Name: Say Hello, Wave Goodbye (Soft Cell Cover)
Duration: P00H05M24S
Description: This is a cover of one of my favorite songs of all time. Soft Cell's Say Hello, Wave Goodbye was originally released on their 1981 LP Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret.

Say Hello, Wave Goodbye (Soft Cell Cover)

by The Barbary Ghost

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This is a cover of one of my favorite songs of all time. Soft Cell's Say Hello, Wave Goodbye was originally released on their 1981 LP Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret.

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Standing in the door of the pink flamingo
crying in the rain.
It was a kind of so-so-love and I'm gonna make sure
It never happens again.
You and I - it had to be the standing toke of the year

You were a sleep-around
a lost-and-found and not for me - I fear
I tried to make it work
you in a cocktail-skirt
And me in a suit (well
it just wasn't me).
You're used to wearinq less and now your life's a mess -
So insecure you see.
I put up with all the scenes and this is one scene
That's going to be played my way.
Take your hands off me
I don't belong to you
you see.
Take a look at my face for the last time -
I never knew you - you never knew me.
Say hello
goodbye - say hello
wave goodbye.

Under the deep red light I can see the make-up sliding down.
Hey
little girl
you will always make up

So take off that unbecoming frown
what about me?
Well
I'll find someone that's not going cheap in the sales

A nice little house-wife who'll give me a steady life
And won't keep going off the rails.

Take your hands off me
I don't belong to you
you see. . . .
We've been involved for quite a while now

And to keep you secret has been hell.
We're strangers meeting for the first time
o.k.?
Just smile and say "hello" -
Say hello
then wave goodbye - say hello
then wave goodbye

Say hello
then wave goodbye - ...

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released September 21, 2023

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The Barbary Ghost California

The Barbary Ghost is a genderfluid phantasm from the San Francisco Bay Area, that creates original music, art, video, and live entertainment. As well as offering Mixing and Mastering services for independent underground musicians.

They are also the founder and singer of the bands Vernian Process and Profondo Delle Tenebre.

Think, Kate Bush meets Dave Vanian. ... more

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