Goodbyes

for voice and 2 guitars with additional accompaniment and insects.

music and poem by Josh Bass with Terry Champlin and Helen Avakian

Goodbyes, tearful goodbyes
Truthful goodbyes
Nothing good dies in the end

Goodbyes, no room for goodbyes
Ancient goodbyes
Nothing good dies in the end

Save your goodbyes for somebody else
Save them for yourself
Save them for someone who really needs them

Because you’ll be around when
Leaves turn to gold and
April skies return tenfold
Keep your goodbyes

Goodbyes, icy goodbyes
Fearful goodbyes
Even truth lies in the end

Goodbyes, keep your goodbyes
Save those goodbyes
Nothing good dies in the end

Save your goodbyes for long lost friends
For remember whens, save them for
Someone who doesn’t know you

Because you’ll be around when
Grandchildren laugh and
The sun breaks through the aftermath
Of darkest skies

Goodbyes, tearful goodbyes
No room for goodbyes
Nothing good dies in the end

performed by:

  • recorded by Scott Petito at NRS Studios.
  • produced by Scott Petito and Helen Avakian.
  • mixed by Scott Petito.
  • mastered by Scott Petito.

from the album I Love the Moon