The Last Time

Album: single release (2022)
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  • It's a long drive every day to school
    She drops him off at the north doors painted blue
    He says, "I love you, mom," before he shuts the door
    Oh, every day just like the day before

    But tomorrow, he's sixteen, he's got his own car now
    She tells herself, he'll be fine

    Everyone remembers the first time
    'Cause a heart knows there'll never be another like this
    But the thing about the last time
    Is you don't know that it's the last time till it is

    Grandpa and I, every Saturday
    We used to walk down by the water to the big rock we named
    I can't find it now, it's been too many years
    I wish I took him back just one more time when he was still here

    He looked fine at Christmas, same sweater, same tie
    Ain't it funny how some memories fade
    And some never die

    Everyone remembers the first time
    'Cause a heart knows there'll never be another like this
    But the thing about the last time
    Is you don't know that it's the last time till it is

    So tonight, I'm kissing you like the sun ain't gonna rise
    I'm gonna love you like it's the last time

    Everyone remembers the first time
    'Cause a heart knows there'll never be another like this
    But the thing about the last time
    Is you don't know that it's the last time till it is
    You don't know that it's the last time till it is, mm yeah Writer/s: Benjamin Daniel Goldsmith, Gordon Francis Sampson, Tenille Nicole Nadkrynechny
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Downtown Music Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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