leavin' and sayin' goodbye

so many times i've told you i was leavin'

and oh so many times how i have tried

but sayin' your leavin's so much easier

than leavin' and sayin' goodbye

every time i'd start to go

i wouldn't get ten feet

i'd go runnin' back like a runaway child

that's afraid to cross the street

and my mind might tell my lips to say

it's over

my heart would only say

it's a lie

and sayin' your leavin's so much easier

than leavin' and sayin' goodbye