The Long Goodbye Lyrics

Driving in the rain

Windshield wipers wipe away

The colors fade to gray

Another year astray

Kept a diary of poetry

That I should throw away

The long goodbye

At the door

Been waiting for an invitation

For a while

The long goodbye

It seems like I've been waving to you

From afar

For quite awhile

Another picture day

I left the frame

I walked away

What if we'd stayed the same?

I never could explain

I caught a wave

My own parade

The only way to go

So willfully

Without sympathy

I could only blame myself

Absentmindedly

Watch the blueprint bleed

I couldn't tell if you were proud

And thankfully

We can sing harmony

Maybe imagine what it's like

Age gracefully

With complacency

I just rehearse the same old lines

The long goodbye

A picture of ambition

Don't you wish

That we could slow it down?

The long goodbye

Tried to hold me

Tried to mold me

Into what you know

The long goodbye

A memory

For you to keep

Until you let me go