The Best "Goodbye" Songs- Page 2

[Brodybaby03]

Posted: 12/12/04 at 9:19pm

"Be on Your Own" NINE....
Little Known Fact: Peter Allen wrote"Once Before I Go" for Ann-Margret :)

[Alix]

Posted: 12/12/04 at 9:19pm

"Take Me or Leave Me", "Without You", "Your Eyes" and "I'll Cover You (reprise)" from RENT, "Mein Herr" from CABARET, "I'm Going Home" from ROCKY HORROR, "I See Through You" and "Il Adore" from TABOO, and "I'd Rather Leave While I'm in Love" from BOY FROM OZ are the only ones I can think of that haven't been mentioned yet. There is probably a reason for that...most aren't really "goodbye" songs and few are ballads, but these came to mind :)

[jo]

Posted: 12/12/04 at 9:40pm

"Little Known Fact: Peter Allen wrote"Once Before I Go" for Ann-Margret :) "


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Yes, we've read that it was written as the goodbye song for Ann-Margret's concerts. The last lines were written much later, after Peter's companion Greg Connell died.

Ann-Margret did see THE BOY FROM OZ - and hearing someone else sing Peter's song for her in a tribute musical to Peter must have been quite sentimental for her.

ONCE BEFORE I GO became the show's eleven o'clock number and drew standing ovations regularly during the show's run. But nothing can beat Hugh's rendition of the song on the closing performance. It didn't seem as if it were "Peter Allen" singing the song - rather it became Hugh Jackman's farewell song to Broadway!

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 12/12/04 at 9:45pm

"Tell Me on a Sunday"--Tell Me on a Sunday or Song and Dance.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 12/12/04 at 9:51pm

According to the glorious Carol Channing, "So Long Dearie!" isn't a GOODBYE song at all. It's a F__k You song. Yup, that's the way she phrases it!

[wildcat]

Posted: 12/12/04 at 9:55pm

"Don't Like Goodbyes" (ballad)...HOUSE OF FLOWERS
"Til Tomorrow" (ballad)...FIORELLO!
"Goodbye For Now"...(Sondheim) REDS (movie)
"Wandering Star"...(well, why not??) PAINT YOUR WAGON
"The Party's Over"...BELLS ARE RINGING

[cturtle]

Posted: 12/12/04 at 10:02pm

every time we say goodbye - cole porter

[ChrisLovesShows]

Posted: 12/12/04 at 10:09pm

I'll Be Seeing You

[CastAlbumFan]

Posted: 12/12/04 at 10:09pm

"My Friend" from THE LIFE
"Before I Gaze at You Again" from CAMELOT

Not from a Broadway musical, but "It's Time We Said Good-bye" from "The Muppets Take Manhattan" always tears me up.

[jonartdesigns]

Posted: 12/12/04 at 10:30pm

goodbye old girl (damn yankees)

[maybethistime]

Posted: 12/12/04 at 10:32pm

finale b - RENT

Posted: 12/12/04 at 10:37pm

Celine Dion's- "Goodbye's (the saddest word)"

-> it makes me cry every time. i'm kind of in the mood to listen to it right now though.

[cturtle]

Posted: 12/12/04 at 10:41pm

carol burnett's I'M SO GLAD WE HAD THIS TIME TOGETHER.

and that lovely song julie andrew's sang on her show: TIME IS MY FRIEND.

[CattleCall]

Posted: 12/13/04 at 3:12am

It's not from Broadway, but "Saying Goodbye" from The Muppets Take Manhattan is seriously one of the most sad and beautiful songs I've ever heard.

[Ad_Libbing]

Posted: 12/13/04 at 5:56am

Just recently, I've encountered 'Wicked Little Town (Tommy Gnosis Version)' from 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch.' Good, good song.

[Ad_Libbing]

Posted: 12/13/04 at 5:56am

Sorry--Double post.

Updated On: 12/13/04 at 05:56 AM

[paradox_error]

Posted: 12/13/04 at 8:49am

I have decided to be different
"I Guess This Is Goodbye" - Into The Woods
The "Rest now my friend" section of the Sweeney Todd Finale.

[wildcat]

Posted: 12/13/04 at 9:15am

After You've Gone
Bye Bye Baby (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes)
I'm Gonna Laugh You Right Out of My Life (Cy Coleman)

[Love4Cheno]

Posted: 12/13/04 at 1:49pm

The most obvious choice for me is "Simple" from NINE.

"Simple are the ways we say goodbye..."

Posted: 12/13/04 at 2:03pm

Leaving On A Jet Plane

[AndyHardy]

Posted: 12/13/04 at 2:10pm

I agree with cturtle "Everytime..." and chrislovesshows "I'll be seeing you"(Chris-- great icon BTW)

But my fave is "From This Day On" from Brigadoon. Breaks my heart, and Lerner and Loewe never sounded so good.

Updated On: 12/13/04 at 02:10 PM

[Landmark on Main Street]

Posted: 12/13/04 at 2:10pm

Stephen Sondheim's "Move On" from "Sunday In the Park With George".

[OtherDaryl]

Posted: 12/13/04 at 2:13pm

"Grand Knowing You" from She Loves Me

It's been grand knowing you
Grand knowing you
Grand being your friend.
You've been kind, loyal, and so generous
Right down to the end.
Please don't grieve watching me leave
That would be much too painful to stand.
It's been fun
Now I must run
But it's been grand, perfectly grand!

Ilona, farewell cherie, be brave.
Chin up, it's been sublime.
You mustn't waste a precious moment over me.
You don't have time.
Just remember if you lonely or blue,
There's a hollow in my pillow for you.

And Sipos, what can I say?
Ah, Sipos.
No tears be gay, you know old friend
I'm in your debt.
I owe you more than I can possibly repay.
I won't forget.
Give your wife a little kiss from Kodaly.
I've never met her, but I will
By and by.

Though I hate leaving you,
Hate leaving your warm intimate club.
It's a small pleasure but I'll treasure
Each warm intimate snub.
It's been grand let me say
And let me say "Au revoir" not goodbye
For it's grand knowing you'll all be working
For your friend,
Kodaly!

[JBSinger]

Posted: 12/16/04 at 8:55am

"What's Good About Goodbye" by Lane/Lerner (i think)
Nancy LaMott's recording is stunning.

[Justice]

Posted: 12/16/04 at 9:36am

Hard to Say Goodbye - Dreamgirls
Goodbye, My Love - Ragtime
So Long, Fare Well - Sound of Music
I Have to Go - Toni Childs