1,000 Goodbyes - Lyrics - Captain Tractor

Captain Tractor is a Canadian folk rock band, based in Edmonton, Alberta. They play a punk-influenced variant of Celtic folk music, similar to such bands as Great Big Sea, The Pogues or Spirit of the West. Their songs are often rich in local, cultural, and geographical references.

I've spent all my life just carrying on And for every right thing I've done ten have been wrong It's not that I'm bragging for the sake of a song But life looks much better in perspective Your eyes look at me From near and fom far Ten thousand miles and you're still where you are Another brass rail in another old bar I'm better at dreaming than living For every hello There's a thousand good byes And leaving is harder when I look in your eyes You've got to believe me I'm not telling lies That for every hello Ther's a thousand good byes The years slip away Like the spring melts the snow And I'm older and wiser than you'll ever know And if you believe that Then it's time I should go Cause I'm just as confused And more twisted And things keep on changing For better or worse And rhymes just get harder With every new verse And to say that I love you sounds way to perverse Cause I'm getting on the bus In the morning I could give it all to you But I can't control the things that I do And I don't know what to say Cause the sun's coming up and I know I can't stay