Expert: Mel Priddle - 1/31/2008

Question
"sitting on the front porch staring down the road wondering if she'll come back this time i don't know, after she packed and she looked back there were no tears in hers eye" its an old song that my dad always listened to when i was young i I've bin trying to find out who sang it.

Answer
Hello Anthony,

That's George Strait's "Baby's Gotten Good At Goodbye". It was a #1 Country hit in January 1989 and also appeared on his album "Beyond The Neon Blue".


What a rotten day this turned out to be
I still can't believe she'd leave so easily
She just got all her things, threw ‘em into a pile
Then she loaded her car and said after a while
She'd done this before, but this time she didn't cry

That's why I'm sittin' on the front steps
Staring down the road, wond’rin' if she'll come back
This time I don't know
After she packed, when she looked back
There were no tears in her eyes
And that's got me worried, thinking
Maybe my baby's gotten good at goodbye.

All the times before, she'd break down and cry
She'd make her threats, but her heart wasn't set on goodbye
She just wanted me to hear what she had to say.
Now I'm lost for words since she went away
She may not return for this time she didn't cry

That's why I'm sittin' on the front steps
Staring down the road, wond’rin' if she'll come back
This time I don't know
After she packed, when she looked back
There were no tears in her eyes
And that's got me worried, thinking
Maybe my baby's gotten good at goodbye

That's why I'm sittin' on the front steps
Staring down the road, wond’rin' if she'll come back
This time I don't know
After she packed, when she looked back
There were no tears in her eyes,
And that's got me worried, thinking
Maybe my baby's gotten good at goodbye


Glad to be of help. Cheers........Mel.