Love You Goodbye Lyrics - Southern Voice - Tim Mcgraw

He was thinkin' back when he was a kid 

His folks were divorced 

His old man high on somethin' 

Came knockin' at the door 

His mama wouldn't talk to him 

She said, "Boy, don't you let him in" 

She was cussin' and pacin' 

And wastin' her life at that linoleum floor 

He took him back to his old apartment 

Turned off the TV 

His beautiful broken hero on the couch 

Passed out asleep 

And he put him to bed 

With tears in his eyes 

He said, "Dad, I love you, goodbye" 

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He headed out into the night 

Seventeen years old 

Fired up that rusty old pickup 

Turned his collar to the cold 

And he headed back to Mama's place 

Ready for his big escape 

And he tiptoed up the stairs 

And left a note in the cover's fold 

It said, "Mom, I wish I could wave a wand 

And make you smile again 

Bring back the man who stole your heart 

'Fore the demons got to him" 

"If I stay here any longer 

Somethin' sacred's gonna die" 

He said, "Mom, I love you, goodbye" 

Took a lot of wrong turns 

On the road findin' his life 

By the grace of God he ended up 

With a boy and a wife 

And the phone call came from his sister 

'Twas that old familiar pain 

His mother was at the doorstep 

Of Heaven's pure white light 

At the end of the service 

His father came up to him 

Clear eyed and sober now 

He said, "Boy, Jesus took my sins" 

"And I pray someday 

Maybe you'll forgive me too" 

With tears in his eyes 

He said, "Son, I love you, goodbye" 

His plane touched down in Texas 

He pulled out his phone 

Dialed in the number 

Got the machine of his old man's home 

He said, "Dad we got an extra room 

And your grandson has your eyes" 

Couldn't say anything else 

'Cause he started to cry 

And he choked out 

"Dad, I love you, goodbye 

Dad, I love you, goodbye"