[Verse 1] The porch light flickers in the gray We're rehearsing parts we've learned to play Checking watches, tracing lines Looking for the exit sign But the door is heavy, the hallway's long We're humming the end of a tired song One foot out and one foot stay Watching the color bleed away [Chorus] It's the long goodbye, a slow retreat The sound of steady and shuffling feet Not a sudden break or a sharp divide Just a steady ebbing of the tide We're letting go in increments Lost in the shadow of past events A million miles in a single sigh In the middle of the long goodbye (Hmm-mm) [Verse 2] We're packing boxes in our heads Leaving the heavy things unsaid The silence grows a little more Between the table and the door It isn't anger, it isn't hate Just the quiet pull of a different fate A waving from a moving train That hasn't even left the lane Sometimes I wish the sky would fall To make it easier for us all But the sun comes up and the sun goes down While we slowly drift away from town No final curtain, no grand design Just the fading out of a silver line [Chorus] It's the long goodbye, a slow retreat The sound of steady and shuffling feet Not a sudden break or a sharp divide Just a steady ebbing of the tide We're letting go in increments Lost in the shadow of past events A million miles in a single sigh In the middle of the long goodbye [Outro] Still standing here But you're already gone The longest day The slowest dawn Goodbye Goodbye Goodbye Goodbye
