Alan Jackson
When I Saw You Leaving (For Nicey)
Ain't it funny how one minute your whole life's looking fine
And a short few words later, it all just comes untied?
You can't believe you're looking at what was always someone else
Now it's staring right there at you, yesterday you couldn't tell

So shocked and disillusioned, helpless and confused
Not knowing how and what to say, not accepting that it's true
You can't help but see the worst to come a thousand different ways
The same time trying to hold to strong and optimistic games

When I saw you leaving, when I saw you leaving
When I saw you leaving in my mind

And the anger starts to surface, looking up, asking why
And you realize he probably wants the best, the same as I
Days just go by quickly, nights just never end
As time gets so more precious, every sunrise an old friend

Trying to be a post to lean on, a part you learn is hard to play
Asking God to let you take her place or just take it all away
Hope you'll wake up in the morning, it's all just been a dream
You never take for granted every second that you breathe

When I saw you leaving, when I saw you leaving
When I saw you leaving in my mind

And the seconds turn to minutes
And minutes wouldn't last
And the hours, days and weeks and months
Seemed endless and too fast

And the blessings poured from heaven
Like the rain on that first spring
Since that moment I first thought that
You might not always be with me

When I saw you leaving, when I saw you leaving
When I saw you leaving in my mind, in my mind

Ain't it funny how one minute your whole life's looking fine
And a short few words later it all just comes untied?