Goodbye Hello, Don’t Go (Johnny Beetles)

When I say, “Goodbye”
I think I really mean, “Hello”
When I see you cry
I think you really mean, “Don’t go”

But then again, you know me
But then again, you know me
But then again, you know what I mean
When I say, “I really mean, ‘Hello’”

When I say, “Enough”
Go ahead, fill me again
When I seem alone
I have bested my friends

But then again, you know me
But then again, you know me
But then again, you know what I mean
When I say, “Fill me again”

When I look away
I think I’m looking at you
When you say to me
“Baby, what did you do?”

But then again, you know me
But then again, you know me
But then again, you know what I mean
When I say, “What do you mean?”

What do you mean? What do you mean?
What do you mean? What do you mean?

You say, “I have heard All of this before
And I think you make
A better window than a door

But then again, when you think about it
But then again, when you think about it
People can change, then again, the more they change
The more they stay the same”

When I say, “Goodbye”
I think I really mean, “Hello”
When I see you cry
I think you really mean, “Don’t go”

Written in October 2019
”Goodbye Hello, Don’t Go (Johnny Beetles)” YouTube demo video

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