Don't it seem like the time goes on

And here we are still carrying on

Reaching out for one another

Like a telephone call from an old friend or a brother

And you are there to share this song in the making

Goodbye don't mean I'm gone



I know how alone you are

When it's so hard to be so far

From the ones who mean the most to you

When you would so much rather have them close to you

I hope you know you haven't been forsaken

Goodbye don't mean I'm gone



I'll never be what you think you see in me

If I can help you deal with what you see as real

That makes me glad to have known you



Missing you the way I do

You know I'd like to see more of you

But it's all I can do to be a mother

(My baby's in one hand, I've a pen in the other)

You know my love is always there for the taking

And goodbye don't mean I'm gone

Writer : CAROLE KING
Copyright : Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing