Sayin Goodbye

3:25	Country
Vocal	Female
Lyrics	Gregory D Putnam
Composer	Patrik Sheridan
Music	Patrik Sheridan - acoustic; Erik Nelson - el lead, bass, keyboards; Dave Nelson - drums
Producer	Nelson/Putnam
Publisher	Little Frog Publishing
Singer(s)	Ashleigh Morrissey

V1
Half answers don't mean a thing
Ain't been nothin' since I took your ring
Understand - there's times we've been good
But the rest has been a never-ending feud Depends on your mood - V2

V2
You look at me then you look away
Searchin' for the right words to say
Can't you see the feelin's long gone
It went away as lies started to come n'
(Babe) Love just ain't that strong - ch

Ch
Look at my face
Look into my eyes
You can't replace
What you compromised
No, don't explain
Don't you even try
Cause all that's left is just sayin' goodbye
Just sayin' good------bye V3/Br/Repeat
Coda: Adios, shalom, arribiderchy, (german), aurvoir, ciaou, so long, sayanara...toodles! Ha!

V3
Half a world from time to time
Ain't enough love, least not to keep mine
You n' I, babe, yeah, we took a chance
And we burned a blazin' romance
Guess fires that hot won't last - ch

Br
Look at us
Look at what we become
Nothin' more than
Two hearts on the run
Don't you know love's disappearin'
You lost me when you stopped carin' - ch

history

	Sayin' Goodbye Version #1 This is the original version, written in Houston, TX. It was composed by Scott Monti (in Houston, TX) and sung by Amanda Johnson - It all started here ... but I wanted something different ... !
	Sayin' Goodbye Version #2 Created new version with Patrik Sheridan. I only shared an idea of what I wanted and handed him a lyric. He really just came up with this sound. Several small changes occurred in this version. But we had a long ways to go…
	Sayin' Goodbye Version #3 We had an instrumental, which we really liked … looking for a singer. I especially like the subtle picking and the string additions. Still, we needed a singer, and I turned to the one who is my closest friend among singers, Ashleigh … we had her add backgrounds and liked what we heard.
	Sayin' Goodbye Version #4 Here is the version with Ashleigh Morrissey singing. It’s amazing to see how this song evolved, how it sounds the same in some ways, but overall, it sounds very different from the recording done at Sugar Hills Recording Studio, one time “home” of Freddie Fender, among others … deep in the heart of TX! This one is another of my favorites, especially from the 2:30 mark on.