Love You Goodbye-Tim Mcgraw

[ti:Love You Goodbye] [ar:Tim Mcgraw] [al:Southern Voice] [by:] [offset:0] [00:34.58]He was thinking back when he was a kid [00:37.14]His folks were divorced [00:38.64]His old man high on something [00:41.46]Came knocking at the door [00:43.02]His mama wouldn't talk to him [00:46.58]She said boy dontcha let him in [00:52.13]She was cussing and pacing and wasting her life [00:57.19]On that linoleum floor [01:01.24]He took him back to his old apartment [01:04.02]Turned off the TV [01:05.83]His beautiful broken hero on the couch [01:08.65]Passed out asleep [01:10.27] [01:11.00]And he put them to bed [01:13.94]With tears in his eyes [01:19.30]He said dad I love you Goodbye [01:28.35]He headed out into the night [01:31.35]Seventeen years old [01:32.78]Fired up that rusty old pickup [01:35.71]Turned his collar to the cold [01:37.40] [01:37.98]And he headed back to mama's place [01:41.47]Ready for his big escape [01:46.96]And he tiptoed up the stairs and left a note [01:51.56]In the cover's fold [01:55.74]It said mom I wish I could wave a wand [01:58.61]And make you smile again [02:00.24]Bring back the man who stole your heart [02:02.92]'Fore the demons got to him [02:05.04]If I stay here any longer [02:08.16]Something sacreds gonna die [02:13.59]He said mom I love you Goodbye [02:22.84] [02:41.27]Took a lot of wrong turns on the road [02:44.27]Finding his life [02:45.33]By the grace of God he ended up [02:47.77]With a little boy and a wife [02:49.97]And the phone call came from his sister [02:53.46]It was that old familiar pain [02:58.73] [02:59.54]His mother was at the doorstep [03:01.79]Of heaven's pure white light [03:08.54]At the end of the service [03:10.27]His father came up to him [03:12.52]Clear eyed and sober now he said [03:15.32]Boy Jesus took my sins [03:17.39]And I pray someday maybe you'll forgive me too [03:21.71]With tears in his eyes [03:26.26]He said son I love you Goodbye [03:35.69]His plane touched down in Texas [03:37.87]He pulled out his phone [03:39.93]Dialed in the number got the machine [03:42.49]Of his old man's home [03:44.17]He said dad we got an extra room [03:47.48]And your grandson has your eyes [03:53.68]Couldn't say anything else [03:56.43] [03:58.53]'Cause he started to cry [04:02.13]And he choked out dad I love you Goodbye [04:12.12]Dad I love you Goodbye