Goodnight was just a little word you learned Somewhere somebody that you burned Was all too happy with a lie But love, you know you never got it right I don't know why you say goodnight You only mean to say goodbye And i know you quick to show your lover to the door And you ain't never been in love before You're only bound to get it wrong And I know you're just a victim of your circumstance I never know in any real romance And so we ought to say so long, goodbye, so long Goodbye I know you're only trying to ease my mind But I'm-a lay it on the line, this time You only need to say goodbye Oh, love, you know you never got it right I don't know why you say goodnight You only mean to say goodbye (x4)