Here's my transcription from the recording found on Spotify:


SAYING GOODBYE TO RON
As recorded by Lennie Gallant on "Time Travel" (2018)

I been walkin' around St John's tonight like I been under the spell
'Cause I feel like a part of him is still here, makin' his last farewell
I can hear his voice all over town in every shop and bar
In every phone call from away, no matter how near or far
We're saying goodbye to Ron

There's a melody down on George Street, dancing on the wind.
It twists and turns like a candle fighting with the fog bank rollin' in,
And everybody's singin' "Sonny, don't go, don't go away."
You took the words right out o' my mouth, told me what I meant to say
We're saying goodbye to Ron.

They're tearin' up the streets all over town; change is rollin' in
There's boys from the bay with their tin can beggin' for a way to keep(?) the mess they're in,
There's no love for the fallen when you're all alone and dry,
And you'd sell your guitar for a sliver of peace, never mind askin' why.
You're saying goodbye to Ron.

Goodbye, goodbye.
Goodbye, goodbye.
Goodbye, goodbye.
Sonny, don't go away.
We're here all alone,
And your daddy's a sailor coming home.

Oh, the cabbie glanced in the back seat 'cause he thought he heard something there,
And he drove to the top of Signal Hill like he had a ghost for a fare,
And the radio played "No, Kathleen" and "The Story of My Life."
And the wind carried "Atlantic Blue" to the lost souls in the night
Oh, saying goodbye to Ron.

And everybody's singin' "Sonny, don't go, don't go away."
You took the words right out o' my mouth, told me what I meant to say.
Saying goodbye to Ron.

Goodbye, goodbye.
Goodbye.