RYAN STATES: Music & Lyrics
HAVE YOU EVER (HAD TO SAY GOODBYE)
(RYAN STATES)
Dedicated to my mom.
Have you ever had to say goodbye
To the one you needed most
The one that gave you life
Have you ever had to say goodbye
Do you wonder what it’s like
in that place up in the sky
Thursday I went to see my Mom
Only to find she had passed on
I was the first one on the scene
No one home to hear my scream
Guess that’s just my bad luck
I wonder how I can even talk
About all this out loud
I just need to hear the words from my mouth
You see I could hold it in
But I can’t stop the tears that fall from my chin
The visions come again
And her image reappears in my head
I try not to think about it
When I’m at work I fight it
How can I get these pictures out of my head
Seeing her then
Have you ever had to say goodbye
To the one you needed most
The one that gave you life
Have you ever had to say goodbye
Do you wonder what it’s like
in that place up in the sky
To think that her last moments
Were spent all alone
I wonder what I could have done
If I hadn’t left her on her own
Thank god she knew I loved her
I couldn’t live with myself if she was
Entering forever…
not knowing how I felt
What do I have to remember you by
Where can I go, what can I find
No one else reminds me of you
But something inside of me came from you
Have you ever had to say goodbye
To the one you needed most
The one that gave you life
Have you ever had to say goodbye
Do you wonder what it’s like
in that place up in the sky
Have you ever had to say goodbye
To the one you needed most
The one that gave you life
Have you ever had to say goodbye
And you can’t find a soul
Explain the reason why
Have you ever
Have you ever said goodbye
© 1998 Ryan States