BITTERSWEET ADIEU (Ron Griffiths)
[Iveys demo from "Treacle Toffee World - Further Adventures into the Pop Psych Sounds from the Apple Era, 1967-1969" CD - recorded 1968 - released U.S. 2008]

Bittersweet Adieu
As the band plays its last set
'Specially for us
A night that we will not forget

There is no place
You can name
We've not been
Coast to coast
From Rochester
To Gretna Green

Bittersweet Adieu
To loving by your fireside
Those good times are through
And even are the times we cried

There is no place
You can name
We've not been
Coast to coast
From Rochester
To Gretna Green

Bittersweet Adieu
We're calling it a day

[guitar solo (Pete Ham)]

There is no place
You can name
We've not been
Coast to coast
From Rochester
To Gretna Green

Bittersweet Adieu
It's goodbye, not au revoir
Other things to do
Maybe, I will be a star

I won't marry
Settle down
Have a son
Not until
I've been around
Had my fun

Bittersweet Adieu
Let's call it a day
Bittersweet Adieu
Love's a gamble, anyway
Bittersweet Adieu
It's all another day
Bittersweet Adieu.

lyrics transcribed by Tom Brennan
corrections by Ron Griffiths

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All rights administered by Concord Music Publishing


BITTERSWEET ADIEU (Ron Griffiths)
[Iveys demo version 2 from "Pinch Me, I'm Dreaming" CD - recorded 1968 - released U.S. 2026]

Bittersweet Adieu
As the band plays its last set
'Specially for us
A night that we will not forget

We had a good run
Never quite
Made the charts
H
ere's the day when
We must break all our hearts

Bittersweet Adieu
We're calling it a day

Bittersweet Adieu
To loving by your fireside
Those good times are through
And even are the times we cried

There is no place
You can name
We've not been
Coast to coast
From Rochester
To Gretna Green

Bittersweet Adieu
We're calling it a day, hey!

[guitar solo (Pete Ham)]

There is no place
You can name
We've not been
Coast to coast
From Rochester
To Gretna Green

[short guitar solo (Pete Ham)]

Bittersweet Adieu
It's goodbye, not au revoir
Other things to do
Maybe, I will be a star

I won't marry
Settle down
Have a son
Not until
I've been around
Had my fun

Bittersweet Adieu
Let's call it a day
Bittersweet
(hey!) Adieu
Love's a gamble, anyway
Bittersweet Adieu
It's all another day
Bittersweet Adieu
Bittersweet Adieu
Guess I'll be calling it a day
(hey!)
Bittersweet Adieu
Love's a gamble, anyway
Bittersweet Adieu
It's all another day

lyrics transcribed by Tom Brennan
corrections by Ron Griffiths

℗ Apple Publishing Ltd (worldwide)
All rights administered by Concord Music Publishing