Circumstance and sad relations Sent you on your way One slightly surface conversation And you drove away I made some attempt To recognize the signs So I knew when you went This is the way you say goodbye Your birthday card arrived on Monday And I think it's kind of strange Of all the things you might have told me You just signed your name That about defines The way we let this die Now it's not unkind It's just the way you say goodbye You sound like you found religion You talk of letting go The anger's gone the past forgiven How come it all sounds so hollow I don't know exactly What that place looks like I guess you turn your back And that's the way you say goodbye I'll tell you what This business of The hiding of the heart Might be known As letting go But truth be told It tears me apart Everything comes back to me So I'll speak for myself I'm no master of release And some days I'm still mad as hell Other days I know There will come a place in time I'll hold you in my heart And that's the way I say goodbye