‘'Goodbye, Goodnight’‘ is the first track on Jars of Clay’s third album album If I Left The Zoo.
Talking about the song the band’s lead vocalist, Dan Haseltine, told Cross Rhythms Magazine about the inspiration for this song:
I was watching the movie Titanic and I found some of the most interestin...
[Verse 1]
A flower for your vanity, a penny for your thoughts
About the world's insanity and how we've gotten lost
Strike up the band to play a song as we go waltzing by
And fake a smile as we all say goodbye
[Chorus]
Goodbye, oh goodbye
[Verse 2]
Say a prayer for recognition, kiss the ones you love
Gather up the ammunition, sigh for all the lost
Strike up the band to play a song as we go waltzing by
And fake a smile as we all say goodbye
[Chorus]
Goodbye, oh goodbye
[Verse 3]
Raise a glass for ignorance, drink a toast to fear
The beginning of the end has come that's why we all are here
Strike up the band to play a song and try hard not to cry
And fake a smile as we all say goodbye
Goodbye
[Chorus]
Goodbye, oh goodbye
Yeah goodbye, yeah goodbye
Goodbye, Goodnight was written by Charlie Lowell & Stephen Mason & Matt Odmark & Dan Haseltine.
Goodbye, Goodnight was produced by Dennis Herring.
Jars of Clay released Goodbye, Goodnight on Tue Nov 09 1999.