"Hello Goodbye" Lyrics

by John Lennon and Paul McCartney

As Released by the Beatles (1967)

You say yes, I say no
You say stop and I say go, go, go.

Oh no
You say goodbye and I say hello - hello, hello.

I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello - hello, hello.
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello.

I say high, you say low
You say why and I say I don't know.

Oh no,
You say goodbye and I say hello - hello, hello.
((Hello, goodbye, hello, goodbye, hello, goodbye))

I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello - hello, hello
((hello, goodbye, hello, goodbye))
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello
((Hello, goodbye, hello, goodbye)).

Why, why, why, why, why, why do you say
Goodbye, goodbye, 'bye, 'bye, 'bye?

Oh no
You say goodbye and I say hello - hello, hello.

I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello - hello, hello
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello.

You say yes, I say no
((I say yes but I may mean no))
You say stop but I say go, go, go
((I can stay till it's time to go)).

Oh - oh no
You say goodbye and I say hello - hello, hello.

I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello - hello, hello
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello - hello, hello
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello - hello.

Hela, heba hello
Hela, heba hello
Cha, cha, cha
Hela, heba hello
Ooo - hela, heba hello (hela)
Hela, heba hello
Cha, cha, cha
Hela, heba hello
Ooo - hela, heba hello
(Uh) cha, cha
Hela, heba hello.
Cha, cha
Hela, heba hello.