we met up at my place cause my folks were out of town it was our last night together we were gonna make it count we were headed off to auburn texas tech and kansas state like a band of brothers breakin up with one more show to play so we drink a case of shiner and all my daddy s maker s mark pulled them speakers on the back porch sat around and smoked cigars we sang along and laughed til dawn and watched that red sunrise that was a damn good goodbye i was hurtin that next mornin but i had one thing left to do cause the only girl i d ever loved was bound for baton rouge we said we d make it work but we both knew that was a lie high school love ain t strong enough for a seven hour drive so we parked out by the football field where we knew we d be alone leaned them bucket seats way back and made love all night long jumped the fence sat in the stands and watched that red sunrise that was a damn good goodbye they ain t ever easy sometimes they go bad aw but sometimes they turn into the best times you ever had nothin makes a memory that you ll take with you all your life like a damn good goodbye