The key's in the mailbox the U-Haul is loaded   This is the last time we'll call this place home   The cats in a cage to leave at your mother's   I'll be halfway to Ashville when you wake up alone      It's been a while since I've seen Carolina   It always was pretty this time of year   And if this is the end of life as we knew it   You won't find me living around here      I love life as we knew it   I still can't believe we threw it away   Goodbye that's all there is to it   Life as we knew it ended today      I'll leave a number if you need to reach me   You always called when I had to be gone   I know that here in my memory   Life as we knew it still lives on      I love life as we knew it   I still can't believe we threw it away   Goodbye that's all there is to it   Life as we knew it ended today   Life as we knew it ended today