A little bit of soap will wash away your lipstick on my face,
A little bit of soap will never, never never ever erase,
A pain in my heart, in my eyes,
As I go through the lonely years,
A little bit of soap will never wash away my tears.

A little bit of soap will take away your powder from my chin,
A little bit of soap will never, never never ever begin,
To take away the hurt that I feel,
As I go through the lonely years,
A little bit of soap will never wash away my tears.

Have you heard when love begins to die,
And he isn't one to cry,
Night and day.
Like a bird, you left the robin's nest,
And you're just like all the rest,
You flew away.

Ooh a little bit of soap will take away your perfume eventually,
A little bit of soap will never wash away the memory,
Of your name, in the night,
That I call through the lonely years,
A little bit of soap will never wash away my tears.

No I'll never lose the memory of your name,
In the night, that I call through the lonely years,
A little bit of soap will never wash away my tears,
A little bit of soap will never wash away my tears,
Mmmm it's never never never never gonna wash away my tears,
Mmmm never wash away my tears.

Taken from the album Greatest Hits 1976 - 1978