Just another day closes, yet we call it a year;
Let’s pray it was one filled with laughter and cheer.
As we gather tonight with family and friends and sing of times long past;
We cast our memories back on this year which we now call “last”.
We shed tears for the loved ones we gained and for those we’ve lost;
Let’s hope the year hasn’t passed with too great a cost.
As the new day begins we say “a new year is born”;
We greet its’ birth with toast, bells, whistles and horn.
Plans are made with goals to reach, promises made, and oaths to keep;
Fireworks light the early morning sky to wake those who dare try sleep.
With our gaiety and laughter we break the silence of the night;
And praise ourselves for last year’s deeds we managed right.
For the moment we are joyous and free, untouched by the sorrow;
For those to whom we can no longer say “I’ll see you tomorrow”.
Tonight, stand with me and raise high a glass of good cheer;
And be thankful for those loved ones with us still this year.
Should old acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind?
Should old acquaintance be forgot, and old times gone bye?
For old time’s gone bye, my friend, for old time’s gone bye,
We’ll raise a toast of kindness yet, for old time’s gone bye.