You Said Goodbye

*(Verse 1)*  
We sat on the porch as the sun went down,  
Your hand in mine, no one else around.  
Tears filled your eyes, you whispered low,  
"Darlin', I love you, but I got to go."  
I begged you stay, but you turned away,  
And left me broken on that lonesome day.

*(Chorus)*  
When you said goodbye, you tore my soul in two,  
Took every dream I ever had with you.  
The steel guitar wails through these tears I cry,  
Bleedin' out the hurt that won't ever die.  
I still reach for you in the dark of night...  
Prayin' you'll come back and make this right.  
Oh, when you said goodbye.

*(Verse 2)*  
Your taillights vanished down that gravel road,  
Left me with nothin' but a heavy load.  
Empty bottle, cold bed, and your memory,  
Burnin' like fire deep inside of me.  
Now every song on this old jukebox plays,  
Just echoes of our better days.

*(Chorus)*  
When you said goodbye, you tore my soul in two,  
Took every dream I ever had with you.  
The steel guitar wails through these tears I cry,  
Bleedin' out the hurt that won't ever die.  
I still reach for you in the dark of night...  
Prayin' you'll come back and make this right.  
Oh, when you said goodbye.

*(Short steel guitar solo – raw and weeping)*

*(Final Chorus – slower, voice cracking)*  
When you said goodbye... you tore my soul in two,  
God knows I ain't nothin' without you.  
Come back, darlin'... please...  
When you said goodbye.

1968 Classic Country, Heartfelt Heartbreak, Lonesome Honky-Tonk, Weeping Steel Guitar, Porch-Swing Nostalgia,Gravel-Road