So many times I told you I was leavin' and so many times how I tried

Cause sayin' your leavin's so much easier than leavin' and sayin' goodbye

Cause every time I'd start to go I wouldn't get ten feet

Till I'd go runnin' back like a runaway child who's afraid to cross the street

My mind might tell my lips to say it's over but my heart would only know it's a lie

Cause sayin' your leavin's so much easier than leavin' and sayin' goodbye

[ guitar - steel ]

Cause every time I'd start to go...

Than leavin' and sayin' goodbye