As the minutes pass, I look to you

I know you're not alright

I'm past the point of thinking straight

I can only watch and cry



Don't say the words that mean the end

Don't tell me to go on

Don't leave behind an only son

To wish that you were gone



As a boy I held your hand

I never wanted you to leave

I could not ever understand

And now I'm here in disbelief

Do you have to say goodbye?



I've lived my life, knowing now

Imagining you here

Knowing what would take your life

Recounting all my tears

Did you see them then?

Did you think of how

You would tell someone

"I have to leave now"?



As a boy I held your hand

I never wanted you to leave

I could not ever understand

And now I'm here in disbelief

Do you have to say goodbye?



One step away . . .



As a boy I held your hand

I never wanted you to leave

I could not ever understand

And now I'm here in disbelief

Do you have to say goodbye