I Should Have Told You Goodbye (Daahoud)

(Clifford Brown / Judy Niemack)

 

I should have told you “Goodbye”,

But I waited ‘til the line was dead,

Then I reached for a cigarette,

And went out of my head.

 

I only wanted you near,

You know the memory’s so sweet and so clear,

Can you tell that my heart is torn,

Will you drink to my tears?

 

And my mind’s on fire

‘Cause you can’t feel my desire,

And my soul’s a flame,

It burns you each time we play the game.

 

I should have told you “Goodbye”,

My mouth was open but no words were inside,

I was hoping you’d change your mind,

When you didn’t I cried.

 

I told you to go,

Never to know that you would leave me,

All alone with my tears.