New Music: ‘Goodbye Baby’ Performed By Mary Steenburgen and Written By Composer David Schwartz From ‘A Man On The Inside, Season 2’

June 11, 2026

Soundtracks, Scores and More Staff

From the second season of A Man On The Inside, Lakeshore Records releases “Goodbye Baby,” performed by Mary Steenburgen with music by the series’ composer David Schwartz. Listen to the new song featured in episode 207 of the series, below!  The supporting band includes Lucy Schwartz on backup vocals, Troy Verges on guitar, David Schwartz on bass and background vocals, George Doering on sitar and guitar, Zac Rae on piano and B3 organ, and Jake Reed on drums.

Where to find the song in the show: The moment centers on Mona Margadoff (Steenburgen), the music professor. In this episode, she performs “Goodbye Baby” on-screen — presented as her old hit from her fictional band Lavender Highway.

Notes Steenburgen: “We had fun channeling 1970s bands as we created this song which was supposed to be my hit as a young singer in a band called Lavender Highway. Now sung ‘50 years later’ by me ( Mona Margadoff).”

Adds David Schwartz: “The song came together really naturally. We were all in the room writing together, and there was an easy creative flow from the start. Everyone brought something different to the process, and it made the whole experience feel collaborative and genuine.”

Created by Michael Schur and starring Ted Danson, Steenburgen, Mary Elizabeth Elllis, Lilah Richcreek Estrada and David Straithern, the series produced by Universal Television is streaming now on Netflix.

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ABOUT MARY STEENBURGEN
In addition to being an Academy Award and Golden Globe winning actress, Mary Steenburgen is also a passionate and acclaimed songwriter for Universal Music Publishing Group.

In 2018, Steenbergen was shortlisted for an Academy Award for Best Original Song for “Glasgow (No Place Like Home)”, featured in the film “Wild Rose” and performed by Jessie Buckley. The song was co-written alongside Mary’s longtime collaborators, Troy Verges and Caitlyn Smith. It also received the Critics’ Choice Award and the Hollywood Critics Association Award that year for Best Original Song.

Most recently, Steenburgen’s music can be heard in season 2 of Netflix comedy series “A Man on the Inside” in which she also stars. Steenburgen co-wrote the song “Goodbye Baby,” a song she also performed as her character “Mona” during the series.

Additionally, Steenburgen co-wrote the original song “See Me” along with Verges and Smith for the 2024 animated film “10 Lives,” performed as a duet by renowned vocalists Zayn Malik and Simone Ashley. With Verges and Smith, Steenbergen also wrote the 2023 song “Anywhere With You,” featured in the end credits of the film “Book Club: The Next Chapter,” in which Steenburgen also stars. She and her three co-stars, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, and Diane Keaton, recorded the vocals.

Steenburgen’s other co-writing credits include “This Is Christmas” for HBO’s “Holiday Harmony” and “Northstar” for Roku’s original film “Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas”.

ABOUT DAVID SCHWARTZ
David Schwartz is an Emmy-winning composer whose work includes acclaimed series such as Arrested Development, Deadwood (Emmy-nominated for its main title), The Good Place, and Veep. Known for his versatile, narrative-driven scores, he has helped shape the tone of some of television’s most celebrated comedies and dramas.

After studying at the School of Visual Arts in New York and the Berklee College of Music, he built a broad musical foundation performing across genres before moving into film and television in 1990. His breakthrough came with Northern Exposure, earning a Grammy nomination for its iconic theme and scoring all seven seasons.

His recent work includes the Emmy-winning documentary Lucy and Desi and Charlie Hustle & the Matter of Pete Rose. Most recently, he scored Season 2 of A Man on the Inside and is set to return for its upcoming third season, while also working on a forthcoming documentary about Crosby, Stills & Nash.

Watch the trailer for A Man on the Inside: Season 2:

A retired professor with a knack for snooping gets a new lease on life when a private investigator recruits him to go undercover and crack a case.