a long goodbye

i've lost count of all the days

i've been watching you forget

i felt tangled up and hopeless

but it hasn't killed me yet

i've been trying to remember all your memories

but i can't pretend

that it's hard to be a mother to my mother

but it's like you always said

that it's hard to be a mother to my mother

but it's like you always said

it's a long goodbye

it ain't so bad

a long goodbye

is like a breath

you've got to wrap yourself inside

all the goodness that you've had

wrap yourself inside

all the goodness that you've had

a long goodbye

it ain't the end

i've seen you standing in a room

wondering what's inside your head

in a moment that existed in a time

that's long been spent

i'm gonna wrap my arms around the days

that you and i have left

'cause it's hard to be a mother to my mother

but it's like you always said

that it's hard to be a mother to my mother

but it's like you always said

it's a long goodbye

it ain't so bad

a long goodbye

is like a breath

you've got to wrap yourself inside

all the goodness that you've had

wrap yourself inside

all the goodness that you've had

a long goodbye

it ain't the end

a long goodbye

it ain't so bad

a long goodbye

is like a breath

you've got to wrap yourself inside

all the goodness that you've had

wrap yourself inside

all the goodness that you've had

a long goodbye

it ain't the end

a long goodbye

it ain't the end