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Good Goodbye

from Living With A Ghost by Derek van Beever

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Letter’s signed and mailed out
Reminds you what you lack;
The woman who once lived here
Is never coming back.
Prayers unheard and wasted
Echo through the walls.
Half remembered numbers,
She won’t return your calls,
And the empty house catches you by surprise...
There is no such thing as a good goodbye.

Lately you’ve been drinking,
But that don’t help you out.
You wake up in the darkness,
You’re trying not to shout.
There’s someone beside you
And she’s not your kids’ mom.
All your friends they whisper
That you’re a ticking bomb.
You’re trying to find salvation
Between some woman’s thighs...
There is no such thing as a good goodbye.

What you did last Sunday,
What you’ve done today,
Is what you’ll do forever
If this won’t go away.
You say that you’re ok,
You know that’s not true.
Your pills are on a co-pay
But you’re still feeling blue.
You want to beg forgiveness
But she can’t hear you cry,
There is no such thing as a good goodbye
There is no such thing as a good, good goodbye
There is no such thing as a good goodbye.

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from Living With A Ghost, released January 17, 2022
Derek van Beever: vocals, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, Hammond organ
Jonathan Goldberger: drums, electric guitar

Recorded at Fort Misery and Down Home Audio Lab
Mixed and mastered by Jonathan Goldberger at Down Home Audio Lab

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Derek van Beever Boston, Massachusetts

From the ashes of a personal tragedy, these songs navigate the aftermath and ultimate acceptance of love and loss.

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