No more champagne
And the fireworks are through
Here we are, me and you
Feeling lost and feeling blue

It´s the end of the party
And the morning seems so grey
So unlike yesterday
Now´s the time for us to say

Happy new year
Happy new year
May we all have a vision now and then
Of a world where every neighbour is a friend
Happy new year
Happy new year
May we all have our hopes, our will to try
If we don´t we might as well lay down and die
You and I

Sometimes I see
How the brave new world arrives
And I see how it thrives

In the ashes of our lives
Oh yes, man is a fool
And he thinks he´ll be okay
Dragging on, feet of clay
Never knowing he´s astray
Keeps on going anyway

Happy new year
Happy new year
May we all have a vision now and then
Of a world where every neighbour is a friend
Happy new year
Happy new year
May we all have our hopes, our will to try
If we don´t we might as well lay down and die
You and I

Seems to me now

That the dreams we had before
Are all dead, nothing more
Than confetti on the floor
It´s the end of a decade
In another ten years time
Who can say what we´ll find
What lies waiting down the line
In the end of eighty-nine

Happy new year
Happy new year
May we all have a vision now and then
Of a world where every neighbour is a friend
Happy new year
Happy new year
May we all have our hopes, our will to try
If we don´t we might as well lay down and die
You and I