Discover the story of the song > Goodbye Girl – Go West

The singer is talking about a girl he had a relationship with. He feels like he's playing a game with her every time they say goodbye and he can't seem to leave her because she has a hold on him ("you hypnotize"). He's tired of this and wants to move on, but he's afraid of what she might do or say ("where you were and what you did last night, those are secrets you can keep"). Despite this, he knows he needs to say goodbye for good.