vain Yes I remember the first times I used to think were the worst times But at least it was easier then to accept all the things I could see And now it seems as though a whole lot of people are changing their opinions of me CHORUS Well let their parties roll on till the sun comes up Till the moon comes tumbling round I remember the ones who stuck by me And the ones who pushed me down So with a bottle or two of brandy And some friends of mine along I'll be out the back of Jeanie's Singing all our favourite songs Yes they all seem to know me now They're all trying to show me how They're willing to give me the kind of attention That's worthy of me But I remember the long hard years When there was nobody here I could turn to And all the best Champagne in the world Ain't gonna dim my memory