# CD to leave someone by

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-to-leave-someone-by/7885>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 15, 1999, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-to-leave-someone-by/7885 "1999-09-15T03:15:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![MissTangerine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@MissTangerine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTangerine)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 1999, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-to-leave-someone-by/7885/21 "1999-09-15T20:03:00Z")

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Although this isn’t 80s or 90s at all, my vote goes for “Sick of You” by Iggy Pop. or maybe “Young Americans” by David Bowie, but I doubt the kind of men I attract would pick up on its meaning right away. . .

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**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 1999, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-to-leave-someone-by/7885/22 "1999-09-16T02:57:00Z")

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_Little Good-Byes_, SHeDAISY  
_Bye Bye_, Jo Dee Messina  
_I Saw the Light_, Wynonna Judd  
_Take it Back_, Reba McEntire

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**Author:** ![ThereWolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4da419/32.png) [@ThereWolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThereWolf)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 1999, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-to-leave-someone-by/7885/23 "1999-09-16T13:58:00Z")

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The Beatles’ “For No One” tops my list as well. These lines are just heartbreaking:

And in her eyes you see nothing/No sign of love behind the tears/Cried for no one/A love that could have lasted years

I also recommend two Ben Folds Five songs:  
“Selfless, Cold and Composed”  
and, one of the better bitter break up songs, the appropriately titled:

“Song For the Dumped”

So you wanted/to take a break/Slow it down some/and have some space?/Well fuck you too!

[CHORUS]Give me my money back/Give me my money back, you bitch/I want my money back/And don’t forget to give me back my black t-shirt

I wish I hadn’t/bought you dinner/right before you/dumped me on your front porch

[CHORUS]

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**Author:** ![Misanthrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Misanthrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misanthrope)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 1999, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-to-leave-someone-by/7885/24 "1999-09-16T14:20:00Z")

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Any song by Patti Loveless.

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D’oh

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