JIM MY CLIMBS ON BOARD

THAT OL' YEL LOW BUS

SURE LOOKS BIG IN

HIS LIT TLE EYES

HIS MA MA WAVES AS HER

TEARS KICK UP THE DUST

IT'S NEV ER EA SY

TO SAY GOOD BYE

JU LIE RAE IN HER PEARL

WHITE WED DING GOWN

HAS FOUND HER WINGS

AND IT'S TIME TO FLY

IT'S ALL HER DAD

CAN DO TO

KEEP FROM BREAK IN'

DOWN

IT'S NEV ER EA SY

TO SAY GOOD BYE

IT AIN'T EA SY TO

EV ER SAY GOOD BYE

IT AIN'T EA SY LET TIN' GO

OF THE ONES YOU LOVE

BUT BE LIEVE ME WE'LL

MEET AG AIN BY AND BY

IF NOT HERE THEN

SOME WHERE UP AB OVE

I'VE HAD SOME FRIENDS THAT

I LOST AL ONG THE WAY

THEY'VE BEEN CALLED

ON DOWN THE LINE

THOUGH THEIR TIME

WAS SHORT

I THINK AB OUT 'EM

EVE RY DAY

AND IT AIN'T EA SY

TO SAY GOOD BYE

IT AIN'T EA SY TO EV ER

SAY GOOD BYE

IT AIN'T EA SY LET TIN' GO

OF THE ONES YOU LOVE

BUT BE LIEVE ME WE'LL

MEET AG AIN BY AND BY

IF NOT HERE THEN

SOME WHERE UP AB OVE

NOW THE TIME HAS

COME TO GO OUR

SEP ARATE WAYS

IT'S AL RIGHT IF

YOU WAN NA CRY

THOUGH I KNOW WE'LL

MEET AG AIN SOME DAY

IT'S NEV ER EA SY

TO SAY GOOD BYE

IT AIN'T EA SY TO

EV ER SAY GOOD BYE

IT AIN'T EA SY LET TIN' GO

OF THE ONES YOU LOVE

BUT BE LIEVE ME WE'LL

MEET AG AIN BY AND BY

IF NOT HERE THEN

SOME WHERE UP AB OVE