Why Say Goodbye chords by Steve Fox

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There's a

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ten -year -old car
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running in the driveway full of things
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That a young girl needs to face the world
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and whatever it will bring
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And her mama hugs her little bird
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one last time before she flies
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And her daddy's voice is trembling
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cause he's trying not to cry
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As the ramp up  to the interstate
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turns  her world around
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The sky fills with questions
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cause anything could happen now
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Why say goodbye
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when it hurts so bad?
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Why not say goodnight
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and leave it at that?
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And tell yourself tomorrow
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you'll be together again
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Even when you know it's time
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Why say goodbye?
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Why say goodbye?
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After fifteen years of wearing
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A routine smile on her face
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The bad things in her marriage
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Are making the good things go to waste
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And with one last word
She's about to end that
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chapter of her life
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And go  and find out who she was
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Before she was a wife
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But sometimes in that moment
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A fear comes over you
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It's that little part of leaving
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That's the hardest thing you'll ever do
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Why say goodbye
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When it hurts so bad
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Why not say goodnight
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And leave it at that
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And tell yourself tomorrow
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you'll be together again
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Even when you know it's time,
why say goodbye?
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You can count on one hand
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how many times you'll have to say it
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It's all about those times
when you can barely do it
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And you know it won't ever be the same
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Why say goodbye
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when it hurts so bad?
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Why not say goodnight
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and leave it at that
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And tell yourself tomorrow
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you'll be together again
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Even when you know it's time
Why say goodbye?
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Why say
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goodbye?
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Why say goodbye?
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