A Strange Goodbye (feat. Kassi Valazza)

The radio tells me the weather's so, so sweet

But I ain't seen the sun in six or seven weeks

It makes no difference to me

It might as well be snowin' sleet, mm-hmm

Sixty long years together 'neath the sun

Work this thing until each day was done

But then she slipped away from me

Twelve years before her body

Mm-hmm, mm-hmm

She's the bird that flys

Every star up in the sky

The wind that whispers and cries

Out a strange goodbye

He just turned nineteen and I was twenty-three

I asked him for a cigarette by the old factory

But never in my wildest dreams

Would that boy be marryin' me, mm-hmm

We bought a little place in the shade of some old pine trees

Couple cows and a dog, and a few old sheep

But now, that's all lost like a dream

Or some old forgotten movie scene

Mm-hmm, mm-hmm

She's the bird that flys

Every star up in the sky

The wind that whispers and cries

Out a strange goodbye

I remember the day she first forgot my name

I tried to remind her through a picture frame

The grandkids often came

She always loved them the same, mm-hmm

I stood by her, though sometimes she'd beat me up

When you cast down at the racetracks said, "Man, ain't you had enough?"

But she's my best friend, you see

And she'd do the same for me

Mm-hmm, mm-hmm

She's the bird that flys

Every star up in the sky

The wind that whispers and cries

Out a strange goodbye

The radio tells me it's gettin' cold outside

And if the storm gets closer, I don't think I'll make it out alive

But maybe I'll see my bride

Greet me on the other side, mm-hmm