Before We Say Goodbye

Sunlight coming through the window,
Teacher writing on the board.
Passing notes beneath the table,
Making plans when we got bored.
We knew every crowded hallway,
Every corner, every name.
What felt like an ordinary morning
Would never feel the same again.

We kept wishing for tomorrow,
Like today would never end.
Now the days are moving faster,
And we're almost at the end.

Before we say goodbye,
Let's take one more drive.
Past the school and down the roads
Where we learned about life.
Turn the music up,
Let the whole town hear us sing.
We may leave these halls behind,
But we'll carry everything.
We still have tonight,
So hold on to this time -
Before we say goodbye.

We had victories and failures,
We had hearts that broke in two.
We had teachers who believed in us
Before we ever knew.
From the games out on the field
To the dances in the gym,
Every moment wrote a chapter
We would gladly live again.

Maybe some will cross the ocean,
Maybe some will stay right here.
Maybe life will pull us farther
With every passing year.
But if we ever lose direction
Or forget how far we've come,
We'll remember where we started
And the friends who felt like home.

Before we say goodbye,
Let's raise our hands up high.
For the laughter and the lessons,
For the tears we tried to hide.
We're leaving with a thousand dreams
And memories of everything.
This is not the end;
It's where our new lives start.
We may say goodbye,
But we'll never be apart.

One last picture, one last smile,
One last walk beneath these lights.
We'll carry these years forever,
Long after we say goodbye.