Lyrics

Not Goodbye
(written by Stacy Donahue and Tom Sparks - ©2004)

He doesn?t know my heart?s been his my whole life,
I didn?t know how to make the words come out right.
I couldn?t show that I need his arms to lift me wherever I go,
He couldn?t stay and let me break his heart another way.

I want to tell him, God please, help me tell him,
Want to tell him, ?I love you?; not ?Goodbye?.

He believed in me like no man has done before,
I believed that he would always be at my door.
But he grew tired of waiting for my love to come around,
When he walked out, I realized just what I?d found.

I want to tell him, promise this time, I?ll tell him,
I?m gonna tell him, ?I love you?; not ?Goodbye?.

I drove all night, never felt more right that his love is what I need,
I couldn?t wait to tell him to his face that he completes me.

He looked at me, and waited to hear ?Goodbye?,
I looked at him, and this time looked right in his eyes.
I said goodbye, I said goodbye to every fear I had inside,
Then we both kissed, I never knew that I could feel like this.

I finally told him, it felt so good to hold him,
And tell him, ?I love you?;
I said, ?I love you?; not ?Goodbye?.