Goodbye [Hammer, featuring Glenn Burtnick]

Goodbye
Written by Jan Hammer & Colin Hodgkinson
Lead vocals by Glenn Burtnick

A busy airport in a boring town
You bought your ticket and I knew you meant it
While we stood in line we didn’t even try

Three car crash on a two lane bridge
We never really had an understanding
I’m really glad it’s over now

Goodbye
Goodbye

All you are is part of yesterday
Just a headline on some wrapping paper
Still in the end it turned out to be a lie

Now there’s nothing standing in my way
Not even memories of the few good moments
I carry nothing—I’m so light that I could fly

Goodbye
Goodbye

All you are is part of yesterday
Just a headline on some wrapping paper
Still in the end it turned out to be a lie

Now there’s nothing standing in my way
Not even memories of the few good moments
I carry nothing—I’m so light that I could fly

Goodbye

Interpretation

This seems to be an irreverent take on a breakup with no chance of reconciliation.  Leaving without much effort to resolve any differences, she dies in a car accident.  There's a newspaper headline (in a paper used to wrap a gift, as many do) as a reminder that there wasn't much to the relationship.  Without good memories to hold on to, the past fades quickly.