GOOD BYE TO YOU BY MICHELLE BRANCH

of all the things i believed in,
i just want to get it over with,
tears form behind my eyes but i do not cry,
counting the days that passed me by,

Road Carter bent down and placed a soft kiss upon the head of her
boyfriend Spot and grabbed her guitar case.

"Goodbye Spot" she whispered.

ive been searching deep down in my soul,
the words that im hearing are starting to get old,
feels like im starting all over again,
the last three years were just pretend,

She was finally leaving. New York just wasn't where she wanted to be
anymore. It wasn't Spot, she loved him, she really did. But their
relationship was just not what she wanted anymore.


and i said,
good bye to you,
good bye to everything that i knew,
you were the one i loved,
the one thing that i tried to hold on to,

He had stuck through everything with her. THe many times she had
talked about leaving.

"THeres a great big world out there Spot" she had said "And I intend
to see everything"

i still get lost in your eyes,
and it seems that i cant live a day without you,
closing my eyes and u chase my thought away,
to a place where im blinded by the light,
but its not right,

But time after time, those bright blue eyes and sly smile had
convinced her to stay.

"Just another month" he would whisper kissing her hard.

And for another month she had let him push her dreams aside.


good bye to you,
good bye to everything that i knew,
you were the one i loved,
the one thing that i tried to hold on to,

Spot woke up and turned over to hug his girlfriend. to stare
contently at the angelic face that had caused him so much rapture and
pain. But she was gone.

"Dammit" he whispered.

In a way he had always known that eventually she would leave. Jack
had after all nicknamed her Road after hearing how she didn't like to
stay in one place for too long.

"Why did I think this time she would stay?"

and it hurts to want everything and nothing at the same time,
i want whats yours and i, want whats mine,
i want you but im not giving in this time,

Road stared out the boxcar as New YOrk Flew past her. Part of her
wanted to hop back off and find Spot. She knew though that if she
stayed she would resent everything and everyone. Including Spot.

good bye to you,
good bye to everything that i knew,
you were the one i loved,
the one thing that i tried to hold on to,
the one thing that i tried to hold on to,
good bye to you,
good bye to everything that i knew,
you were the one i loved,
the one thing that i tried to hold on to,

She smiled Sadly. She would always remember him. She would forever
remember how he had saved her from the bulls.

"When ya hear dat whistle" he had said "Run, dat means dere coming"

Or when he had told her the story of his parent's death and the tears
had rolled down from his bright eyes causing her's to tear up.

and when the stars fall i will lie awake,
you're my shooting star

Spot walked out of the Lodging House. He felt like a pieace of him
was missing.

"I love ya Road" he whispered into the early morning sky "Stay safe"