Originally Posted by Gary E. Andrews
{Verse I)
You don't know, How I Hate, to let you go.
Time has come, to ease me on, down the road.
I can't stay, here knowing what I know.
(Chorus Refrain)
How I Hate, I hate to let you go.

Hey Gary,
Time has come to ease me down the road might flow better.

I like your chorus line. You might want to think about expanding it a bit to give it more lift:
How I hate, Lord I hate to let you go
But a man can't stay where he don't belong
How I hate, Lord I hate to let you go