Rose_Macshane...I would love to see the lyrics, that way I could see if I wanted to look into it further. It has a nice melody I'm assuming?
Nothing beats Gershwin's "Every time we say goodbye" - that's an A+ tear-jerker!
So Long, Farewell from THE SOUND OF MUSIC
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As If We've Never Said Goodbye from SUNSET BOULEVARD
Might not fit your need, but "I'm Going Back" from Bells are Ringing is terrific.
"A Change in Me" sounds good.
I liked the idea of You'll never walk alone.
Check your PMs, Roxie.
"Elaborate Lives (reprise)" -Aida
SO sad!
"I think it was the Korean tour or something. They were all frickin' asian!" -Zoran912
Yes Elaborate Lives (reprise) got me all teary-eyed.
I love "You'll Never Walk Alone". I want to do that for my graduation. I think it would be perfect for what you need.
The lyrics may be a little too “one-on-one” to direct to your hometown crowd, but how about “Goodbye For Now,” Sondheim’s theme to “Reds?” That last line (“somehow each hello, makes it worth goodbye”) is heartbreakingly perfect.
Liz Callaway does a flawless version on the “Unsung Sondheim” album.
"We'll never say goodbye" by Art Garfunkel is in the most fabulous movie of all time: SING! (which was a horrible flop, but I still loves is.)
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I have been searching high and low for "Saying Goodbye" from The Muppets Take Manhattan- anyone know where I can get a copy? I want to work it into a project that I'm working on this summer...
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John was used at my high school graduation.
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/24/05
So Long Farewell - Sound of Music
For Good - Wicked
they;re my fav and i think some of the best
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"Hard to Say Goodbye, My Love" from Dreamgirls
"Far from the Home I Love" from Fiddler
"Move On" from Sunday in the Park
I second "Far From the Home I Love"
GOODBYE UNTIL TOMORROW/ I COULD NEVER RESCUE YOU- The Last 5 Years. The first couple times I heard this song I cried, it's one of my favorites.
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The Goodbye Song-Spelling Bee
Okay...getting serious...
I kind of like "Last Night of the World" from Miss Saigon.
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"Saying Goodbye" is seriously one of the biggest tear-jerker songs I have ever heard. I lost my dog of 13 years a couple years ago and right after heard that song for the first time. I bawled for at least an hour.
I might have a copy of it on my computer that I can send you if you still need it.
~Jessica
I have Saying Goodbye in a book "The Greatest Kid Songs Ever"..published by Hal Leonard. It's just the sheet music, not an arrangement, but I've used it for 5th grade end of the year type things...although with the particular group I had singing it, I couldn't wait until they left...LOL!
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