Tomorrow's Goodbye lyrics

I'm just a city boy

But there's a small town side to me

And I feel it closin' in

Are we too blind to see

That she's dyin' more each day

And she's cryin' out to you and me

Chances come and when they're gone

They curse the fool who waits too long

So let's take care of what we have

Before the good we know goes bad

And the beauty fades and just slips away

The dirty air, the dyin' seas

Will this be the world we leave to the wild and young

And say "Just look at what we've done"

And right before our eyes

Today's yesterday could be tomorrow's goodbye

Here comes the rain

It might wash her tears away

But it doesn't change a thing

Like my brother 1  before me

All I can do is write this song

And for her I sing 2

Chances come and when they're gone

They carve in stone what we've done wrong

So let's take care of what we have

Before the good we know goes bad

And the beauty fades and just slips away

The dirty air, the dyin' seas

Will this be the world we leave to the wild and young

And say "Just look at what we've done"

And right before our eyes

Today's yesterday could be tomorrow's goodbye

Do you ever think about

The future or the past?

Do you ever wonder

How long this world will last?

So let's take care of what we have

Before the good we know goes bad

And the beauty fades and just slips away

The dirty air, the dyin' seas

Will this be the world we leave to the wild and young

And say "Just look at what we've done"

And right before our eyes

Now it's right before our eyes

Today's yesterday will be tomorrow's goodbye

1. Most likely referring to Ronnie Van Zant, co-founder of Lynyrd Skynyrd and older brother of Johnny Van Zant (singer and co-author of this song). Ronnie died aged 29 in a tragic accident known as the “Skynyrd Plane Crash”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977_Convair_CV-240_crash2. Right after this line you can hear three tones played on a guitar. Those sound like a bird’s call and remind of the song “Freebird” from the first album by Lynyrd Skynyrd. Ronnie Van Zant wrote and sang that song which is about loving, leaving, and about “this bird” that cannot change.

• Artist:Lynyrd Skynyrd
• Album:Edge of Forever (1999)