Leaving Love Behind

Although the years have changed now and we go by different names

I remember the sound of our roof in the rain

And my mind goes back in time to a place so far gone

When the love we left behind us was still new

We were listening to a record on the end of your bed

Not giving thought to where it was all going

And I wished right then and there so badly, I could read your mind

Just so I can know the things that you were knowing

I believe, yes I do

The hardest part is always leaving love behind

I believe, yes I do

That everything we lose will be a gift in time

But the hardest part is leaving love behind

When it was time to say goodbye, those words came down like stones

I admit for so long after, it was hard to feel at home

We would hear the highway song shifting down in the night

I was grateful that the echoes broke the quiet

I believe, yes I do

The hardest part is always leaving love behind

I believe, yes I do

That everything we lose will be a gift in time

But the hardest part is leaving love behind

The sun fades on me now and I miss you like words can't know

And I missed my shot at dying young a long time ago

It's just a lesson learned in love, it's not angry, it's not sad

Sometimes you gotta lose something to know what you have

I believe, yes I do

The hardest part is always leaving love behind

I believe, yes I do

Oh, that everything we lose will be a gift in time

I believe, yes I do

The hardest part is leaving love behind