Chet Atkins - I Still Can't Say Goodbye (Live)

This moving live performance is from the DVD: "Chet Atkins: Certified Guitar Player" (As seen on PBS). For more details about the DVD, see http://www.amazon.com/Chet-Atkins-Certified-Guitar-Player/dp/B003916HMW

I Still Can't Say Goodbye
(R. Blinn/J. Moore)

You know, every time I look in the mirror I see my Dad
I think that's why this song means so much to me

When I was young
My dad would say
"C'mon son, let's go out and play"
Sometimes it seems like yesterday

And I'd climb up the closet shelf
When I was all by myself
Grab his hat and fix the brim
Pretending I was him

No matter, how hard I try
No matter, how many tears I cry
No matter, how many years go by
I still can't say goodbye

He always took care
Of Mom and me
We all cut down a Christmas tree
He always had some time for me

Wind blows through the trees
Street lights, they still shine bright
Most things are the same
But I miss my dad tonight

I walked by a Salvation Army store
Saw a hat like my daddy wore
Tried it on when I walked in
Still trying to be like him

No matter, how hard I try
No matter, how many years go by
No matter, how many tears I cry
I still can't say goodbye

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Music

Tags:

• Chet Atkins
• Certified Guitar Player

[dogearable]

i didnt even remember hes gone, one of the finest guitar players ever, my favorite. he says they were so poor when he grew up, they didnt know the great depression happened till the 1940s, miss you chet

[SamRIPJimi]

Truly the sadest song i've ever heard.

[cdmolenaar]

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