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The twelfth song on ‘Tender Buttons’, ‘Goodbye Girls’ was inspired about Trish Keenan’s mother, who worked as a prostitute:
“I have had a crazy life: I was brought up by a prostitute. I imagine what it’s like to be a prostitute, what you have to turn off inside to do it. To a certain degree it’s a...
[Verse 1]
Endless night laced with time
Under unreal light with the goodbye girls
Pendant heart counterpart
Under unreal light with the goodbye girls
[Pre-Chorus]
Fraudulently, they love you
I think of you
You're in a sleepless dream
The insincere
[Chorus]
Vacantly they listen
Giving no emotion
Leaving no impression
Love you all night
Love you all night
[Verse 2]
Honesty, sweet deceit (Ah, ah-ah, ah-ah; ah, ah-ah, ah-ah)
You're in a cut-up world with the goodbye girls
Love distilled for your guilt (Ah, ah-ah, ah-ah; ah, ah-ah, ah-ah)
Feelings superimposed on the goodbye girls
[Pre-Chorus]
Fraudulently, they love you
I think of you
[Chorus]
Vacantly they listen
Giving no emotion
Leaving no impression
Love you all night
Vacantly they listen
Giving no emotion
Leaving no impression
Love you all night
Love you all night
Love you all night
Love you all night
Goodbye Girls was written by James Cargill & Trish Keenan.
Goodbye Girls was produced by Trish Keenan & James Cargill.
Broadcast released Goodbye Girls on Mon Sep 19 2005.