Love You Goodbye Lyrics - Tim McGraw

1 He was thinking back when he was a kid

2 His folks were divorced

3 His old man high on something

4 Came knocking at the door

5 His mama wouldn't talk to him

6 She said boy dontcha let him in

7 She was cussing and pacing and wasting her life

8 On that linoleum floor

9 He took him back to his old apartment

10 Turned off the TV

11 His beautiful broken hero on the couch

12 Passed out asleep

13 And he put 'em to bed

14 With tears in his eyes

15 He said dad I love you, Goodbye

16 He headed out into the night

17 Seventeen years old

18 Fired up that rusty old pickup

19 Turned his collar to the cold

20 And he headed back to mama's place

21 Ready for his big escape

22 And he tiptoed up the stairs and left a note

23 In the cover's fold

24 It said mom I wish I could wave a wand

25 And make you smile again

26 Bring back the man who stole your heart

27 'fore the demons got to him

28 If I stay here any longer

29 Something sacreds gonna die

30 He said mom I love you, Goodbye

31 Took a lot of wrong turns on the road

32 Finding his life

33 By the grace of God he ended up

34 With a little boy and a wife

35 And the phone call came from his sister

36 It was that old familiar pain

37 His mother was at the doorstep

38 Of heaven's pure white light

39 At the end of the service

40 His father came up to him

41 Clear eyed and sober now he said

42 Boy Jesus took my sins

43 And I pray someday maybe you'll forgive me too

44 With tears in his eyes

45 He said son I love you, Goodbye

46 His plane touched down in Texas

47 He pulled out his phone

48 Dialed in the number, got the machine

49 Of his old man's home

50 He said dad we got an extra room

51 And your grandson has your eyes

52 Couldn't say anything else

53 Cause he started to cry

54 And he choked out dad I love you, Goodbye