I saw you today
My familiar stranger
Everything's changed
You have come so far
You're different now
Would you go back, would you want to anyhow
Say goodbye, say goodbye
To the you I knew before
Say hello, say hello to a new beginning
Say goodbye, say goodbye
To the you I knew before
This is your genesis
Face to face
The present and past collide
And it's no mistake
I see the future in your eyes
You seem so free
Like nothing's ever gonna keep you down
You're different now
You're different somehow
You’re different now
Say goodbye, say goodbye

words and music by Joy Williams, Ben Glover, and Jason Ingram / © 2005 New Spring, a division of Zomba Enterprises, Inc. (ASCAP) / Years Later Music, LLC (ASCAP) (adm. by The Loving Company) / Dayspring Music LLC (BMI).

Behind the Song:
'I call this my song in reverse. Writing it, I look back and can see part of the “why.” But when I was writing it, I couldn’t see it. “Say goodbye to the you I knew before, say hello to a new beginning.” Whether it’s your marriage or your old friend you see at your high school reunion… I don’t recognize those pictures that I see – those Kodak moments. It’s about how much God has changed you over the years.' - Joy Williams