Dusty Springfield - LEARN TO SAY GOODBYE

This beautiful song was featured in the ABC Movie of the Week, "Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole". It is the final track on Dusty's brilliant 1973 album "Cameo".
Originally released on vinyl, as Dunhill/ABC DSX 50128.

"LEARN TO SAY GOODBYE"

(Hugo Montenegro / Bradford Craig)

When I close my eyes I can see your face
Though I try I can't believe that you are gone
There's a part of you that's a part of me
And no matter where I go it comes along
Reminding me of all the good times
And, of course, some of the bad
But then again, some of those hard times
Were the best we ever had

How can I learn to say goodbye
To the only life I ever knew?
Learn to say goodbye to you?
How can I learn to say goodbye?
Tell me - how do you expect me to
Say goodbye to you?

When I needed you, you were always there
You were more than love to me, you were a friend
They say that time is all that matters
And to live it while it lasts
But I can't stop from reminiscing
Or stop living in the past

How can I learn to say goodbye
To the only life I ever knew?
Learn to say goodbye to you?
How can I learn to say goodbye?
Tell me - how do you expect me to
Say goodbye to you?

How can I learn to say goodbye
To the only life I ever knew?
Say goodbye to you?
How can I learn to say goodbye?
Tell me - how do you expect me to
Say goodbye to you?

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Music

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• Cameo
• Dusty
• Springfield
• How
• Can
• Learn
• to
• Say
• Goodbye
• 1973
• Pop
• R&B
• Soul
• Hugo
• Montenegro
• Bradford
• Craig
• Good-bye

[KatradioNY]

My Mother and I watched this movie together..we cried together. Throughout the years..we always remembered the movie..thanks to Dusty Springfield's gut wrenching delivery of Learn To Say Goodbye, We also knew that Susan Hayward was also stricken with cancer.

Little did I know...that I'd be here...listening to this song and missing my best friend..my Mother. It's true..one cannot learn to say goodbye..to anyone they've loved. This song confirms it.

Thank you so much for posting.

[herasmarket]

wow what a beautiful song. It just takes my breath away. I'm glad I found Dusty she is right up there with the other divas.

[devil4030devil]

I listened to this song in 1986 just getting divorced, it helped me allot thanks dusty

[hollyyt53]

I remember seeing this movie on ABC and thissong just hit me like a brick...it is sooo brilliantly done by the unforgettable Dusty Springfield.

[bradly2007]

Never could say Goodbye to Dusty...gorgeous & glorious voice lives on forever sounding as beautiful & soulful as ever! Bravo Dusty, your the greatest & RIP

[alwayzbelieve63]

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[alwayzbelieve63]

i dedicate this to Amy banister... she knows...

[Babyfromnewjersey]

This is exactly how i feel right now. Thanks for posting!

[3Germanik]

Dusty was an incredibly beautiful woman and best singer of all time.

[hp09232]

does anyone know where to find this sheet music???have been trying to find this for years and still can't i know it was by hugo montenegro and brad (forgot his last name) and have been unable to locate anywhere on the web--please help--i need the piano version--thanks in advance.

[bradly2007]

Passionate & soulful anthem "Learn To Say Goodbye" is one of the finest from Dusty Springfield and would have been a blockbuster hit but radio didn't play it...at this time they only programmed singer/songwriters with bad voices and Dusty didn't fit in to this tired mix so "Cameo" was only appreciated by us fans and wore out several vinyl copies...love the CD, a masterpiece from Dusty and this engrossing ballad is closing song...Bravo Dusty!

[petegrab1]

There will only ever be one Dusty.......an eternal flame  :)