Story Behind The Song

I had a girl I was dating in high school. I went into the Navy after high school and, when I came home on leave for the first time, she had a new boyfriend. My heart was so broken. When I got back to my ship, I wrote "Goodbye Girl", but I never played it for her. Years went by and I always wondered what happened to her and if she ever knew how much I loved her back then. Last year I found her online, and I let her hear my music. Most of the music that I've recorded has been instrumental jazz/fusion music. She told me that she liked my music but wasn't a big fan of jazz and she asked me is I ever sing. That night I recorded "Goodbye Girl" and sang for the first time on any recordings that I've made. I'm glad that I found her again and that she asked me to sing! I ended up singing on half of my last album and I plan to sing even more on the next one.

Song Description

I wrote this song in 1989 while I was in the Navy. I performed all the parts, produced, engineered, mixed, and mastered the recording myself.

Lyrics

Goodbye girl

It's been a long time
Since I've been around
I hate to say it
But I'm leavin' town

Goodbye girl

I hear that train a rollin'
Coming down the tracks
And soon I'll be goin'
Never coming back

Goodbye girl

All of my life
I've searched for you
Now it's too late
I have to say to you

Goodbye girl

Now the train's a leavin'
And my fate is bound
Don't know where I'm goin'
But I'm leaving town

I love you
You know it's true
I just wish
I could come home to you
And take you in my arms
Where you belong
Look into your eyes
Where my love is found

I need you
To tell me to
Stop running
And come home to you
And run into your arms
Where I belong
Taste your lips again
So our love is bound

Goodbye girl

Written by James Murrell