Leaving and Saying Goodbye
recorded by Faron Young
written by Jeannie Seely
 
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So many times I've told I was leavin' 
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And oh so many times how I have tried
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But sayin' your leavin's so much easier 
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Than leavin' and sayin' goodbye
 
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Cause every time I'd start to go I wouldn't get ten feet
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Till I go runnin' back like a runaway child that's afraid to cross the street
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My mind might tell my lips to say it's over 
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My heart would only say it's a lie
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Cause sayin' your leavin's so much easier 
                 D7         G
Than leavin' and sayin' goodbye
 
D7                               C                  G
Cause every time I'd start to go I wouldn't get ten feet
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Till I go runnin' back like a runaway child that's afraid to cross the street
  G                                    D7
My mind might tell my lips to say it's over 
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My heart would only say it's a lie
                  G7               C
Cause sayin' your leavin's so much easier 
                 D7         G
Than leavin' and sayin' goodbye
 
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Leavin' and sayin' goodbye