It's when she says I love you
it's when she says yes
And the day that we got married
I made that sound myself

It's the first heartbeat you hear
of your little baby girl
And with that first sweet cry
she's brought into the world

Yeah it's been heard by us all
The sound a tear makes when it falls

(Chorus)
It's her tellin' to me to leave
it's the slammin' of the door
It's me too far gone
and wonderin' what am I leavin' for
and what am I leavin' behind
but I just drive
yeah, it's heard by us all
the sound a tear makes when it falls

It's the first time your little boy says daddy
I wanna be like you
And when he falls and breaks somethin'
just like little boys do

And when he's sixteen and starts
for the first time the car you built together
yeah, I can tell you now
there ain't nothin' better

It's been heard by us all
The sound a tear makes when it falls

(Chorus)
It's her tellin' to me to leave
it's the slammin' of the door
It's me too far gone
and wonderin' what am I leavin' for
and what am I leavin' behind
but I just drive
yeah, it's heard by us all
the sound a tear makes when it falls

(Bridge)
It's the echo off the lonely walls
of this hotel room
it's her voice on the other line
sayin' she's sorry and hopin'
that I'm comin' home soon

(Chorus)
Yeah it's her tellin me to leave
it's the slammin' of the door
It's me not too far gone to know
what I'm goin' home for
and what I won't leave behind
So I drive
Yeah it's been heard by us all
Oh, I know, you know
the sound a tear makes when it falls

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