By chris
Date: 2008 Jul 19
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Let's Just Get Goodbye Out of the Way

The sun rose this morning -
painting this valley blue.
I smiled to myself and thought of
how much that's me
when there's no you.
(I smiled to myself and then
wondered
when I'd ever smile again...)

And tonight when the sun sinks
low,
I'll look off into the sky.
I'll think of you and I'll wonder
where you're at
and I'll wonder why
I ever fell so in love with
you.
It just happened - I didn't even
try.

I'll wish I wasn't ridin'
into that sunset alone.
But I guess I'll just keep going
because you -
you were my home.
If only I could have you
and we could just ride
into a new day -
across the mesas and the prairies
with no horizons
to get in the way.

Your hair
is like the ocean -
I see only blue skies
in your eyes.
When I hold you,
time just don't exist.
In between us
are no miles.

We know the time is coming
when we'll have to call it quits.
But that don't mean
I'm ready for that day.
And when I kiss you one last time
the words won't be easy to say.
So let's just
get goodbye out of the way...