Story Behind The Song
Dickie's girlfriend was leaving town after getting her college degree to take a job half-way across the country. He was sad and wanted to tell her how much she would be missed. He also wanted to reassure her of his undying love and his ever-faithful pro
Song Description
The pain of separation; the promise of the future.
| Song Length |
4:49 |
Genre |
Rock - Easy Listening, Country - Rock |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Endearing, Composed |
Subject |
Long, Loneliness |
| Similar Artists |
Jim Croce, James Taylor |
Language |
English |
Lyrics
I never knew how to say goodbye.
Didn't realize what I had until it passed me by.
The grass is still greener one fence back. I know why.
Retrospect is the key; speculation's a lie.
It doesn't matter where I go, who I'm with or what I do, the ground looks better under you.
I'll till the soil. I'll work the land in case, again, on it you stand.
It'll be there for you.
I don't know how to say goodbye.
Now I've got no choice. I guess I'll have to try.
The time I've spent with you still means so much to me.
I've got phantom pains in a hole where my heart used to be.
But if pain is all I feel, I'm glad to feel it if it's real and it's in there for you.
I'm a beggar; I can't choose. So go do what you've got to do,
And I'll be there for you.
I'll never know how to say goodbye.
Somehow finality has a way of making me cry.
So I go on believing someday you might need me.
I want you to know, where you are when you call - I'll be.
Any hour of the night, any night of the year, any year of my life,
Young and virile, old and gray. If I've got to crawl I'll be there,
Right away! I'll be there right away!
c 1994/2006 Dickie Christopher/ C-S Productions