kiss the girl goodbye

they hit the bank on a dog-day afternoon, with the black top popping and the radio out of tune, they looked so young and wild and people sighed, for desperate men need desperate passers by, you gotta kiss the girl good-bye, then begin, kiss the girl good-bye, you know when and i know why, we kiss the girl good-bye, they left the strip just before the hurricane blew, the governor turned his head and the customs man knew, they looked so lean and wired the controller asked why, well desperate men need a desperate kind of sky, one of them was a sailor, another one was a fishing man, the third one was a farmer's son, and they kissed their girls good-bye, kiss the girl good-bye, then begin, kiss the girl good-bye, you know when and i know why, we kiss the girl good-bye, kiss the girl good-bye, then begin, kiss the girl good-bye, you know when and i know why, we kiss the girl good-bye, they hit the street with the moon in a funny mind, for a drive past shooting for a deal done just in time, well they look so young that something's got to give, well desperate men have desperate lives to live, one of them was a brother, another one was a married man, the third one was a mother's son, they kissed their girls good-bye, kiss the girl good-bye, then begin, kiss the girl good-bye, you know when and i know why, we kiss the girl good-bye