(Why Is It) So Hard To Say Goodbye

I see you walking out that door

Just like so many times before

But this time you're not coming back

It hits me like a heart attack

You said you would forever stay

But now I watch you walk away

And though I knew this day would come

I still held hope you were the one

I knew that things had changed my friend

But I didn't think that it would end

I thought we just fell in the rough

But we could make it, we were tough

We weren't as tough as I had thought

Another lesson life has taught

Just because things seem right one day

Doesn't mean that's the way they'll stay

We were taking different paths

What we had could never last

All the lies we told ourselves

And the secrets we could never tell

So you drove off into the night

To avoid another fight

But now it's time to face the day

You look and you just turn away

Why is it so hard to say goodbye?

What is it that makes me want to cry?

I know it's for the best

When there is nothing left

So why is it so hard to say goodbye?