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Song Title
Goodbye For Good

Song's Genre
Country

Song's Tempo
Mid tempo

Back Story
My daughter Katie announced she was moving to Pennsylvania. I used parts of that conversation as inspiration for this song. This is more of a love song between two adults as opposed to a father/daughter tune. I wanted to write Katie a song for her 29th birthday on June 13, 2008. This is it.

Listen To Song: Hi-Fi

Goodbye For Good

Verse:		
So you’re leaving,
Well that doesn’t make me happy,
Even though I know,
I can visit you anywhere,
Promise you’ll write once in a while,
Or call from your place of exile,
I’ll say a prayer,
Take care ‘til you get there.
		
Chorus:	
If I gotta say goodbye,
Then I’m gonna say I love you,
You knew I would though you might not think I should,
It’s hard as hell to tell what lies around the corner,
This might be goodbye for good.
		
Verse:		
I knew you’d go,
But I’ve never seen your bags packed,
Every word I heard,
Takes you further away from me,
I always wondered what I would do,
When faced with the facts of losing you,	
I hope you see,
This is me in all honesty.

Chorus:	
(repeat except for)
It’s hard as hell to tell why I didn’t say so sooner,
But this might be goodbye for good.

Bridge:	
There was a preacher man who told me,
How to turn my life around,
I wish he knew and could collar you,
So you’d stay in this town.

Chorus:	
(repeat except for)
It’s hard as hell to tell because I always play the loner,
But this might be goodbye for good.

Adlib:		
Yeah this might be goodbye for good.

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