Here's To (Goodbye)

A Poem by Jade Mayhew

The blue and pink is meant to suggest a male or female singing. An ellipse is meant to suggest a pause in the song.

Intro (slower)
Here's to goodbye.
Here's to the nights we should have died.
Here's to the tears I know I'll cry.
Here's to goodbye.

Verse
Don't look surprised,
And please don't let tears fill up yours eyes.
You knew that this was coming soon
And so... did I.
Baby, don't plead
And please don't beg on bended knee.
Please try to make this easier
For you... and me.
There's not a single doubt that I love you.
There's not a single doubt that you care.
There's not a day that'll pass that I won't remember
The beautiful love that we shared.

Chorus
Here's to the memories, here's to walking on air
Here's to falling in love, when most days true love is rare.
So raise your glass up to mine
And say with me one more time,
"Here's to what once was forever and now
Here's to goodbye."

Verse (male)
Don't walk away.
Can't you stay with me one more day?
I know that I'm not ready to
Let go... so stay.
Please don't explain.
I know that you still won't remain.
There is no easy way to just
Avoid... the pain.
I guess I'll learn to live without you
Because my heart is shattering fast.
Although you won't be in my future anymore,
Your memory survives in my past.

Chorus
Here's to our first meeting, here's to holding your hand
Here's to secrets and jokes that only we understand
I'll raise my glass to the sky
And I'll smile through my lie,
"Here's to the future we dreamed of and now
Here's to goodbye."

Verse
My heart, I lent.
Our chance at true love came and went
You know that every word I
Ever said... I meant.
Make no mistake,
Nothing I ever vowed was fake.
I don't want you think that you
Deserved... heartache.
So I'll just close my eyes and accept it

Accept the years that we're throwing away.
Waking up will be hard without you in my arms,
But I'll remember our love every day.

Chorus
Here's to our first kiss and here's to first dates we had
Here's to driving me crazy and to making me mad
So look me straight in the eye.
I swear I'll never ask why.
"Here's to the one final kiss and now,
Here's to goodbye."