Last night I heard a record playin'

On the radio, as I walked through the door

And the song revived some sweet old memories

'Cause I knew I've heard the tune somewhere before



I stopped a moment and I listened

And then I finally realized

That you were here the night you wrote it

A song called The Beginning Of Goodbye



I knew, that night, that it was over

And that I couldn't keep you. Should I try?

'Cause you were really talkin' to me

When you wrote The Beginning Of Goodbye



You left, and patiently I waited

'Cause I believed you'd write to me

But you don't have time there for an old friend

With your new friends in Nashville, Tennessee



I knew, that night, that it was over

And that I couldn't keep you. Should I try?

'Cause you were really talkin' to me

When you wrote The Beginning Of Goodbye