Name: Goodbye Look
Channel: John Pfeifer
Description: Free MP3 download. John Pfeifer--Nylon-string guitar, vocal, music/lyrics; Matthew Scott--Twisting of knobs in the other room, click and noise removal

Free download

John Pfeifer--Nylon-string guitar, vocal, music/lyrics; Matthew Scott--Twisting of knobs in the other room, click and noise removal

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The Editors of Life

An amalgam of anything that passes thru one ear and out the other -- see our Interview page for details.

In our music, you'll hopefully find everything -- rock, orchestral, trip-hop, spacey/ambient, whatever -- most times all in one tune!! Mwah-ha-ha.... We follow no labels, guidelines, trends -- we write what we feel at any given moment; industrial one moment, folk the next. You might hear smatterings of Floyd/Waters/Gilmour, a touch of Mike Nesmith, some Metheny, maybe even some Vangelis or 80's pop, classic rock, sheer noise, Air, Terje Rypdal, and if you really stretch in order to make us seem more relevant to the times, maybe some of The Shins, Sigur Ros, etc. Basically anything that makes a noise can inspire us.

Song Info

Genre

Acoustic • Acoustic Guitar

Charts

#3 in subgenre Peak #1

Charts

Peak #1

Author

John Pfeifer

Rights

John Pfeifer

Uploaded

December 01, 2003

Track Files

MP3

MP3 4.3 MB • 128 kbps • 0:00

Story behind the song

The end of the first teenage love, or what was thought at the time to be.  This song laid dormant for years, perhaps waiting for the time to finally be done, and for the right guitar and technique, no matter how admittedly dated the lyrics (tail-end of summer '85 -- a whole 17 years old).

[ed.note: In other words, "John never had the confidence to record this one, despite literally years of pestering by Matt, 'When are we gonna record Goodbye Look'?".  I seem to recall he finally surprised me about the last month of college.  I strongly remember sitting behind the mixing board for this one, amazed, while we recorded it.  I ran the tape next door to the girl I was dating at the time and played what I thought was the best song we'd ever done for her... yeah, I should have know then... --MS]

Lyrics

You scurried and you hurried, not even stopping
     to say "Goodnight."
After seemingly patching all the wounds, after
     all had gone so right.

     Sometimes I wonder if the dawn will bring new
          light,
     and sometimes I see hope despite our love's 
          failing sight...

The ring around your finger and the necklace that
     you wear
apparently mean little, even though I've said I 
     care.

     Sometimes it seems to me, I dream more than
          I dare;
     and I spend my thoughts enchanting you, with
          an imaginary flair...

     And for what?
     Not a kiss.
     Not an embrace.
     No, not even a simple
     goodbye look.

I sacrifice every hard-earned dime showering with
     gold
you who used to boast of me (or so I have been
     told).

     And with each new day that passes,
          I find I've grown more cold
     in fighting for and longing for a
          heart that's bought and sold...

I'm too lonely to let you go, too scared to
     run and hide,
when I know the only thing I want is you 
     close by my side.

     For the short time we have together,
          somehow I know it won't survive.
     But I'm still fighting so goddamn hard 
          to keep this love alive...

     And for what?
     Not a kiss.
     Not an embrace.
     No, not even a simple
     goodbye look.

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