A flower for your vanity, a penny for your thoughts
  About the world's insanity and how we've gotten lost
  Strike up the band to play a song as we go waltzing by
  And fake a smile as we all say goodbye
  Goodbye, oh goodbye
    Say a prayer for recognition, kiss the ones you love
  Gather up the ammunition, sigh for all the lost
  Strike up the band to play a song as we go waltzing by
  And fake a smile as we all say goodbye
    Raise a glass for ignorance, drink a toast to fear
  The beginning of the end has come that's why we all are here
  Strike up the band to play a song and try hard not to cry
  And fake a smile as we all say goodbye
  Goodbye