therees something I've been trying to tell you for so long I've been putting it off couldn't get to the phone I was so afraid that it would come out all wrong why did we make those promises that we would only break why did we have to keep on trying once we saw our mistake when it's all gone wrong and it won't come right and it's been so long and lonely in the night o it seems to me that it has to be the hardest goodbye there's something I've been trying to live with for so long I don't know what to do but I've got to tell you but I'm so afraid but I have to be strong o why did we have to make those promises that we were never ever going to keep I'm gotta sort out my life I'm gotta make a new start I'm gotta make a clean break got to listen to my heart when it's all gone wrong and it won't come right and it's been so long and lonely in the night o it seems to me that it has to be the the hardest goodbye when it's all gone wrong and it won't come right and it's been so long and lonely in the night o it seems to me that it has to be the the hardest goodbye when it's all gone wrong and it won't come right and it's been so long and lonely in the night o it seems to me that it has to be the the hardest goodbye when it's all gone wrong and it won't come right and it's been so long and lonely in the night o it seems to me that it has to be the the hardest goodbye the hardest goodbye