This song appears on three albums, and was first released on the itĄŻs about time album, and has also been released on the country roads collection. a live version also appears on the wildlife concert album.

this is what itĄŻs like falling out of love
this is the way you lose your very best friend
this is how it feels when itĄŻs all over
this is just the way true love ends

first of all thereĄŻs no one to talk to
when there is they just donĄŻt seem to hear
words donĄŻt seem to matter much anyway
they canĄŻt describe the pain
they canĄŻt explain the fear

then the nights grow cold and hard to live through
still you hate to see the morning come
somehow tomorrow doesnĄŻt matter much anymore
the future holds no promise
your lifeĄŻs already done

this is what itĄŻs like falling out of love
this is the way you lose your very best friend
this is how it feels when itĄŻs all over
this is just the way true love ends

the you find your heart no longer flutters
you no longer look through a loverĄŻs eyes
whatĄŻs to see when the world falls down around you
you simply canĄŻt believe it
but it comes as no surprise

this is what itĄŻs like falling out of love
this is the way you lose your very best friend
this is how it feels when itĄŻs all over
this is just the way true love ends

whatĄŻs the sense of failure
itĄŻs such an incredible loss
itĄŻs all the things youĄŻll never do
and all the dreams that will never come true

this is what itĄŻs like falling out of love
this is the way you lose your very best friend
this is how it feels when itĄŻs all over
this is just the way true love ends
oh this is just the way a true love ends
i donĄŻt believe a true love ever ends

words and music by john denver