Lyrics to
Goodbye Again

This version of Goodbye Again was released by John Denver in 1972.

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It’s five o’clock this morning and the sun is on the rise.
There’s frosting on the windowpane and sorrow in your eyes.
The stars are fading quietly, night is nearly gone.
And so you turn away from me and tears begin to come,
and it’s goodbye again, I’m sorry to be leaving you.
Goodbye again, as if you didn’t know, it’s goodbye again,
and I wish you could tell me, why do we always fight when I have to go?

It seems a shame to leave you now, you lay so soft and warm.
I long to lay me down again and hold you in my arms.
I long to kiss your tears away and give you back your smile.
But other voices beckon me and for a little while it’s goodbye again,
Goodbye again, as if you didn’t know, it’s goodbye again,
and I wish you could tell me, why do we always fight when I have to go?

I have to go and see some friends of mine and some that I don’t know,
and some who aren’t familiar with my name.
It’s something that’s inside of me, not hard to understand, it’s anyone who’ll listen to me sing.

If your hours are empty now, who am I to blame?
Do you think if I were always here, our love would be the same?
As it is, the time we have is worth the time alone.
And lying by your side’s the greatest peace I’ve ever known, and it’s goodbye again,
Goodbye again, as if you didn’t know, it’s goodbye again,
and I wish you could tell me, why do we always fight when I have to go?

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About Lyrics and Goodbye Again by John Denver

The lyrics for Goodbye Again are defined as the words making up the song released by John Denver in 1972. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Goodbye Again have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only John Denver and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Goodbye Again by John Denver if you think through it. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Goodbye Again" means the words set to the music of Goodbye Again, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by John Denver. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Goodbye Again and the lyrics to Goodbye Again are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of John Denver who came here looking just for the lyrics to Goodbye Again, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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