Goodbye

ABOUT THE SONG 
I wrote this song around 2003 or 2004 after having a fallout with someone who I was creatively working with. This song is nothing other than my good riddance to them and their ulterior motives. This song is basically me taking complete control of my music project. I was VERY young and naive, and if there was anything I got out of writing this song, it was a life lesson on being careful who you trust with your heart and soul, and really guarding the work I create, as carefully as I could with everything that I have. I was also listening to a lot of Avril Lavigne at the time which definitely influenced that darker sound and piano riff. Also, in the chorus, on the line "Maybe I’m young and I’m a little naive but I won’t watch these tears kiss me goodbye", I originally had the word "career" in the place of "these tears" and ended up changing it to remain more generic and less literal for the listener.

Music and Lyrics
by Justina Carubia
Scratch Demos ©2004

Verse 1:
You only tried to help
Is it selfish of me to walk away
I’m just not so sure if I wanna
Go about things your way
You’re all talk you’re no show
That’s why you’ve got to let me go
The year is up, time has passed
Doesn’t this mean I’m free at last

Chorus:
I can’t go another day, another month, another year
Watching my life fly by
Maybe I’m young and I’m a little naive but I won’t
watch these tears kiss me goodbye
Goodbye
yea yea yea

Verse 2:
You didn’t give it your all
So what did I pay you for
If you even try to start with me
You can consider this war
You’re all talk
You’re no show
That’s why you’ve got to let me go
The year is up time is passed
Doesn’t this mean I’m free at last

​Chorus:
I can’t go another day, another month, another year
Watching my life fly by
Maybe I’m young and I’m a little naive but I won’t
Watch these tears kiss me goodbye
Goodbye
yea yea yea