(verse 1) The key's in the mail box the u-haul is loaded This is the last time we'll call this place home The cat's in a cage to leave at your mother's I'll be halfway to Ashville when you wake up alone, (verse 2) It's been a while since I've seen Carolina It always was beautiful this time of year And if this is the end of life as we knew it You won't find me living around here I love life as we knew it, I still can't believe we threw it away, Goodbye that's al there is, to it life as we knew it ended today, (lead - ) (verse 3) I'll leave a number if you need to reach me You always called when I had to be gone I know that here in my heart life as we knew it still lives on. I love life as we knew it, I still can't believe we threw it away, Goodbye that's al there is, to it life as we knew it ended today, I love life as we knew it, I still can't believe we threw it away, Goodbye that's al there is, to it life as we knew it ended today,