Although the years have changed now and we go by different names
I remember the sound of our roof in the rain
And my mind goes back in time to a place so far gone
Where the love we left behind us was still new
We were listenin' to a record on the end of your bed
Not givin' thought to where it was all goin'
And I wished right then and there so badly I could read your mind
Just so I could know the things that you were knowin'
I believe, yes, I do
The hardest part is always leaving love behind
I believe, yes, I do
That everything we lose will be a gift in time
But the hardest part is leaving love behind
When it was time to say goodbye, those words came down like stones
I admit for so long after it was hard to feel at home
We would hear the highway's song shifting down in the night
I was grateful that the echoes broke the quiet
I believe, yes, I do
The hardest part is always leaving love behind
I believe, yes, I do
That everything we lose will be a gift in time
But the hardest part is leaving love behind
The sun fades on me now and I miss you like words can't know
And I missed my shot at dyin' young a long time ago
It's just a lesson learned in love, it's not angry, it's not sad
Sometimes you gotta lose something to know what you have
I believe (I believe), yes, I do
The hardest part is always leaving love behind
I believe (I believe), yes, I do
Oh, that everything we lose will be a gift in time
(I believe) I believe (Yes, I do)
The hardest part is leaving love behind