When I Saw You Leaving (For Nisey)

Album: Thirty Miles West (2012)
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  • Ain’t it funny how, in a 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 back at you, yesterday you couldn’t tell
    So shock 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 a strong and optimistic gaze.

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

    And the angry starts to surface, looking up, asking why
    Then you realize he probably wants the best, as same as I
    Days just go by quickly, nights just never end
    As time gets so more precious, every sunrise and 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, was 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
    Seem endless and too fast
    And the blessings poured from Heaven
    Like the rain on that first spring
    Since that moment I first saw you
    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, in a minute, your whole life’s looking fine
    And a short few words later it all just comes untied? Writer/s: ALAN JACKSON
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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