The Ultimate Goodbye

This song speaks about change from a man to a woman...JOKES. The song is set in a moment between two separate parts of life, one of them the life you're leaving behind and the other is the new life waiting for you. Many of my friends from uni have/are and will be leaving to go home and I thought about being in that situation. For some it's because they want to but others have no choice in the matter. Even for those who have a choice must still find it sad when it comes to that point of change. This song is set just after the narrator has left their friends and is making their journey home...the journey home speaks about the emotional transaction between two states of mind (wanting to stay and wanting to go). Goodbyes are always the saddest, I'm the worst at them if I don't cry at the time I'll no doubt cry after...and I try never to cry (I'm an ugly crier).

Verse 1
Now I know where I'm going but I don't know what for
Still a voice inside my head say's I don't belong here anymore.
The journey's in the detail and it's that I'm trying to find,
My heart can't hold back my wayfaring mind.

Bridge
So I said a prayer inside my head then set out for the road

Chorus
The moon was my guide
On that cool summers night
As I drove along the highway
Looking for more than just the signs.
Home is where the heart is
And I guess I proved it right,
Bags packed, hearts low,
Goodbye friends, hello road,
This is the ultimate goodbye

Verse 2
I've put names to the faces and memories too,
Walked with them beneath the stars, danced beneath the old church roof.
There's a space, there's a time, there's a place, there's an age,
No matter what I'm after there will always be a change

Bridge
And I dried my eyes about half way then carried on down the road

Chorus
The moon was my guide
On that cool summers night,
As I drove along the highway
Looking for more than just the signs.
Home is where the heart is
And I guess I proved it right,
Bags packed, hearts low,
Goodbye friends, hello road,
This is the ultimate goodbye

Bridge
I turned around once or twice then made my way home

Chorus
The moon was my guide
On that cool summers night,
As I drove along the highway
Looking for more than just the signs.
Home is where the heart is
And I guess I proved it right,
Bags packed, hearts low,
Goodbye friends, hello road,
This is the ultimate goodbye

Tag
Bags packed, hearts low,
Goodbye friends, hello road,
This is the ultimate goodbye

Karl Smitherman © 2012 published 2012