The Last Goodbye - The Statler Brothers

Afraid her tears might move my mind

I decided to drop her a line

Because where she’s concerned

I just ain’t strong

I couldn’t look her in the eye

And say our last goodbye

I tried it time and time before

But it went wrong

So in this letter she will find

All the things that’s on my mind

And I’m sure she’ll find the man

To do her right

I know Jim and Bill will be

Happy that she’s free

Chances are she’ll be booked up

Every night

And see things she’d never see

Tied down to a guy like me

There’s a better side of life

She’s never known

And I know she’ll be alright

Once I’m gone out of her life

She may not

Even realize I’m gone

So I wrote it down this time

And I read it line for line

But it didn’t read just like

I meant it to

All the things I meant to say

Came out sounding some other way

All the goodbye’s came out

Sounding I love you

All the goodbye’s came out

Sounding I love you…