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Goodbye

(GOODBYE - Poem Version)
She's had enough of my clever lines
Thinking back on all those times
When my dreams were just a story 
She... wonders if anything's real 
Does he just write or can he feel
And care for anything more than glory

Oh.. Time and time again
You bought in to what felt like lies
But girl, I was honest with you
I didn't even try to disguise
You needed more than lyrics
I understand you wanted a man
A true love and not a writer who
Would hold a pen but not your hand

So you said, Goodbye.. 
The saddest words I've ever read 
Cuts like a knife I'm running red
No yellow brick road for me to tread
And now it's so plain for me to see
You felt this is how it had to be..
The end

She.. Felt like another in the crowd
Echoes abounding seemed so loud
Couldn't see they were simply songs 
She.. Had enough and let me know
She wasn't up for my kind of show
There'd just been one too many wrongs

Oh.. Time and time again
You bought in to what felt like lies
But girl, I was honest with you
I didn't even try to disguise
You needed more than lyrics
I understand you wanted a man
A love true and not a writer who
Would hold a pen but not your hand

So it's, Goodbye.. 
The saddest words I've ever read 
Cuts like a knife I'm running red
No yellow brick road for me to tread
And now it's plain for me to see
You felt this is how it had to be..
The End

Goodbye,
This hurt inside me is very real
If you only knew how much I feel
You needed more than I could deal
And now it's plain for me to see
God, I wish it didn't have to be..
The End

Tonight, I don't see one star in the sky
Tears trickle down.. I begin to cry
I don't have to ask the reasons why
I sadly understand it's.. Goodbye

Oh, Goodbye.. 
The saddest words I've ever read 
Cuts like a knife I'm running red
No yellow brick road for me to tread
And now it's plain for me to see
You felt this is how it had to be..
The End

Goodbye,
This hurt inside me is very real
If you only knew how much I feel
You needed more than I could deal
And now it's plain for me to see
God, I wish it didn't have to be..
The End..
Goodbye
(Goodbye)
(Goodbye)

~Lyric Man

Note: This is one of my favorite writes. A story of a guy crazy for a girl and the only thing he loves more is the magic of writing lyrics. The pen is too euphoric to set down.. so he loses the hand of the girl he loves. He may trurly adore her MORE than any other woman in the world. But she know's she'll always be backup to his pad and pen. So the writer knows it's goodbye!

Copyright © Lyric Man | Year Posted 2018

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Tim Parry Date: 7/11/2018 2:17:00 AM Another song set to words the lyrics are persuasive in their honesty and echo a story as old as the hills the choice is always hard but I'd always choose love over passion Tim Login to Reply

Gershon Wolf Date: 6/22/2018 2:55:00 PM A great write! The classic romance of the beautiful girl and the dedicated virtuoso … and yes, the girl always leaves … but we need you, L.M., to tell the virtuoso's side of the story … Too often it's all seen from the 'jilted' girl's point of view. Excellent! Best wishes, Gershon Login to Reply

Jack Ellison Date: 6/21/2018 5:56:00 AM So I totally agree with Mr.Lamoureux!!! A GREAT write!!! Cheers! Login to Reply

Sandra L. Weiss Date: 6/18/2018 5:00:00 AM I came to visit, and to read your "Goodbye". So sadly beautiful, it flows easily around you and pulls you in. Love lost, I can feel the pain. Login to Reply

Anne-Lise Andresen Date: 6/17/2018 12:48:00 PM - A truly amazing poem ... (It was almost painfully beautiful /honest and beautiful in a painful combination) - hugs // Anne-Lise :) Login to Reply

Darlene De Beaulieu Date: 6/14/2018 1:57:00 PM Hello Chance Summer, a very sad love poem. It is the way i see your poem. it is nice to meet you. have a nie day my friend. Login to Reply

Pandita Sietesantos Date: 6/14/2018 10:45:00 AM I don't mind sharing my man with his love of writing - so long as I'm his muse and he takes his inspirations from me:-)! Beautifully written, my friend! You just have that awesome gift of letting the lyrics flow from your heart! Love and more hugs. Pandita Login to Reply

Richard Lamoureux Date: 6/14/2018 9:12:00 AM This should be poem of the year. One of the best I have read here at the soup. Login to Reply Lyric Man Date: 6/14/2018 9:48:00 AM Richard, that's the best comment of the year. Coming from a Master Poet with the skills you possess, I'm over the moon. I feel some of the things this guy in the song feels and I bet you do too. The pull of the pen is indescribable!

Carolyn Devonshire Date: 6/13/2018 6:50:00 PM It's sad to think that a man's love for writing would cause him to lose his lady, Chance. You write excellent lyrics! There is a melody in your words. Hugs, Carolyn Login to Reply Lyric Man Date: 6/14/2018 5:04:00 AM I agree with you, Carolyn.. and here I tried to capture the essence of that pain. He truly cared deeply about his lady friend. But alas his lust for the magic of the pen could not be tamed!

Andrea Dietrich Date: 6/13/2018 2:41:00 PM Chance you totally captured in lyrics of this song what you wanted to convey. Isn't it ironic that he who pens love and romance is the one not really able to show or prove it? I see yo won a contest? BIG congrats!! Login to Reply Lyric Man Date: 6/14/2018 5:21:00 AM Andrea, your point is something that's always fascinated me.. like professional comics, I've read where they are in real life almost always introverted and sad. But this poor guy actually did have both. What contest??

