[Verse 1]
So thanks for the memory
Of candlelight and wine, castles on the Rhine
The Parthenon and moments on the Hudson River Line
How lovely it was

[Verse 2]
Thanks for the memory
Of rainy afternoons, swinging Harlem tunes
And motor trips and burning lips and burning toast and prunes
How lovely it was

[Bridge]
Many's the time that we feasted
And many's the time that we fasted
Oh, well, it was swell while it lasted
We did have fun and there was no harm done

[Verse 3]
So thanks for the memories
Of sunburns at the shore, nights in Singapore
You might have been a headache but you never were a bore
So I thank you so much

[Bridge]
We said goodbye with a highball
Then I got as high as a steeple
But we were intelligent people
We did have fun, no harm was done
[Verse 4]
Thanks for the memory
Of China's funny walls, trans-Atlantic calls
A weekend in Niagara when we hardly saw the falls
So I thank you so much

[Outro]
Gee, wasn't it swell?
Gee, it was swell
It was lovely