Goodbye day by Takao Kisugi

Takao Kisugi (来生たかお) singing Goodbye day, 1984

Title:                           Goodbye Day
Lyrics:                        Etsuko Kisugi (来生えつこ/来生悦子)
Music:                        Takao Kisugi (来生たかお)
Release:                      1981, 10th single / 6th album Sparkle
Performers:               Takao Kisugi (来生たかお)

Takao Kisugi (来生 たかお Kisugi Takao), born November 16, 1950 in Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese singer and composer.

After working with Yosui Inoue's band, Kisugi debuted as a singer-songwriter with single "Asai Yume", released in 1976. In the 1980s, he produced many hit tunes with Etsuko Kisugi, his sister and a lyricist. His best known song as a performer "Yume no Tochu (夢の途中 ')" became huge hit by cover version entitled "Sailor Fuku to Kikanju (セーラー服と機関銃 ')", sung by teen-age idol Hiroko Yakushimaru. As a singer, he recorded the first ending song of Maison Ikkoku, "Ashita Hareru ka".

He said that his own songwriting had been deeply influenced by The Beatles and Gilbert O'Sullivan. In 1991, he wrote and recorded the song "What a Way (To Show I Love You)" with O'Sullivan. Another song on which they collaborated, "Can't Think Straight", was featured on the Japanese edition of O'Sullivan's studio album Sound of the Loop.

Goodbye day was Takao Kisugi's 10th single released in 1981, then again released as part of his 6th album Sparkle. Although it was acclaimed as one of the best songs of Takao Kisugi, it never became huge hit in Japan. 

Over the years, the song has been arranged in different variations, and also adapted by singers of other countries in different languages.

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Lyrics

歌詞 (Original in Japanese characters):


少しだけ疲れた顔で　君は静かに眠ってる
スタンドの淡い光　そっと睫毛の影が出来る

昔より愛が足りない　僕はぼんやり呟いた
費した君との月日　惜しみはしない僕がいる

Goodbye day　今日が終り
One more day　また一日　何ごともなく　それでいい

Goodbye day　ケリをつけて
One more day　また一日　新しい日に　すればいい

てのひらに　口づけすると　そっと力を　こめてくる
無意識に　甘えてるだろ　僕が隣りに　いることに

こんなにも愛は深いよ　それに気づかぬ　だけだろう
余りにもおだやかすぎて　時の流れに　埋もれるから

Goodbye day　そして　I love you
One more day　また一日　信じていれば　それでいい

Goodbye day　そして　I love you
One more day　また一日　おだやかならば　それでいい

Goodbye day　そして　I love you
One more day　また一日　信じていれば　それでいい

Goodbye day　そして　I love you
One more day　また一日　おだやかならば　それでいい

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Goodbye day interpretations

Chinese Cantonese by Jacky Cheung

Filipino by Miguel Vera