If I could have told you goodbye
If I could have kissed you good night
If I could have held you in my arms
Before we turned out the lights
If I could have seen your smile
And watched the light in your eyes
If I could have just one more day
I could have told you goodbye

This is my one regret
This is my question why
I wish from deep in my heart
That I could have told you goodbye

There was a knock on my door
There was a call from a friend
A voice telling me you were gone
Your time on Earth at an end
Now you're in Heaven above
God has given you wings to fly
Now I see you through his love
And through the tears in my eyes

Like the nightingale you flew away
On Winter clouds cold and gray
I know you will return again one day
And I will listen for your song

This is my one regret
This is my question why
I wish from deep in my heart
That I could have told you goodbye