Malvina Reynolds

When It Goes, Goodbye

Malvina Reynolds


I run around the empty streets, 
Hoping you'll be somewhere, 
Although I know if we should meet, 
You still would not be there.
I wander round this hollow town
An empty aching pain, 
Knowing no matter what I find,
I won't find you again. 
Cause what I want cannot be found.
It comes, you don't know why, 
And when it goes, goodbye. 

My heart is like a heavy load,
It goes against my will, 
My soul is weary as my feet, 
And yet I can't be still. 
I guess I look for happiness 
You gave me without cause.
You gave your love with joyful hands,
But that was all there was. 
Cause what I want cannot be found.
It comes, you don't know why,
And when it goes, goodbye.