"Beginning Of The End" lyrics

There's a picture in my mind
Of happy tears fillin' your eyes
Red wine in our glasses
A tray that's full of ashes
Evidence of the good times
They say the best is yet to come
But if ours is come and gone
Could you leave me with a kiss
The kind I'm gonna miss
So I don't remember you all wrong

If it's the beginning of the end
I wanna end it on a high
Baby, before I let you go
I gotta let you know
How much you changed my life
If this is the last song on the record
And it's comin' up on closing time
I ain't cryin' 'cause it's over
I'm smilin' 'cause it happened
And I'd do it all again
If it's the beginning of the end

And when I'm just a memory
I hope it's less bitter than sweet
When you smell sandalwood and leather
See the desert in December
Hope you light one up for me

If it's the beginning of the end
I wanna end it on a high
Baby, before I let you go
I gotta let you know
How much you changed my life
If this is the last song on the record
It's comin' up on closing time
I ain't cryin' 'cause it's over
I'm smilin' 'cause it happened
And I'd do it all again
If it's the beginning of

The worst heartbreak I'll ever feel
A cut so deep it might never heal
Am I dyin' or am I living?
Is this feeling just the beginning of the end?
I wanna end it on a high
Baby, before I let you go
I gotta let you know
How much you changed my life
If this is the last song on the record
And I'm lovin' you for the last time
I ain't cryin' 'cause it's over
I'm smilin' 'cause it happened
And I'd do it all again
If it's the beginning of the end
The beginning of the end
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