marianne, marianne, 
let me do some quick explainin'
you had me wrong, all along, 
i thought you find it entertaining,
marianne, marianne, 
somehow you thought wy love had ended
you're so upset that you forget, 
broken hearts can all be mended
chorus:
coz i was only joking when i said goodbye,
i didn't mean a single word
how could i know that you would take me seriously
and find a new love in your life
marianne, marianne, 
if you had only start to listen,
then you'd know, i tried to show, 
show you shat you would be missin'
chorus II:
coz i was only joking when i said goodbye,
i didn't mean a single word
how could i know that you would take me seriously
and find a new love in your life
coz i was only joking when i said goodbye,
i didn't know you'd act so fast,
tell him that all of this was just misunderstanding
tell him you took me back again, that you took me back again
ad lib
you believe, i would leave, 
but that was just an ugly rumor
so instead, i found a friend, 
a man without a sense of humor
repeat chorus II