Only Way To Say Goodbye, The Lyrics - The Stanley Brothers

I'm so lonesome and alone since you left our happy home 

Now all that's left are these tears upon my face 

I've turned to drinkin' and prayin' that the lord would hear me sayin 

take me away from this sad and lonely place 

I've got no plans for tomorrow 

I'm so ashamed and filled with sorrow 

I should have told you that I loved you everyday 

The only way to say goodbye is with these tears that fill my eyes 

I hear you call me as they fall upon your grave 

If I could only be set free from your haunting memory 

But still I find that I'm a prisoner of your love 

There's nothing left for me to do but in this pain of losin' you 

So I am down upon the ground I've had enough 

Not knowin where to turn from here 

My heart still yearns for you my dear 

I can't take this awful pain I'm goin through 

I'll take this gun in tremblin hand and hope the lord will understand 

There's just no way that I could stay here without you