When Good Is Goodbye

In the morning I woke

With the dawn

And the sleep in my eyes

Still lingered on

And the dust lifted up

With the sun

All the acres of land

I tilled into one

And I felt all the air on a breeze

Like a mockingbird song

For you and for me

Believe when I say

It don’t matter

And know you got nothing to prove

Except what you lose

And the pain I had

Felt in my bones

How it burns and it crawls

Tearing down walls

And the rain with her hand

Watering

Every blade of grass

What mattered to me

Believe when I say

It don’t matter

And know you got nothing to prove

Except what you’re willing to lose

Believe when I say

It still matters

And know they got nothing on you

Me, well, I’ll find something new

And the wind came on in through the fields

Over miles of cotton

Still turnin’ wheels

And I felt what was left

Of my time

All the same on the earth

What’s yours and what’s mine

How to live

How to love

Without a goodbye

How to live

How to love

When good is goodbye