in the quiet of the evening

all alone with my guitar

I've been thinking of you leaving

and the words that come so hard

one thing that I could never say - goodbye.

but if we know the love of Jesus

if we share that common bond

we can go where he directs us

and we're never really gone

one word we never need to say – goodbye.

may the Father above

keep you close in His love

in the kingdom of grace

there's just no place for goodbye.

On an early Friday morning

In the quiet, cold and grey

It’d been a long time coming

still it took my breath away

the one thing I didn’t want to say – goodbye.

Now it’s strange to see these new words

When for years there have been none

And the tears that fall so freely

Now on this page before me run

One thing I was unprepared to say – goodbye.

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