(Verse)
A street in new york city, a rainy blustery day
People walking down and people going up stairs and people making their way
And i, park myself in the lobby and sit in a big purple chair
And i wave at all the strangers that come into the room and people say who's that there?

(Chorus)
And i say hello, lady with a bird
And hi, fella with the ugly hat
And hey, hola to you you foreign traveller, what do you think of that?
And they say, why are you here in this chair all day?
And i say nobody knows, except for me
The man of a thousand hellos
A thousand hellos

(Outro)
Don't forget to say au revoir