Not Enough?

I posted that video below of "Goodbye Girl" by Rumer and I just cannot get enough of it. For those of you who wonder how I came across it: I was looking at photos of the Glastonbury music festival in the UK and saw a photo of her set there. I was curious, as normal, so I looked her up on youtube. The song is insanely beautiful - plaintive for sure but it is so real. The way Rumer sings is amazing - she can carry that same sense of pain and melancoly without maudlin as Karen Carpenter. Then to top if off I watched Blue Valentine this weekend. A brilliant movie for sure and so my cup of tea as I love slice of life movies. But the husband in it, what was his downfall? That he loved his wife and daughter immensely and unconditionally? Really, that is a bad thing? I am not foolish - I know, I know love is not enough in this world - but it does not mean I have to agree with it. PS did I actually properly use both the words plaintive and maudlin in this post - jeez my parents would be proud.

All your life you've waited

For love to come and stay
And now that I have found you
You must not slip away
I know it's hard believing
The words you've heard before
But darling you must trust them
Just once more

'Cuz Baby, Goodbye doesn't mean forever
Let me tell you
Goodbye doesn't mean
We'll never be together again
If you wake up and I'm not there
I won't be long away
'Cuz the things you do my Goodbye Girl
Will bring me back to you

I know you've been taken
Afraid to hurt again
You fight the love you feel for me
Instead of giving in
But I can wait forever
Helping you to see
That I was meant for you
And you for me

'Cuz baby, Goodbye doesn't mean forever
Let me tell you goodbye
Doesn't mean we'll never be together again

Though we may be so far apart
You still will have my heart
So forget your past my Goodbye Girl
'Cuz now you're home at last