About The Song
“Goodbye Time” was included in the album Still in Your Dreams, released in 1988. The album features songs by Conway Twitty, such as “I Wish I Was Still in Your Dreams,” “If You Were Mine to Lose,” and “Saturday Night Special.”
The song, written by Roger Murrah and James Dean Hicks, charted at the 7th spot on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and 11th in the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart. Twitty’s hit song was also covered by Blake Shelton, whose rendition charted at 10th place on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.
Conway Twitty’s “Goodbye Time” has a painful message about divorce and the reality that comes with it.
According to songwriters Hicks and Murrah, they thought of the song while Hicks’s brother was going through a rough patch in his marriage, which eventually led to a divorce. The songwriters were inspired to write the song when Hicks said that his brother was somehow holding on to something that was already gone.
True enough, the song lyrics are aimed straight at the heart as it plays. Divorce can be devastating, and the song perfectly embodies that turmoil. The happy memories are erased, and the love, trust, and sacrifices are gone in a snap.
May your hearts heal and stay the strongest for all those going through that rough time.
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Lyrics
It’s your life, you say you need a change
Don’t all the dreams we’ve seen come true mean anything?
You say it’s different now and you keep staring at the door
How can you walk away? Don’t I matter anymore?
If being free is worth what you leave behind
And if it’s too late for love to change your mind
Then it’s goodbye time
If we had known our love would come to this
We could have saved our hearts the hurt of wasted years
Well, it’s been fun, what else can I say?
If the feelings gone, words won’t stop you anyway
If being free is worth what you leave behind
And if it’s too late for love to change your mind
Then it’s goodbye time
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