The Upside of Goodbye

歌詞

There was an element of majesty In the way the lady said that she Was leaving in the morning for the coast And that goodbye should have brought me pain But I watched her quickly check the reins Of emotions which unloosed would cripple most Then the thing that struck me strangely Was the feeling that I had when she was gone The few that left before had left me empty But she left me with a fullness to lean on Then the thing that struck me strangely Was the feeling that I had when she was gone The few that left before had left me empty But she left me with a fullness to lean on So the bitterness that usually Set in was effectively undone by the girl's uncommon grace And the thrust of the experience Was the enrichening and lively sense She gave to my life and to its pace I don't know where she's gone Her wanderlust surely was strong But love would be made much more sure If all the ladies leaving Left like her If all the ladies leaving Left like her