Words and music by Tim Burke
(chorus)
Sayonara. Arrivederci.
Say"kaput." C'est fini.
We're finished, you and me.
Basta. No more.
Watashi, kimi.
No matter how I say it
I cannot make you see.
(verse 1)
Messages I'm sending clearly
But they do not reach you at all.
It's like hurling haiku at monkeys
or spears at a brick wall.
(verse 3)
My language is so hard to translate --
Your only words are "I," "want," and "me."
Like Tarzan I beat my chest
Like Jane you just stare at me.
(verse 4)
My smoke signals curl into the air;
To you they're just clouds overhead.
Till like thunderclouds they grow over us
And you shout it's I who've misread.
You’ve been misled.
(bridge)
We don't speak the same language.
We don't see eye to eye.
I'm from New York, you're from Neptune
You're hello, I'm goodbye.