Last night I heard a record playin'   On the radio, as I walked through the door   And the song revived some sweet old memories   'Cause I knew I've heard the tune somewhere before      I stopped a moment and I listened   And then I finally realized   That you were here the night you wrote it   A song called The Beginning Of Goodbye      I knew, that night, that it was over   And that I couldn't keep you. Should I try?   'Cause you were really talkin' to me   When you wrote The Beginning Of Goodbye      You left, and patiently I waited   'Cause I believed you'd write to me   But you don't have time there for an old friend   With your new friends in Nashville, Tennessee      I knew, that night, that it was over   And that I couldn't keep you. Should I try?   'Cause you were really talkin' to me   When you wrote The Beginning Of Goodbye