SO LONG, BIG TIME
(Harold Arlen (m) / Dory Langdon (m) 1963)

Tony Bennett

Also sung by:
Mona Larse
Nikki Iles
Kim Parker
Monica Zetterlund



Bright lights are dimmer
Bank roll is slimmer
Looks like I’m down and done
Bye bye, I gotta run, bye bye.

So long, so long
Big time
So long, so long
Big time.

I made it fine
I made it fast
That ain’t the sign
It has to last.

Had it made for a while
In a highfalutin’ style.

So long, so long
Big time
Big dough, bright lights
Big time.

I won’t pretend I am
Glad it’s ended
It was fun
Now its done
But I’ll never sing
A loser’s song.

So long, big time
I gotta run
So long.

Tell the chicks and tell all the cronies
Lost it on the cards and the ponies
Tell the friends and fair-weather phonies
Livin’ high
Tell ‘em, “bye”
And tell ‘em why.

Lady Luck just gave me the brush off
So I’ll rush off and try a new routine.
I’m a guy who rolls with the punches
And my hunch is, it’s time to quit the scene.

Tell the kids and tell all the cookies
Tell the babes and tell all the bookies
That I knew, that I’m through
And when you do
Buy a few beers for me
Tell 'em no tears for me.

So long, so long
Big time
Big dough, bright lights
Big time.

Ain’t gonna grieve ‘cause I must be leavin’
It was fun, now it’s done
But I’ll never sing, a loser’s song.

So long, big time
I gotta run
So long.



(Transcribed by David Story - September 2013)