Name: Sometimes You Say Goodbye
Duration: P00H03M59S
Description: A recent one, off the "Trigger Warnings & Sunshine" record. One of my favorites off that record. I'm not sure if it totally makes sense to anyone but me, but for me it's a personal one. I almost released it as an acoustic only track even on the record, so I'm glad to be putting it into this form here.

Sometimes You Say Goodbye

from Sorry, I Didn't Mean to Shout (An Acoustic Retrospective) by Derek Brink

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A recent one, off the "Trigger Warnings & Sunshine" record. One of my favorites off that record. I'm not sure if it totally makes sense to anyone but me, but for me it's a personal one. I almost released it as an acoustic only track even on the record, so I'm glad to be putting it into this form here.

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I collect short stories
of lost loves and past glories.
Some of them are too long
to pass the time.
Some of them cost more than they're worth.
Some of them just hurt.
Sometimes a chapter
sticks in my mind.

But sometimes you say goodbye
for all the right reasons.
Sometimes you say goodbye,
and you don’t even feel it.

I had a friend I never figured out.
He’s a devil down in Georgia now.
A string of unknown kids
and pissed off ex-wives.
I haven’t heard his voice in 15 years.
And that’s music to my ears.
I’d just as soon he
never be on my mind.

Cause sometimes you say goodbye
for all the right reasons.
Sometimes you say goodbye
and you don’t even feel it.

I’ve got a long list of regrets,
quite a few of which I haven’t lived yet.
The worst ones, I play out
almost every night.
I’d have probably run from me too,
if I’d been in your shoes.
I can’t blame you
for giving up the fight.

Cause sometimes you say goodbye
for all the right reasons.
Sometimes you say goodbye
and you don’t even feel it.

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from Sorry, I Didn't Mean to Shout (An Acoustic Retrospective), released December 25, 2016

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