(Mm)
Mm-mm
Ooh-ooh
Well, Jimmy climbs on board that big old yellow bus
It sure looks big in his little eyes
Oh, his mama waits as her tears kick up the dust
It's never easy to say goodbye
Julie Ray in her pearl white wedding gown
She found her wings and it's time to fly
It's all her dad can do to keep from breakin' down
No, it's never easy to say goodbye
It ain't easy to ever say goodbye
It ain't easy, lettin' go of the ones you love
But believe me, we'll meet again by and by
If not here, then somewhere up above
Well, I've had some friends that I lost along the way
They've been called on down the line
Though their time was short, ooh, I think about 'em every day
Lord, it ain't easy to say goodbye, sing it with me
It ain't easy to ever say goodbye
It ain't easy, lettin' go of the ones that you love
But believe me, we'll meet again by and by
If not here, then somewhere up above (bless me Lord)
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Well ain't easy
Now the time has come to go our separate ways
And it's alright if you wanna cry
Though I know, ooh, we'll meet again someday
I've learnt this, that it's never easy to say goodbye
It ain't easy to ever say goodbye
It ain't easy, lettin' go of the ones you love
But believe me, we'll meet again by and by
If not here, then somewhere up above
And then, ooh, ooh
It ain't easy to see more that happened that day
And then, we will meet again, by and by