On a plane ride to Honolulu
That's when it really rang true
She put the wheels in motion
To fly across the ocean
She was never goin back to El Paso

She packed her brown suitcase
She put on a new face
Her scissors, scarf, her favorite hat,
A southwest ticket and an Island map,
and a reciept for the phone bill
She paid in El Paso

And she'll meet him in Hawaii
At a clandestine time of day
And they'll go back to the Hilton
She'll pack her bags
She'll be on her way
And they finally say
Goodbye El Paso
Goodbye Yeah
Goodbye El Paso
Goodbye Yeah

She saved the scissor for the hotel room
Gonna add a haircut to the new tattoo
Couldn't find her with a microscope
And if you did, she'd just raise her rum and coke and toast
Never goin back
To El Paso

Then they'll go back to Hawaii
On the anniversary of the day
That they went back to the Hilton
She packed her bags
She was on her way
And they finally say...

Goodbye El Paso
Goodbye Yeah
Goodbye El Paso
Goodbye Yeah