[ti:Love You Goodbye] [ar:Tim McGraw] [al:Southern Voice] [00:01.12]Tim McGraw - Love You Goodbye [00:05.89] [00:35.30]He was thinking back when he was a kid [00:37.94]His folks were divorced [00:39.53]His old man high on something [00:42.17]Came knocking at the door [00:44.08]His mama wouldn't talk to him [00:47.30]She said boy dontcha let him in [00:49.83] [00:52.80]She was cussing and pacing and wasting her life [00:58.34]On that linoleum floor [01:02.09]He took him back to his old apartment [01:04.69]Turned off the TV [01:06.63]His beautiful broken hero on the couch [01:09.63]Passed out asleep [01:11.54]And he put 'em to bed [01:15.28]With tears in his eyes [01:19.86]He said dad I love you, Goodbye [01:26.54] [01:29.08]He headed out into the night [01:31.78]Seventeen years old [01:33.68]Fired up that rusty old pickup [01:36.33]Turned his collar to the cold [01:38.76]And he headed back to mama's place [01:42.43]Ready for his big escape [01:47.82]And he tiptoed up the stairs and left a note [01:52.24]In the cover's fold [01:54.24] [01:56.29]It said mom I wish I could wave a wand [01:59.19]And make you smile again [02:00.89]Bring back the man who stole your heart [02:03.61]'fore the demons got to him [02:05.86]If I stay here any longer [02:08.63]Something sacreds gonna die [02:14.18]He said mom I love you, Goodbye [02:21.41] [02:42.07]Took a lot of wrong turns on the road [02:44.61]Finding his life [02:46.05]By the grace of God he ended up [02:49.24]With a little boy and a wife [02:50.98]And the phone call came from his sister [02:54.03]It was that old familiar pain [03:00.24]His mother was at the doorstep [03:02.21]Of heaven's pure white light [03:05.64] [03:09.20]At the end of the service [03:11.05]His father came up to him [03:13.19]Clear eyed and sober now he said [03:15.99]Boy Jesus took my sins [03:18.22]And I pray someday maybe you'll forgive me too [03:22.79]With tears in his eyes [03:26.59]He said son I love you, Goodbye [03:33.91] [03:36.44]His plane touched down in Texas [03:38.67]He pulled out his phone [03:40.50]Dialed in the number, got the machine [03:43.34]Of his old man's home [03:45.30]He said dad we got an extra room [03:48.29]And your grandson has your eyes [03:54.50]Couldn't say anything else [03:58.96]Cause he started to cry [04:02.53]And he choked out dad I love you, Goodbye [04:10.05] [04:13.01]Dad I love you, Goodbye [04:24.68]