Song Description
2 step Classic breakup country, acoustic guitar, mando, country electric guitar solo
traditional.
| Song Length |
3:20 |
Genre |
Country - Traditional, Country - Americana |
| Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Troubled, Gloomy |
Subject |
Breaking Up |
| Similar Artists |
Jim Reeves |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1960 - 1969 |
| |
Lyrics
By The Way
By the way that you turned and left that evening
By the way that you couldn't tell me why
On the day that we finally stopped believing
I knew then ... that we'd just said goodbye
The signs were there but I just wouldn't see them
The little things that said you weren't true
I just blindly kept the hope I was mistaken
And that there was still a life for me and you
Now I know that the past can't be repeated
The pages written then cannot be changed
But I know now that you're the one who cheated
And took off with your ill gotten gains
You should know that the po-lice are out looking
And time will tell if you will pay the price
I hope your goose is well and truly cooking
And that you will lose this roll of the dice
But I should stop this foolish reminiscing
I know that there is nothing left to say
'Cept when I saw that all our savings had gone missing
I found the reason why you're leaving, by the way
©Chris Lain 2021