LEAVIN' AND SAYIN' GOODBYE
(Jeannie Seely)


Faron Young - 1971
Jack Greene - 1971
Norma Jean - 1971



So many times I told you I was leavin'
And so many times how I tried
But sayin' your leavin's so much easier
Than leavin' and sayin' goodbye

'Cause every time I'd start to go
I wouldn't get ten feet
Till I'd come running back like a runaway child
Who's afraid to cross the street

My mind might tell my lips to say it's over
But my heart would only say it's a lie
'Cause sayin' your leavin's so much easier
Than leavin' and sayin' goodbye

(Instrumental Break)

'Cause every time I'd start to go
I wouldn't get ten feet
Till I'd come running back like a runaway child
Who's afraid to cross the street

My mind might tell my lips to say it's over
But my heart would only say it's a lie
'Cause sayin' your leavin's so much easier
Than leavin' and sayin' goodbye
Than leavin' and sayin' goodbye







(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - August 2011)