I Guess This Is Why (They Invented Goodbye)

What do you do when you don't know what to do?
What do you say when there's nothing you can say?
Oh, my, I guess this is why they invented goodbye

Where do you go when you don't know where to go?
Where do you turn when everything you've learned is just a lie?
I guess this is why they invented goodbye

I know someday, somewhere we'll meet again
Pass on the street and say hello like friends
But until then, I can only mind the hours
Mutilating fields of wildflowers
Though I know that the prophecies
Their petals will impart
Can only hope to break my lonely heart

I know someday, somewhere we'll meet again
Pass on the street and say hello like friends
But until then, I can only watch the stars
As they make their way from Jupiter to Mars
Though I know that the messages
All hidden in their arcs
Can only hope to break my lonely heart

What do you do when you don't know what to do?
What do you say when there's nothing you can say?
Oh, my