Hope For Goodbye

maybe the best thing woulda' been
for me to quit drinkin'
all those years back
when ya' told me ta take it easy

maybe the best thing coulda' been
going to fancy art school
making the big money
takin' pictures or as an ad exec

maybe the best thing woulda' been
keeping any number of promises
that I spit through yellow teeth
like moving or that job

maybe the best thing coula been
listening to your grandfather
when he told me to become a cop

maybe the best thing was
you not calling
and me
here
writin' ya' off