Tempest - Goodbye

Did ya hear the news
Johnny took his life
Left a letter of reason
Left it laying there with his knife

It said don't blame yourselves
You'd never know what's wrong
I didn't know how to say it
So I put it in a song... it said...

Don't tell Mama, I'm coming home
Tell her that I'm sorry, but I'm alone
Tell her I didn't mean to make her cry
Just tell her... tell Mama I said good-bye

I cry out in the darkness
Since Johnny went away
Wondering
If there was something I could say

Christ, He was your answer
I'm sorry I didn't say
That's why I didn't say
That's why it hurts so bad
It was a year ago today... you said...

Don't tell Mama, I'm coming home
Tell her that I'm sorry, but I'm alone
Tell her I didn't mean to make her cry
Just tell her... tell Mama I said good-bye