Waving Goodbye

Sit with me here in this room
I'm alone, but if you sit with me maybe I won't feel like im alone

I feel like I'm home

I never went through that rebellious phase
Where my family was lame and I wanted to be
On my own

Now I'm on my own

And I wonder if I've wandered too far away
And if I should stay
Or if I should go home

If I close my eyes I'm practically there
With my dad on the couch
And my mum on her old rocking chair

And I used to climb in her lap
And she's rock me to sleep
Read me stories
And carry me back up the stairs

And I wander when I learned to read on my own
Grew heavy to hold, to big for her chair

You gave me brown hair, you gave me brown eyes
You gave me the patience I need to be kind
You said not to cry
I promised to try

Waving goodbye

I call my mom once a week and my dad twice a year
But I love them the same
I've no favourite at all

My dad can fix anything but I don't have that gene
It just seems like that apple had too far to fall

But I wander if I'll take the best of his traits
His humour and faith... in the ones that he loves

He gave me brown hair, he gave me brown eyes
He gave me the patience I need to be kind
He said not to cry
I promised to try
I'm waving goodbye

Columbus, Ohio, Enrito, Nevada, Chicago and LA
And now in Seattle
I've left behind all of the baggage I had
I still bring you both with me wherever I travel
You could've fixed every little mistake
The bumps in the road
The cuts and the scrapes
Could've fought all my battles, and made me feel safe
Could've told me I'm perfect, unable to change
But the best thing a parent can do for a child
Is strengthen their heart

Make them able to wave goodbye

You gave me brown hair, you gave me brown eyes
You gave me the patience I need to be kind
I said not to cry
You promised to try

I'm waving goodbye