Final goodbye

You were barefoot in that kitchen

Swearing you were “done by ten”

But the radio found an old soft tune

And we hit rewind again

Your hand fit mine like always

My cheek on your shoulder bone

We moved slow across cracked linoleum

Like it was polished stone

Our last dance

Our last hello

Turned into our only goodbye

Didn’t know that crooked porch light

Was the last time you’d catch my eye

If I’d known that song was ending

I’d have held you through the night

Our last dance

Last hello

Our only good-bye

You laughed when I missed the corner

Spun me till the room turned blue

Coffee on the counter cooling

I saw forever in you

Then the car clock made you anxious

Said you “really had to go”

I kissed your hair in the doorway

Thought there’d be ten thousand more

Our last dance

Our last hello

Turned into our only goodbye

Didn’t know that crooked porch light

Was the last time you’d catch my eye

If I’d known that song was ending

I’d have held you through the night

Our last dance

Last hello

Our only good-bye

Now I leave that station playing

Same old station

Same old frame

Let the shadows waltz beside me

While I whisper out your name (oh your name)

Every spin of that tired record

Is a question asking why

Heaven got our last slow shuffle

And left me with this goodbye

Our last dance

Our last hello

Turned into our only goodbye

Didn’t know that crooked porch light

Was the last time you’d catch my eye

If I’d known that song was ending

I’d have held you through the night

Our last dance

Last hello

Our only good-bye

So here’s to our last dance

Darlin’

To that soft and final sigh

To our last dance

Last hello

And our only good-bye