I heard you laughing in a crowd outside a restaurant we used to go to

I caught a glimpse that stopped me in my tracks

It took me back

You looked happy with that little girl up on your shoulders, happy

I know where she got those crystal eyes of blue

Time's been sweet to you.

[Chorus]

As bad as it was, as bad as it hurt

I thank god I didn't get what I thought that I deserved

Sometimes life leads you down a different road

When you're holding on to someone that you gotta let go

Someday you'll see the reason why

Sometimes, yeah, sometimes, there's good in goodbye.

I don't regret it

The time we had together

I won't forget it

But we both ended up where we belong

I guess goodbye made us strong

And yeah I'm happy

I found somebody too who makes me happy

And I knew one day I'll see you on the street

And it'd be bittersweet.

[Chorus]

But as bad as it was, as bad as it hurt

I thank god I didn't get what I thought that I deserved

Sometimes life leads you down a different road

When you're holding on to someone that you gotta let go

Someday you'll see the reason why

Yeah, sometimes, yeah sometimes, there's good in goodbye

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah...

[Outro]

As bad as it was, yeah, as bad as it hurt

I thank god I didn't get what I thought that I deserved

Sometimes life leads you down a different road

When you're holding on to someone that you got to let go

Someday you'll see the reason why

Yeah, someday you'll see the reason why

There's good in goodbye, yeah...

Yeah...

There's good in goodbye, mmm...