"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 on the Sons Of Liberty OST: a Piano version, and the full version.

MusiciansEdit

• Vocals – Carla White
• Piano – Onaje Allangumbs
• Bass – Kenny Davis
• Drums – Eugene Jackson
• Saxophone – Don Braden
• Trombone – Robin Eubanks

LyricsEdit

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 good-bye 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 good-bye to yesterday, my friend
'cause I know how good it has been
facing forever, here I stand, come what may
in the old and 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

TriviaEdit

• Carla White, an American jazz vocalist and the singer of "Can't Say Goodbye to Yesterday", died peacefully at her home on May 9th 2007 of cancer. She was 55 at the time.