A hand above the water An angel reaching for the sky Is it raining in heaven - Do you want us to cry' And everywhere the broken-hearted On every lonely avenue No-one could reach them No-one but you One by one Only the good die young They're only flying too close to the sun And life goes on Without you Another tricky situation A get to drawning in the blues And I find myself thinkin' Well - what would you do' Yes! - it was such an operation Forever paying every due Hell, you made a sensation You found a way through - and One by one Only the good die young They're only flyin' too close to the sun We'll remember - Forever And now the party must be over I guess we'll never understand The sense of your leaving Was it the way it was planned' And so we grace another table And raise our glasses one more time There's a face at the window And I ain't never, never sayin' goodbye One by one Only the good die young They're only flyin' too close to the sun Cryin' for nothing Cryin' for no-one No-one but you