Goodbye

Nobody wants to say goodbye
Because nobody wants to cry
And so, you go on living
Or are you pretending
Nobody asks you, why?
How a true love could ever die
You just go on denying
For you just want to go on believing
Day after day

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And you have to pass the time of day
Hiding all those silent fears away
You hold on to
As you want to, all you hope to 

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Holding on for just another day
And hoping that you will not stray

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Holding on to all of those good things
Trying to ignore those wild mood swings
Every day now, every day now, every day now

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And it’s always just the same again, 
Again, again

But in the morning, more sober
You know, you know now 
It’s over, It’s all over
And on that final day
When there is no more for you to say
The bags are packed
And the taxi is waiting in the drive

So, this is to be goodbye
Though no one was meant to cry
How do you hold it all in?
When the whole of your heart is breaking
Silently breaking

How will your heart let go?
Of someone who loved you so
Not knowing where to begin
Repairing the hurt deep within
And how does a new life begin?
After you’ve lost everything

The lonely nights pass on by
Since that last goodbye
The house is an empty shell
Where only painful memories dwell
All because we said goodbye
And not farewell.

Rodd Sherwin 
to a composition by
Jacob Ladegaard
JACOB'S PIANO