The Last Time We Said Goodbye

You were leaning on that pickup Sun sinking behind the hill Said “Don’t worry about tomorrow This old world bends to will” You laughed like nothing breaks us Like the road was always wide Neither one of us knew then That was our last goodbye

If I knew the miles were numbered If I knew the sky would fall

I would’ve held that moment longer Would’ve stopped the hands of time Would’ve told you every story You never heard in life But the world don’t ask forgiveness And the years don’t tell you why Some roads end in silence At the last goodbye

Your boots are still in the hallway Your old truck still runs the same And the town still says your stories Like a fire without a flame But the night gets loud with questions And the answers never come Just the echo of that evening And the setting of the sun

If I knew the miles were numbered If I knew the sky would fall

I would’ve held that moment longer Would’ve stopped the hands of time Would’ve told you every story You never heard in life But the world don’t ask forgiveness And the years don’t tell you why Some roads end in silence At the last goodbye

The Spartans told their brothers “Come back with your shield or gone” But nobody tells a man How to carry when you’re alone So I ride these miles remembering Every word and every sign Trying to find the road again Before the last goodbye

I would’ve held that moment longer Would’ve fought the hands of time Would’ve told you how you shaped me More than any man alive But the world keeps moving forward Under empty western skies And the hardest words a man can say Are the last goodbye

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