Had to let you go

Verse

We shed them when we’re happy.

We shed them when we’re sad.

These tears my sweet lover

Are for what we had.

I thought it’d last forever.

It ended far too soon.

These tears my sweet lover

I shed them for you.

Chorus

Torn with mixed emotion.

Had to let you go.

Knew that you’d resent me

If I told you no.

Still I’m happy for you

More than these tears show.

Torn with mixed emotion.

Had to let you go.

Verse

I’ll celebrate your success.

Although it’s our demise.

Can’t put a price on it.

I’ve lost paradise.

You stepped aboard that airplane.

I watched love fly away.

We tried to say goodbye.

Had no words to say.

Chorus

Torn with mixed emotion.

Had to let you go.

Knew that you’d resent me

If I told you no.

Still I’m happy for you

More than these tears show.

Torn with mixed emotion.

Had to let you go.

Bridge

We said we’d call each other.

The months grew into years.

I’ve read about your success.

My happiness or yours.

Verse

We shed them when we’re happy.

We shed them when we’re sad.

These tears my sweet lover

Are for what we had.

I thought it’d last forever.

It ended far too soon.

These tears my sweet lover

I shed them for you.

Chorus

Torn with mixed emotion.

Had to let you go.

Knew that you’d resent me

If I told you no.

Still I’m happy for you

More than these tears show.

Torn with mixed emotion.

Had to let you go.