How to Say Goodbye

Michael W. Smith

Tell me when the time we had slipped away
Tomorrow turned to yesterday and I don't know how

Tell me what can stop this river of tears
It's been building up for years for this moment now

Here I stand arms open wide
I've held you close, kept you safe
Till you could fly

Tell me where the road ahead is gonna bend
And how to harness up the wind and how to say goodbye

Tell me why does following your dreams
Take you far away from me and I knew that it would

Tell me how to feel the space you left behind
And how to laugh instead of cry and how to say goodbye

Here I stand arms open wide
I've held you close, kept you safe
Till you could fly

Tell me where the road ahead is gonna bend
And how to harness up the wind and how to say goodbye