Hello Hello

Hello, hello, it's good to be back, it's good to be back
Hello, hello, it's good to be back, it's good to be back
Hello, hello, it's good to be back, it's good to be back
Hello, hello, hello
 
Did you miss me when I was away?
Did you hang my picture on your wall?
Did you miss me every single day although you couldn't see me at all?
 
Did you love me in your own little way?
Did you tell that naughty boy not to call?
Did you hug me in your own little world although you didn't see me at all?
Although you didn't see me at all
 
Hello, hello, it's good to be back, it's good to be back
Hello, hello, hello
 
Did you miss me while I was gone?
Did you hug your pillow in your bed?
Did you kiss me all night long and tell them every word that I said?
 
Did you want me to come back again?
Did you know I'd been too far away?
Did you want me?
Did you tell all your friends to think about me every day?
To think about me every day
 
Hello, hello, it's good to be back, it's good to be back
Hello, hello, hello
 
Hello hello, I'm back again
I'm back, I'm back, I'm on the right track
Hello hello, tell all of your friends
I'm back, I'm back, as a matter of fact
As a matter of fact I'm back
 
Did you miss me when I was away?
Did you hang my picture on your wall?
Did you miss me every single day although you couldn't see me at all?
Although you couldn't see me at all
 
Hello, hello, it's good to be back, it's good to be back
Hello, hello, it's good to be back, it's good to be back
Hello, hello, it's good to be back, it's good to be back
Hello, hello, hello
 
Goodness gracious
 
Hello, hello, it's good to be back, it's good to be back
Hello, hello, it's good to be back, it's good to be back
Hello, hello, it's good to be back, it's good to be back
Hello, hello, hello


Quoth the Johns:

When Marjorie Galen and I first started Hello CD of the Month Club, producer Joshua Fried suggested we do a disc of "Hello" songs- or maybe he just wanted an excuse to cover this song. Originally recorded in the early seventies as an over-the-top Glam-rock number by the legendary Gary Glitter, the tone of this track bears little resemblance to the original. Some of the words are unintelligible on the original, and we just kind of flubbed through them on this version. They are also strangely smarmy, and look too ugly printed out, so I'll just leave that experience for the listeners.

—John Flansburgh
[source: monopuff.org's online Unsupervised Libretto]



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