It took three rounds of coke and crownTill you sat down and asked me for my nameA couple weeks of you texting meTill finally we went on that first dateIt took two more for that first kissWent from some girl to your girlfriendIt was back and forth, your place or mineYet we were taking our timeIt took ten months and two tanks of gasTo take me back to your hometownTen thousand eyes and five dollar floutsFor those three words to fall outFour years of memories and a million more to makeSo how come goodbye is all it takesTo lose forever in a dayForever, foreverNo, it ain't just a factStaying up all nightIt's the waking up like nothing ever happenedYeah, it starts with a smileIt's the elephant in the roomYou think it's all wrapping out of the blueYour blue sky starts crashingAnd you can't help but keep on askingHow it took ten months and two tanks of gasTo take me back to your hometownTen thousand eyes and five dollar floutsFor those three words to fall outFour years of memories and a million more to makeSo how come goodbye is all it takesTo lose forever in a dayYeah, it takes more than a thousand milesOn a truck before it breaksBut it only takes two people walking awayTo lose forever in a dayForever in a dayForever in a dayYeah, it took ten months and two tanks of gasTo take me back to your hometownTen thousand eyes and five dollar floutsFor those three words to fall outFour years of memories and a million more to makeA million more to makeSo how come goodbye is all it takesTo lose forever in a dayForever in a dayForever in a dayForever in a day