1. Lonely table just for one
In a bright and crowded room
While the music has begun
I drink to memories in the gloom
Though the music's still the same
It has a bittersweet refrain.

[Chorus:]
So play the song the way it used to be
Before she left and changed it all to sadness
And maybe if she's passing by the window
She will hear a love song
And a melody
And even if the words are not so tender
She will always remember
The way it used to be.

2. Friends stop by and say hello
And I laugh and hide the pain
It's quite easy 'til they go
Then the song begins again.