With Pen In Hand - Bobby Goldsboro
Tuning: , E A D G B E
[Verse 1]
With pen in ha
nd you signed
your name
Today at five
I'll be on tha
t train
And you'll be
free and I wil
l be alone
So alone
[Verse 2]
If you think w
e can find the
love we once
knew
If you think I
can't make ev
erything up to
you
Then I'll be g
one and you'll
be on your ow
n
You'll be on y
our own
[Verse 3]
Can you take g
ood care of Jo
hnny
Can you take h
im to school e
very-day
Can you teach
him how to cat
ch a fish
And keep all t
hose bullies a
way
Hear what I sa
y
[Verse 4]
Can you teach
him how to whi
stle a tune
Can you tell h
im about the m
an in the moon
If you can do
these things t
hen maybe he w
on't miss me
Maybe he won't
miss me
[Verse 5]
And tonight as
you lay in th
at big lonely
bed
And you look a
t the pillow w
here I lay my
head
And with your
heart on fire
will you have
no desire to k
iss me
And to hold me
[Verse 6]
If you can for
get the good t
imes we had
If you think t
hat the good t
imes don't out
weigh the bad
Then sign your
name and I'll
be on my way
I'll be on my
way
[Outro]
(Humming repea
t the verse me
lody and fade)