I Didn’t Even
An original song by Karina D. J.

I woke up early that morning
Feeling really fine.
School’s out and summer came,
I haven’t seen you in such a long time.
I went down to the pool that day
Where the weather’s always fair.
But, when I looked around for you,
I couldn’t see you there.

I went up to one of the guys
Who knew you pretty well.
I said, “Do you know where he is?
Is there anything you can tell?”
And he looked down and said with a sigh,
“He ain’t coming back.
This winter, he went out of town
And he’s on a different track.”

Right then, I felt my heart die

‘Cause I didn’t even say goodbye.
I couldn’t tell you how I feel.
I couldn’t believe how much you hurt me.
Couldn’t believe it was for real.
I didn’t even say farewell.
You’ll never know I love you so,
‘Cause I didn’t even say goodbye.
I didn’t even say goodbye.

Summer left and came again,
And still, you didn’t show.
I guess what that guy said was right,
And, there’s still lots of things you needed to know.
Your picture’s all I have of you;
An old paper with your name.
I wish that I could let you know
My life will never be the same.

Every night I want to cry

‘Cause I didn’t even say goodbye.
I couldn’t tell you how I feel.
I couldn’t believe how much you hurt me.
Couldn’t believe it was for real.
I didn’t even say farewell.
You’ll never know I love you so…

‘Cause I didn’t even say goodbye.
I couldn’t tell you how I feel.
I couldn’t believe how much you hurt me.
Couldn’t believe it was for real.
I didn’t even say farewell.
You’ll never know I love you so,
‘Cause I didn’t even say goodbye.
I didn’t even say goodbye.

I didn’t even say goodbye.

Didn’t even say…

Goodbye.

Katherine read the song over and over again, and sighed. She still couldn’t believe Karina had it in her to write something so… powerful.

“Wow.” She whistled, folding up the paper and putting it in her pocket. Karina had let her keep it because she felt that it was time to move on. A small smile crept across her face as she patted her pocket. “I think I have Michiel’s new address in our team log… and I’ll bet he’ll be pretty flattered” she sighed to no one in particular. Then, with a broad grin on her face, she entered the lifeguard office and searched for the team address book.