Lyrics
Please Tell Him That I Said Hello
Requesting someone to convey greetings
Hi, hello! How are you?
Engaging in casual conversation, inquiring about well-being
I haven't been here, well, it must be years.
Expressing a significant time gap since the last visit
The place is not the same somehow,
Noting changes in the familiar place
There's a jukebox playing louder now, that wasn't here then.
Noting a new addition (jukebox) that wasn't there before
And tell me, by the way, does he still look just the same?
Inquiring about the person's unchanged appearance
And does he still remember me?
Asking if the person still remembers the speaker
And if you see him, won't you....
Requesting to convey a message if encountered
Please tell him that I said hello,
Reiteration of the request to convey greetings
And that everything has turned out fine.
Assuring that everything is going well
Give him my love and wish him well.
Passing on affection and good wishes
Don't let him know you saw me crying.
Asking not to reveal the speaker's emotional state
Tell him I won't be back again,
Declaring the absence of a return
It was chance that made me pass this way.
Attributing the visit to chance
Just say I came in for awhile and lived again our yesterdays.
Expressing briefly reliving past memories
Well, so long, I'll see you.
Bidding farewell
You know, the world gets smaller every day.
Observing the shrinking world due to globalization
And now I must be leaving
Announcing departure
So the next time that you see him.....
Hinting at a future encounter
Please tell him that I said hello,
Repetition of the request to convey greetings
And that everything has turned out fine.
Reassurance about the speaker's well-being
Give him my love and wish him well.
Sending love and good wishes again
Don't let him know you saw me crying.
Asking not to reveal emotional vulnerability
Tell him I won't be back again,
Declaring the absence of a return (repeated)
It was chance that made me pass this way.
Attributing the visit to chance (repeated)
Just say I came in for awhile and lived again our yesterdays.
Reiteration of briefly reliving past memories (repeated)
Please tell him that I said hello,
Final repetition of the request to convey greetings
And that everything has turned out fine.
Reassurance about the speaker's well-being (repeated)
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