[Intro]



[Verse 1]
             
Maryanne is wo

             
rking at the l

           
ocal grocery
    
Her husband Jo

hn is trav'lin

g
    
And he's been 

gone for weeks
    
But Maryanne s

tarts coughing
            
And she falls 

            
down to her kn

ees
             
She calls John

             
, says, "Liste

           
n, please."


[Chorus]
             
"Goodbye, good

      
bye my love
            
So long, we ha

           
ve to part
             
I wish I didn'

          
t have to leav

e
              
Then you would

           
 never have to

 
 grieve, so
             
  Goodbye, goo

       
dbye my   hear

t."


[Verse 2]
             
Kevin and Fern

             
ando, they hav

           
en't got a fea

r

They've been l

ivin' in an ol

d folks' home
  
Together all t

hese years
    
But now they f

orce the laugh

ter
            
As they push i

              
t through thei

  
r tears
             
They hold hand

             
s and disappea

  
r


[Chorus]
             
Singin', "Good

             
bye, goodbye m

  
y love
            
So long, we ha

           
ve to part
             
I wish I didn'

          
t have to leav

e
              
Then you would

           
 never have to

 
 grieve, so
             
  Goodbye, goo

       
dbye my   hear

t."


[Verse 3]
    
Now I've been 

waitin' for ya
             
Since the sun 

         
began to rise
    
And I'll keep 

holdin' on til
         
I'm just hopin

' you'll arriv

e
       
'Cause I'd giv

e up on breath

in'
            
Just to look i

         
nto your eyes
             
But now it's t

             
ime to say goo

   
dbye


[Chorus]
             
Singin', "Good

             
bye, goodbye m

  
y love
            
So long, we ha

           
ve to part
             
I wish I didn'

          
t have to leav

e
              
Then you would

           
 never have to

 
 grieve, so
             
  Goodbye, goo

       
dbye my    hea

rt."


[Outro]