Lyrics

You came walking in like you owned the room
Boots on the floor, smelling like rain and June
Said, “Girl, I ain’t staying, just passing through”
I smiled and said, “Honey, me too”

We danced till the neon called last call
Your hand on my waist, my back to the wall
You whispered, “Don’t go falling tonight”
I said, “Don’t worry, I’m good at goodbye”

I’m good at goodbye, good at letting go
Good at watching taillights disappear down the road
I don’t chase, don’t beg, don’t ask you why
I’ve had plenty of practice being good at goodbye

But you kissed me slow underneath that sign
And for the first damn time in a long damn time
I watched you leave and I ain’t gonna lie—
I wasn’t quite so good at goodbye

Three days later, quarter past ten
Your name lit up my phone again
Said, “Been thinking ’bout Saturday night”
I let it ring twice just to save my pride

Now your boots are sitting by my front door
Your old blue jeans are on my bedroom floor
Funny how forever can sneak up behind
A girl who swore she was good at goodbye

I was good at goodbye, good at letting go
Good at watching taillights disappear down the road
Didn’t chase, didn’t beg, didn’t ask ’em why
Had a whole lot of practice being good at goodbye

Then you kissed me slow underneath that sign
And for the first damn time in a long damn time
I watched you leave and I ain’t gonna lie—
I wasn’t quite so good at goodbye

Maybe leaving’s easy
Till somebody makes you stay
Maybe hearts don’t really break
They just get tired of giving ’em away

I was good at goodbye, now look at me
Your coffee in my kitchen, your truck beside me
There’s a little gold band and a county-line sign
And I haven’t said goodbye in a long, long time

Yeah, you kissed me slow underneath that sign
And ruined a perfectly good way of life
I used to wear leaving like a badge of pride—
Baby, you made me bad at goodbye

Yeah, I used to be good at goodbye.
Then you came along.