I can’t afford to let you get away 
 I never seem to decide 

 Two by four you watch as I parade 
 Another batch of clowns 
 Patiently holding on 

 Bitter sweet you and I 
 We can’t say our goodbyes 
 Cause our old love never dies 
 And others pay with hearts broken wide 

 And we try really try 
 But free’s a word that terrifies 
 Cause our old love never dies 
 Every time we try to say goodbye 
 It’s just goodnight 

 Kids we stayed that day back when 
 We met and you were only 24 
 There’s no reward for our get away 
 [bad word] up by guilt by dawn 
 Holding on and on 

 Bitter sweet you and I 
 We can’t say our goodbyes 
 The timing is never right 
 We tell ourselves every time 

 And we try, really try 
 To move on and hope it will subside 
 With boys and girls who buy our lies 
 But every time we try to say goodbye 
 It’s just good night 

 Bittersweet you and I 
 We can say our goodbyes 
 Cause our old love never dies 
 And other pay with hearts broken wide 

 Being free is alright 
 But free’s a word that terrifies 
 Cause our old love never dies