Say Goodbye  -  From the album, Every Third Thought by Billy Zenn
Release 01/20/2021

SAY GOODBYE  Words & Music by Billy Zenn  
(c) 2020 All Rights Reserved

Mommy cleans the attic
Daddy walks the hall
No one mentions sister at all
Everybody's frantic
They won't let it show
Everybody's dying to know

Why she did it
Why she left without a goodbye
She is free of it now
There's no need to ask why
She got tired of waiting
That's all that she said
Found it in a note
That she left on her bed
Guess I saw it coming
It was no surprise
You could tell by the look in her eyes

Mommy blames the TV
Daddy blames the schools
Preacher blames the breakdown of rules
Were we too permissive?
Maybe it was drugs?
Daddy looks at mommy and shrugs

Why'd she do it?
Always at the top of her class
She was always so quiet
We hoped it would last
Didn't take a genius
To see her in pain
No one seemed to notice
And she couldn't explain
Now her room is empty
Now I'm left behind
Wondering what she was hoping to find

Mommy's playing tennis
Daddy's learned to fly
Nothing to say but goodbye