[Verse 1]
If I don't leave, how will you see
All the better love that you deserve without me?
If I don't go, how will you know
You'll find space to breathe and time to heal tomorrow?

[Pre-Chorus]
I hope time, oh, time, will tell the truth
I'll give the time to you, ooh-ooh

[Chorus]
The hardest word is goodbye
So make it easy, don't cry
I love you for my whole life
The hardest word is goodbye

[Verse 2]
I know it hurts screaming, "Don't go"
But I promise you, your heart won't stay hollow
I'll always hope that you'll move on
And you'll find a love that's what we had, but more

[Pre-Chorus]
Time, oh, time, will tell the truth
So time I'll give to you
[Chorus]
The hardest word is goodbye
So make it easy, don't cry
I love you for my whole life
The hardest word is goodbye

[Post-Chorus]
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
The hardest word is goodbye

[Chorus]
The hardest word is goodbye
So make it easy, don't cry
I'll love you for my whole life
The hardest word is goodbye

[Outro]
The hardest word is goodbye