[Verse]
Run, boy, from the pain
Take your favourite toy
Into the night

Taken from me
A thousand miles away
Into the night

I'll never forgive myself
Should have been there to save your health
What kind of father am I?

[Chorus]
(Hugo, Hugo)
Au revoir, my friend
May your childhood never end
I wish that you could drive me round the bend again
Au revoir, my friend

[Verse]
Hugo, it's killing me
I should have been there that night
Leading you into the light

Run you down to surgery
Our boy was under the knife
Something wasn't right
I guess you know when you've had enough
My poor little boy was feeling rough

I'll never forget those days
Walking with you on a beach with your siblings
Safely under your gaze

[Chorus]
Hugo, Hugo
Au revoir, my friend
I should have been there at the end

Hugo, Hugo
Au revoir, my friend
May your childhood never end
Au revoir, my friend