Looking back on yesterdays summer photographs
Images of you and I together
Never thought that I'd be making plans to miss your kisses on the sands
Should have known (should have known) but, baby, nothing lasts forever

It's too bad (it's too bad) I never dreamt that we were saying goodbye
It's so sad (it's so sad) now I realize

To have and to hold and never to part (I thought it was the hardest thing)
To have to let go and to take back my heart (it's harder than everything)
It's hurting me more than you'll ever know
To have and to have to let go (but I just gotta let it go)

Thinking back on summer days when all we did was laugh
Suddenly it seems so long ago (where did the time go, where did the time go?)
Now I can't believe that you and me could fade into a used to be
Just a memory (it's just a memory) never thought I'd have to say so

It's too bad (it's too bad) love was forever now we're saying goodbye
It's so sad, now I realize

To have and to hold and never to part (I thought it was the hardest thing)
To have to let go and to take back my heart (it's harder than everything)
It's hurting me more than you'll ever know
To have and to have to let go (but I just gotta let it go)

To have to let go

It's too bad love was forever now we're saying goodbye
It's so sad, now I realize

To have and to hold and never to part (I thought it was the hardest thing)
To have to let go and to take back my heart (it's harder than everything)
It's hurting me more than you'll ever know
To have and to have to let go (but I just gotta let it go) 
To have and to have to let go (but I just gotta let it go)