Long Goodbye – Second Language

Long Goodbye

In the endless summer of discontent
The tip of the iceberg
On the darkest continent
Splintering puppets
Hiss through wooden grins
Toothless to bite the hand that force-feeds
Gets under their skins

This is the long goodbye

The deeper they go
The darker it gets
'Til blood stains the whitewash
Liquidates idol threats
The country club's burning
Body politic sweats
South Africa’s [Soweto is] up in flames
Out of time, far too late for regrets

This is the long goodbye

First version (1985):
Jessie Jacobson: Lead Vocal, Guitars, Cowbells, Faux Didgeridoo (pipe)
Toni Zeto: Vocals, Insect Shaker, Kalimba
Jerome Faulkner: Keyboards
Jarrett Lesko: Basses, Shaker, Sheet Metal
Brian Bielski: Pipes, Sheet Metal, Tubs
(+ drum machine)

Produced by Second Language with Earle Mankey.

Second version (1987):
Jessie Jacobson: Lead Vocal, Guitars, Keyboards, Percussion
Jarrett Lesko: Bass, Percussion
Brian Bielski: Drums, Percussion
-with-
Tony Berg: additional keyboard FX

Produced by Tony Berg
Engineered by Dan Bates.