it's never easy to say goodbye

jimmy climbs on board that old yellow bus

it sure looks big in his little eyes

his mama waits as her tears kick up the dust

it's never easy to say goodbye

julie ray in her pearl white wedding gown

has found her wings and it's time to fly

it's all her dad can do to keep from breakin' down

it's never easy to say goodbye

it ain't easy

to ever say goodbye

it ain't easy

lettin' go of the ones you love

but believe me

begin by and by

if not here

than somewhere up above

i've had some friends that i lost along the way

they've been called on down the line

though their time was short

i think about them every day

and it ain't easy to say goodbye

now the time has come to go our separate ways

and it's all right if you want to cry

and though i know

we'll meet again someday

it's never easy to say goodbye