No more champagne

And the fireworks

are through

Here we are

me and you

Feeling lost

and feeling blue

It's the end

of the party

And the morning

seems so grey

So unlike yesterday

Now's the time

for us to say

Happy new year

Happy new year

May we all have

a vision now and then

Of a world where every

neighbour is a friend

Happy new year

Happy new year

May we all

have our hopes

our will to try

If we don't we might as

well lay down and die

You and I

Sometimes I see

How the brave

new world arrives

And I see

how it thrives

In the ashes

of our lives

Oh yes

man is a fool

And he thinks

he'll be okay

Dragging on

feet of clay

Never knowing

he's astray

Keeps on going anyway

Happy new year

Happy new year

May we all have

a vision now and then

Of a world where every

neighbour is a friend

Happy new year

Happy new year

May we all

have our hopes

our will to try

If we don't we might as

well lay down and die

You and I

Seems to me now

That the dreams

we had before

Are all dead

nothing more

Than confetti

on the floor

It's the end

of a decade

In another ten

years time

Who can say

what we'll find

What lies waiting

down the line

In the end

of eighty nine

Happy new year

Happy new year

May we all have

a vision now and then

Of a world where every

neighbour is a friend

Happy new year

Happy new year

May we all

have our hopes

our will to try

If we don't we might as

well lay down and die

You and I