[Verse] Words get tangled on you tongue And you stumble on your feet When you miss somebody And everywhere you think you see them Walking down the street When you miss somebody[x2] You tell yourself a hundred thousand times "Nobody ever lives forever" So you give it one more try To wave goodbye, wave goodbye Every hurtful thing you ever said is ringing in your ear When you miss somebody And every thing of beauty that you see It only brings a tear When you miss somebody Oh, when you miss somebody You tell yourself that everything will be alright You try to stand up strong and brave But all you want to do is lay down and die [Bridge] How long I've waited for an answer or a sign Lonely and weary from this troubled task of trying To wave goodbye So now you start to recognize that every single path you see Leads to a tear in your eye So wave goodbye [Outro] Wave goodbye [x3]