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Goodbye Halley's Comet

by Rocky Leplin

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A piano ballad in F major, with quiet, lyrical, verses and raucous choruses, using a richly diverse orchestration of over 20 synthesized voices and two harmonicas. The piano/vocal was recorded in 1986, the last time Halley’s Comet passed over Earth. Everything else was recorded in September, 2020.

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From out of the darkness of infinite space you came
Far from where you came from
From out of the darkness through this lonely place
At the edge of the galaxy we came from
And we might not live to see you again
Goodbye, goodbye

Chorus
Goodbye Halley’s Comet
I won’t be around the next time that you are
I’ll be far away
Goodbye Halley’s Comet
Nighttime won’t be the same without you
It’ll be just the moon again,
But I hope that there’ll be somebody here
The next time that you come around in 76 years
And I know that they will see you from the moon
If there’s anyone here to see you at all
Come back soon

From out of the darkness of infinite space you came
From out of the darkness for this lonely race to wonder
Where we came from
And we might not live to see you again
Goodbye, don’t cry

Repeat Chorus

Come back soon
Goodbye Halley’s Comet
They won’t be playin’ this song on the jukebox
When you come back again
Goodbye Halley’s Comet
I hope that there’s a world here waiting for you
When you come back again

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released September 20, 2020

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Rocky Leplin Richmond, California

Rocky Leplin is a singer-songwriter and author who has written 500 songs and eight books, six of them on Amazon, including the rhymed verse epic novel "Humphrey's Long Journey Away From the Sea," the off-world romance musical "The Purpose of the Moon," and "A Psycho's Guide to Animal Companionship." ... more

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