| Song Length | 
												3:18 | 
																								Genre | 
												Folk - Contemporary, Folk - General | 
																									
																								| Mood | 
												 Poignant | 
																								Similar Artists | 
												Sarah Mclachlan, Alison Krauss | 
																									
																						
									
								 
								
								
																Lyrics
								
									Starting to say goodbye 
Though it's not time
Starting to say goodbye 
without a sign
I'm not taking chances
planning in advance 
Say goodbye
Starting to let go now 
So I'll be first
Starting to let go now 
it's best to think the worst
I'm just practicing  
Rehearsing well-known scenes
Say goodbye
Starting to walk on now 
So slowly you can't see
Starting to walk away 
so quietly 
When you do catch on
I might be long gone
Say goodbye
Lie here listening to the clock keep time
It's almost time 
it could happen any time at all
You lie there sleeping 
do you know anything 
don't you know what's happening
Can't you read the writing on the wall
Starting to say goodbye 
  in my head 
Starting to say goodbye 
Though nothing has been said
It's too soon to tell
But I'm preparing well
to say goodbye...
But if you catch me in the act
Maybe you'd bring me back...
or say goodbye