The End of the Beginning (or Time to Say Goodbye?)
Sunrise over the Sea of Galilee There are some songs that follow you as you wend your way through different parts of life. Songs that are significant at key moments and keep popping up, as if they are there as a reminder to take notice of what you are experiencing. There is one song that I first met years ago and which I have gone on to sing hundreds of times in different versions and which has often marked an important moment in life. No matter how many times I sing it, never loses its signficance. This song is Time to Say Goodbye , by Francesco Sartori and Lucio Quarantotto. I first heard it in 1997 when I was staying with a close friend who was living in Germany at the time. It was a huge hit there, sung by Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman, and was played everywhere. I remember heading back to my home in France and making a beeline for the shops (because we didn't do streaming or downloads or, frankly, even internet then!) and buying the single, playing it over