Long goodbye lyrics

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Long Goodbye lyrics

From: "Andrey Ustinov" anvlus@mail.ru

To: <webmaster@johnnymercer.com>
Subject: The long goodbye
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 15:19:55 +0300

Hey, Steve!

I was looking for this song - as many others - and you probably will be
interested in this:

http://mahawa.jw-music.net/interviews/inter_longgoodbye.htm

Here Harry Connick, Jr sings this, so Sandra Lawrence is not the only one.

And of course we have this CD (the movie's soundtrack):

http://www.varesesarabande.com/details.asp?pid=vcl-0804-1030-2

where Jack Sheldon and Dave Grusin Trio also executes it.

The interesting thing is that in film (Jack Sheldon) and in Harry Connick,
Jr's performance two lines of lyrics are different.

Thought it might be of interest for you to update the site.
Sincerely,
Andrey

From:  "soumik datta" <soumik.dee@gmail.com>
To:  webmaster@johnnymercer.com
Subject:  The Long Goodbye: lyrics by John Mercer
Date:  Sat, 21 Apr 2007 04:37:43 +0530

saw a really old post of yours while crawling thru the net looking for the lyrics of this song. apparently nobody has bothered so far to transcribe and upload the lyrics. so decided to do it myself since the soundtrack album and the film are both personal favourites of mine. Here's the lyrics for you in the unlikely circumstance that you're still interested.

There's a long goodbye
And it happens everyday
When some passerby
Invites your eye
To come her way

Even as she smiles
A quick hello
You've let her go
You've let the moment fly
Too late you'd turn your head
You'd know you've said
The long goodbye

Can you recognise the pain
On some other street
Two ppl meet
As in a dream
Running for a plane
Through the rain
If the heart is quicker than the eye
They could be lovers
Until they die
It's too late to try
When a missed hello
Becomes the long goodbye

Soumik.
PG2, JUDE
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From: mbarrick@libris.ci.westminster.co.us

Date: 7/21/99
Time: 8:24:13 PM
Remote Name: 198.243.1.60

Comments

Is this impossible to find, or can someone help? I'm a librarian in Colorado and have been searching all over for this. I even have called the University in Georgia that has Mercer's papers and was told that they aren't sure if they have it, but; if they do they would only be released for scholarly research. Can anyone help us out?

"The Long Goodbye"

From: BobG@MJI.com

Date: 2/3/99
Time: 6:43:22 PM
Remote Name: 207.239.43.35

Comments

Does anybody know of any complete recording of the song "The Long Goodbye," which Mercer co-wrote (with John Williams) for the 1973 Robert Altman film of the Raymond Chandler novel? It's performed over the credits by Jack Sheldon (among others) and it's the only song in the movie, aside from Mercer's "Hooray for Hollywood."

Re: "The Long Goodbye"

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Date: 5/23/00
Time: 9:44:19 PM
Remote Name: 24.14.65.30

Comments

I know a show called hooray for hollywood

Posted by Tamara Pesut on April 01, 1998 at 16:33:28:
Hi! I am mailing from Germany and would like to ask
you if you could help me. I'm looking for the
soundtrack of the film "The Long Goodbye" on CD, tape
or record. Can you tell me whether it is available at
all and if it is, where I can order it? Thank you very
much, Tamara

Posted by the Long Goodbye on April 02, 1998 at 10:03:27:

In Reply to: the long goodbye posted by Tamara Pesut on April 01, 1998 at 16:33:28:
: Hi!I am mailing from Germany and would like to ask
: you if you could help me. I'm looking for the
: soundtrack of the film "The Long Goodbye" on CD, tape
: or record. Can you tell me whether it is available at
: all and if it is,where I can order it? Thank you very
: much, Tamara.
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I cannot locate a soundtrack that is currently available and I do not even know if one was ever issued.
However, there is a video of this Elliot Gould Film that is for sale(I see that http://www.cdnow.com
) sells it for 19.99 but I do not know if it available in the European Format for video.

steve taksler
webmaster@johnnymercer.com