Carole King - Goodbye, Don't Mean I'm Gone lyrics

Don't it seem like the time goes on And here we are still carrying on Reaching out for one another Like a telephone call from an old friend or a brother And you are there to share this song in the making Goodbye don't mean I'm gone I know how alone you are When it's so hard to be so far From the ones who mean the most to you When you would so much rather have them close to you I hope you know you haven't been forsaken Goodbye don't mean I'm gone I'll never be what you think you see in me If I can help you deal with what you see as real That makes me glad to have known you Missing you the way I do You know I'd like to see more of you But it's all I can do to be a mother (My baby's in one hand, I've a pen in the other) You know my love is always there for the taking And goodbye don't mean I'm gone