Billy Joel (1949) American singer-songwriter and pianist
Say Goodbye to Hollywood.
Song lyrics, Turnstiles (1976)
Last words to Peter Lawford (5 August 1962), as quoted at Spiegel Online http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/literatur/0,1518,475898,00.html <br class="br">Variant: Say good-bye to Pat, say good-bye to Jack and say good-bye to yourself, because you're a nice guy.
Billy Joel (1949) American singer-songwriter and pianist
Say Goodbye to Hollywood.
Song lyrics, Turnstiles (1976)
“But goodbye's too good a word, babe
So I'll just say fare thee well”
Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist
Compare: "So I'm walkin' down that long, lonesome road..." Paul Clayton, Who's Gonna Buy You Ribbons (When I'm Gone).
Song lyrics, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963), Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
Context: I'm walkin' down that long, lonesome road, babe
Where I'm bound, I can't tell
But goodbye's too good a word, babe
So I'll just say fare thee well
“I just came to say goodbye love, goodbye love, goodbye.”
Jonathan Larson (1960–1996) American composer and playwright
Rent (1996)
Jonathan Safran Foer book Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Source: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
“It was my destiny to love and say goodbye.”
Pablo Neruda (1904–1973) Chilean poet
Source: Still Another Day
“I heard your suitcase say goodbye”
Jon Bon Jovi (1962) American singer and musician
Music, New Jersey (1988)
Enya (1961) Irish singer, songwriter, and musician
Song lyrics, Amarantine (2005)