Goodbye to Love by The Carpenters
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In the 1940 movie Rhythm On The River, Bing Crosby played a songwriter trying to come up with a song called Goodbye To Love. Although the song’s title was mentioned several times in the movie, no such song ever existed. Richard Carpenter happened to see this movie on late-night television and decided that it was great title and HE would write the song for his sister Karen to sing.
The fuzzy guitar solo was played by Tony Peluso. It was his first contribution to a Carpenters record and he subsequently joined the duo’s recording and touring band as lead guitarist. Following the death of Karen Carpenter in 1983, Peluso moved on to record producing, working with recording artists such as Smokey Robinson, The Temptations, Michael Jackson and Boyz II Men.
I’ll say goodbye to love
No one ever cared if I should live or die
Time and time again the chance for love has passed me by
And all I know of love
Is how to live without it
I just can’t seem to find it
So I’ve made my mind up
I must live my life alone
And though it’s not the easy way
I guess I’ve always known
I’d say goodbye to love
There are no tomorrows for this heart of mine
Surely time will lose these bitter memories
And I’ll find that there is someone to believe in
And to live for something I could live for
All the years of useless search
Have finally reached an end
Loneliness and empty days will be my only friend
From this day love is forgotten
I’ll go on as best I can
What lies in the future
Is a mystery to us all
No one can predict the wheel of fortune as it falls
There may come a time when I will see tha I’ve been wrong
But for now this is my song
And it’s goodbye to love
I’ll say goodbye to love
