Leaving and Saying Goodbye recorded by Faron Young written by Jeannie Seely So many times I've told I was leavin' And oh so many times how I have tried But sayin' your leavin's so much easier Than leavin' and sayin' goodbye Cause every time I'd start to go I wouldn't get ten feet Till I go runnin' back like a runaway child that's afraid to cross the street My mind might tell my lips to say it's over My heart would only say it's a lie Cause sayin' your leavin's so much easier Than leavin' and sayin' goodbye Cause every time I'd start to go I wouldn't get ten feet Till I go runnin' back like a runaway child that's afraid to cross the street My mind might tell my lips to say it's over My heart would only say it's a lie Cause sayin' your leavin's so much easier Than leavin' and sayin' goodbye Leavin' and sayin' goodbye