SORRY THAT YOU ARE LEAVIN'
(Gail Davies)


Gail Davies - 1979


Sorry that you're leavin', but I guess you know it's best
Well it's been a long, long time a-comin', now I feel it's here at last
Sorry that we could not find the words to fit the song
But we been a long, long time a-hummin', now I guess we've sung too long

Hear that road a-callin' I long to travel on
They say it's wide and open, it will never do me wrong
And it's come between us and we cannot bridge the gap
The river's grown too wide now, we will never make it back

Sorry that you're leavin', but I guess you know it's best
Well it's been a long, long time a-comin', now I feel it's here at last
Sorry that we could not find the words to fit the song
But we been a long, long time a-hummin', now I guess we've sung too long

(Instrumental Break)

Hear that bluebird callin' 'cause she knows that it's her time
Summer's almost gone now, in the Winter she will fly
Where the weather's warmer she will travel to the south
You won't hear no singin' when that Winter snow comes down

Sorry that you're leavin', but I guess you know it's best
Well it's been a long, long time a-comin', now I feel it's here at last
Sorry that we could not find the words to fit the song
But we been a long, long time a-hummin', now I guess we've sung too long

Sorry that you're leavin', but I guess you know it's best
Well it's been a long, long time a-comin', now I feel it's here at last
Sorry that we could not find the words to fit the song
But we been a long, long time a-hummin', now I guess we've sung too long



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - August 2020)