Waving Goodbye to the Window

Verse 1

I moved to the city with a cardboard box of tapes

Ran three flights of stairs when the elevator broke

(Floor by floor) I counted every crack along the wall

Set my radio on the sill where the draft comes through

Pre-Chorus

And I wonder if my father ever felt this way

Staring down a hallway that don't lead to nothing new

Chorus

I'm still learning how to wave goodbye

With my back to the window and my hand in the sky

(Hello, hello) my voice bounces off the empty rooms

I'm still learning how to let things go

Learning how to love what I don't know

Verse 2

Tuesday night I finally fixed the kitchen sink

Drove past the old church where they buried Uncle Ray

(Three years gone) and still I catch myself calling his phone

Must be something in the steam rising off my coffee cup

Pre-Chorus

And I wonder if my mother kept her letters too

Boxes under bed frames that nobody ever reads

Chorus

I'm still learning how to wave goodbye

With my back to the window and my hand in the sky

(Hello, hello) my voice bounces off the empty rooms

I'm still learning how to let things go

Learning how to love what I don't know

Bridge

Maybe growing up is just admitting

That the anchor never drops

(It just drags) it just drags along the riverbed

Maybe holding on is just a habit

That I practice in my sleep

(While I dream) while I dream of open doorways

Chorus

I'm still learning how to wave goodbye

With my back to the window and my hand in the sky

(Hello, hello) my voice bounces off the empty rooms

I'm still learning how to let things go

Learning how to love what I don't know

Outro

Mm

Mm-hmm

(Hello, hello)

Learning how to let things go