AIt must be nice to be steady, it must be nice to be firm
 AItD mAust be nice never to move off of the mark
 Ait must be nice to be dependable and never let anyone down
 AItD mAust be great to be all the things you're not
 AItD mAust be great to be all the things I am not
 AI see you in the hospital your humor is intact
 AI'Dm Aembarrasses by the strengh I seem to lack
 AIf I was in your shoes
 Aso strange that I am not
 DI'Ad fold up in a minute and a half
 DI'Ad fold up in a minute and a half
 AAnDd EI Adidn't get a chance to say goodbye

It must be nice to be normal it must be nice to be cold
It must be nice not to have to go oh up or down
But me I'm all emotional no matter how I try
You're gone and I'm still here alive
You're gone and I am still alive
and I didn't get a chance to say goodbye
No - I didn't get a chance to say goodbye

There are things we say we wish we knew and in fact we never do
But I wish I'd known that you were going to die
Then I wouldn't feel so stupid, such a fool that I didn't call
And I didn't get a chance to say goodbye
I didn't get a chance to say goodbye

No there's no logic to this - who's picked to stay or go
If you think too hard it only makes you mad
But your optimism made me think you really had it beat
So I didn't get a chance to say goodbye
I didn't get a chance to say goodbye