Charlie Smith Date: 6/13/2018 10:33:00 AM Wonderful write Chance, congratulations... Login to Reply Lyric Man Date: 6/14/2018 5:22:00 AM Thank you Charlie! Congratulations??

Caren Krutsinger Date: 6/13/2018 10:00:00 AM A lyric poem.I dare say I will not attempt one; you have made it look easy,and yet I strongly feel that it was not. I like it,but I am fearful of trying this myself. Heartfelt feelings bound off the page though. Login to Reply Lyric Man Date: 6/14/2018 5:24:00 AM Sometimes to dance you just need a good lead, maybe we can dance together sometime and write a few lines.. see what happens.

Kim Rodrigues Date: 6/13/2018 7:55:00 AM Excellent write! A delightful read! Login to Reply Lyric Man Date: 6/14/2018 5:25:00 AM Thank you, Kim!

Ravi Sathasivam Date: 6/13/2018 1:19:00 AM Excellent. Nicely done but sad. Thank you sharing it. Login to Reply Lyric Man Date: 6/14/2018 5:31:00 AM Ravi, thank you for your encouragement!

Eileen Manassian Date: 6/12/2018 11:24:00 PM Glad this isn't about you leaving... It's a beautiful piece. Anyone who's not the real passion in someone's life should bow out. Passion takes precedence. Login to Reply Lyric Man Date: 6/14/2018 5:30:00 AM Passion should be in your name, Eileen. You exude it in all you do and say. And most especially, it's draped over all your poetry!!

Joseph May Date: 6/12/2018 9:28:00 PM Beautiful lyrics Chance..If only she could be his poetry in motion.. Login to Reply Lyric Man Date: 6/12/2018 9:29:00 PM Exactly.. when a lady is a lyric you can't take your eyes off of her!

Heidi Sands Date: 6/12/2018 6:27:00 PM Do you have someone putting music to your lyrics? Login to Reply Lyric Man Date: 6/12/2018 7:17:00 PM Not currently.. I'd like very much to find such a talent. I play guitar but I'm not really skilled in composing.

Heidi Sands Date: 6/12/2018 6:26:00 PM Wow, this was a powerfully written sad poem. How the 2 couldn't somehow blend together with his writing and her wishes. Very well written. :) Login to Reply Lyric Man Date: 6/12/2018 7:21:00 PM Wouldn't that be a dream! This poor fella lost the girl everyone else was chasing. He won her with his lines and lost her the same way. The allure of a blank canvas, ready to be transformed , was just too intoxicating!

Gary Bateman Date: 6/12/2018 4:20:00 PM Hello Chance, Thanks for your recent comment on my poem: "Love's Dilemma." I see from your list of poems that you have a definite verve for lyrical poetry!! I enjoy it very much as well!! After reading "Goodbye" here, I can see why you say it's one of your favorite writes. I agree with Nette below -- this one would make a great song. Superb Work!! Best Always, Gary Login to Reply Lyric Man Date: 6/12/2018 7:23:00 PM I'm humbled by your kind words, Gary!

Nette Onclaud Date: 6/12/2018 2:43:00 PM poignantly beautiful, chance... i so wish love would be a two-way street, most of the time... please turn this into a song... huggs Login to Reply Lyric Man Date: 6/12/2018 7:44:00 PM Love's pull is rarely congruent and most settle for far less than what could be. But for those who seek until they breath heaven's air.. speechless!

Cheryl Hoffman Date: 6/12/2018 8:27:00 AM A wonderful write Chance; can tell right away what the guy's first love is!~Che :) Login to Reply Lyric Man Date: 6/12/2018 7:39:00 PM Mystery is captivating. The perfect girl is not enough without it. The magic of the pen, is a thousand yet unknown stories, from one's soul.. each one, beautifully mysterious, still hidden in its reservoir.

Vijay Pandit Date: 6/12/2018 6:14:00 AM I enjoyed reading this musical rendering full of emotions and longing but on the verge of a goodbye. Well done, Chance. Login to Reply Lyric Man Date: 6/12/2018 7:49:00 PM My joy and delight is to touch a known or unknown heart with an intimate, yet relatable emotion that transcends distance, culture, gender, etc. and makes us for these few moments feel as if we are best friends!

Ilene Bauer Date: 6/12/2018 5:57:00 AM Beautifully expressed, Chance! Do you also write music? I'd love to hear someone singing this..... Login to Reply Lyric Man Date: 6/12/2018 9:31:00 PM I write lyrics but I'm not a skilled composer.. I'd love to find such a talented partner. Lyrics reach the heart, but put to music they can touch the soul!

Jan Allison Date: 6/12/2018 2:42:00 AM Phew Chance from the title you had me worried you were saying 'goodbye' - what fabulous lines, I agree with Paul and also love that line too, One of your best lyrics - into my faves and don't ever say goodbye to us again!:-) hugs jan xx Login to Reply Lyric Man Date: 6/12/2018 8:13:00 PM I'm not leaving, Jan.. so you're stuck with me. Stuck in a good kinda way! Thank you for your support from the very earliest of days!

Paul Callus Date: 6/12/2018 2:25:00 AM This is definitely one of your best writes, my friend. It has the perfect topic and it transmits real heartfelt feelings. My pet line being "not a writer who would hold a pen but not your hand". Best regards // paul Login to Reply Lyric Man Date: 6/12/2018 8:08:00 PM Paul, such praise from one I consider a Master is just incredible. Thank you, sir!

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