standing in line for the first goodbye

she was wise and said lets wait a while

wondered if this was how love felt

seems we wept and knelt, and prayed to a god that we didn’t believe in

and after a while we said goodbye

emotions went blank like the leaden sky

i went through the day thinking why oh why

did it ever have to come to this?

will you be there when i arrive

oh to see you, such a long drive

but the colors of the road and the wildness

make it seem okay, at least until i see you again

and after a while we’ll say goodbye

emotions are blank like the leaden sky

i’ll go through the day thinking why oh why

did it ever have to come to this?

say hello

to my friend for me

when you see her

tell her i miss her

and if she ever comes ‘round again

well...

she’d better not come ‘round again

‘cause after a while we said goodbye

emotions went blank like the leaden sky

i walked through the day thinking why oh why

did it ever have to come to this?