"Can't Say Goodbye to Yesterday" is the vocal song for Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty. It was written and produced by Rika Muranaka and features vocals by the late Carla White. It was conducted and played by the Felix Farrar Orchestra. Two versions of the song appear in the Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty Original Soundtrack: a piano version, and the "full" version, both of which are separately performed and are unique to one another, respectively.
As well as being available in the Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty Original Soundtrack, it can also be found in the Metal Gear 20th Anniversary Music Collection and Metal Gear Solid ~Vocal Tracks~. In the latter, Donna Burke performs a cover version of the song.
Musicians[]
- Vocals – Carla White
- Piano – Onaje Allangumbs
- Bass – Kenny Davis
- Drums – Eugene Jackson
- Saxophone – Don Braden
- Trombone – Robin Eubanks
Lyrics[]
I stare at the stars and the sky up above
and think 'what am I made of?'
Am I full of sorrow? Am I hurt and pained?
Or am I filled... with love?
I walk by myself on the streets below
and ask every child I know,
"Do you think tomorrow will bring sun or rain?
Which one of these will show?"
I can't say goodbye to yesterday, my friend,
I keep holding on 'till the end
Out of the darkness there is no other way
than the light leading to yesterday
It's there that I'll find
Inner peace not war
and dreams that I let slip away
I'll find the joyfulness I'm looking for
way back in yesterday
Why can't each of us in the world ever see,
the best things in life are free.
Little sounds of laughter, a warm hug, a smile,
a kiss from you to me
I fall to my knees
I cry and I cry
Love, do not pass me by
Happy ever after, please stay for a while
make time refuse to fly
I can't say goodbye to yesterday, my friend
'cause I know how good it has been
facing forever, here I stand, come what may
in the old, in the new yesterday
It's there that I'll find,
inner peace, not war
and dreams that I let slip away
I'll find the joyfulness I'm looking for
way back in yesterday