'Tis Hard To Say Goodbye

On leaving home to those you love 'tis hard to say goodbye
And you cannot choke back the tears though hard you well may try
An experience known to many and an experience known to me
And the memory of a goodbye is not a pleasant memory,
The memory of a goodbye few do wish to recall
And a last goodbye to a dear friend is the saddest goodbye of all
We all have crosses in our lives some heavy for to bear
And last goodbyes that are not sad for to say the least are rare,
I find it hard to say goodbye that word seem hard to say
But life for some not easy it is uphill all of the way
And goodbyes can be so sad and the tears do start to flow
An experience known to many and an experience I too know,
We all have our ups and downs in life and some good memories to recall
But of the hard words for to say goodbye one of the hardest of them all.