No Time To Say Goodby

It was a phone call in the night, the kind you hear before it rings
It was a phone call in the night
When you can feel an angel's wings
You know before you answer
It's been someones time to die
Then, I learned that it was you
And as I stood there I could feel you passing by
There was no time to say goodby.

There was no time to say goodby
No time to thank you for the years
There was no time to say goodby a lamp goes out light disappears
As I stood there in the darkness
There were more tears than I could cry
For you it is so totally impossible that you could ever die
There was no time to say goodby.

refrain

There are pictures in a box in a room in a house long miles from here
There are old seashells and rocks faded labels from our days of German beer.
There are post cards from Montana
Some faded drawings and some drums
And I cant recall the rest oh God we're never really ready when it comes.

There was no time to say goodby
I was delayed in getting home
There was a mis connecting flight
When I got here you were gone
Someone handed me some coffee, and a sandwich made with rye There was no time to say goodby.

repeat refrain

There are pictures in a box etc

There was no time to say goodby
No time to thank you for the years
There was no time to say goodby
A lamp goes out light disappears
As I stood there in the darkness
There were more tears than I could cry
For you it seemed impossible that you could ever die
There was no time to say goodby.

There was no time to say goodby...
There was no time to say goodby......... Tom Paxton