Too Young to Say Goodbye Video

Too Young to Say Goodbye

Words by Rob Cary
Music composed and arranged by Jeffrey Klitz
Dedicated to 1981 Whiff Kevin Fahey

Sung by Whiffenpoofs of 1979, 1980, 1981
at a Memorial Service in Sprague Hall
October 4, 2009

The perfect end to our day:
That Monday evening in May,
When side by side
We sang our song,
And smiling, raised a glass on high.
The tavern's glow, warm and gold,
The carved initials of old;
Our final song,
And fine young men
Who never thought to say goodbye.
We turned our eyes to far horizons.
We spoke of hopes, and plans, and summer.
How could we know how fast the time goes?
How quickly autumn comes.
But when the leaves start to fall
In morning's chill, I recall
That night in May,
Those fine young men,
And suddenly I'm young again.
Just like those men,
Those fine young men
Too young to say goodbye.
Farewell, amen...
Too young to say goodbye.