Goodbye

(Patty Griffin)

Occurred to me the other day

You been gone now a couple years

Well I guess it takes a while

For someone to really disappear

And I remember where I was

When the word came about you

It was a day much like today

The sky was bright and wide and blue

And I wonder where you are

And if the pains ends when you die

And I wonder if there was

Some better way to say good-bye

Today my heart is big and sore

It's trying to put right through my skin

Won't see you anymore

I guess that's finally sinking in

Cause you can't make somebody see

With the simple words you say

All their beauty from within

Sometimes they just look away

And I wonder where you are

And if the pains ends when you die

And I wonder if there was

Some better way to say good-bye