THE SAME HELLO, THE SAME GOODBYE
(John T. Williams (m) / Alan Bergman (l) / Marilyn Bergman (l) 1978)

Barbra Streisand 2011

Song production directed by Barbra Streisand 
on her 33rd studio album 'What Matters Most'

Also sung by:

Michael Feinstein 2008 (The Sinatra Project)


The same hello
A smile and then
We knew at once
That here we are involved again.

The same hello
And all the things we said
We couldn't bear again
Are there again.

The glow is there
Can we pretend
That once again
We have a million dreams to spend.

We let it go
It slipped away
How silently two hearts can start
To fall apart.

I can't deny I’ve tried another's arms
And maybe you have too
But even lost inside another's arms
I knew it wasn't you.

No fond farewell
No sweet goodbye
Just empty feelings
Coupled with the wondering why.

What words we said
Or left unsaid
Imagining what could have been
Or should have been.

But here we are
We’ve come so far
Must you and I
Say the same goodbye again.

(bridge)

No fond farewell
No sweet goodbye
Just empty feelings
Coupled with the wondering why.

What words were said
Or left unsaid
Imagining what could have been
Or should have been.

But here we are
We’ve come so far
Will you and I
Say the same goodbye again.



(Transcribed by David Story - July 2013)