# Song that you like that are about saying goodbye **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 10, 2018, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732 "2018-10-10T00:05:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/21 "2018-10-10T02:35:26Z")
[See You Again, by Carrie Underwood](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTnWFT3DvVA) ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/22 "2018-10-10T02:48:41Z")
[quote=“terentii, post:6, topic:822732”] I can’t listen to The Seekers’ _ **Far Shore** _ without tearing up. Judith Durham has one of the most amazing voices ever. :o [/QUOTE] Also by The Seekers, [The Carnival is Over](https://youtu.be/z4ZipKdI1sY) ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/23 "2018-10-10T03:06:07Z")
[Danny Boy.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Boy) ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/24 "2018-10-10T03:23:26Z")
Goodbye isn’t always heart wrenching. Let’s lighten this thread up a little: [**Goodbye Earl**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw7gNf_9njs) [**How can I miss you when you won’t go away**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW9-FOLG-iA) ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/25 "2018-10-10T03:26:27Z")
First one that popped into my head: [You Can Close Your Eyes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2hTQjK1Fa4), by James Taylor. I also think of this one as a goodbye song, or more accurately, someone coming to terms with goodbye: [Winter](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHlf08yTPiU), by Joshua Radin. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/26 "2018-10-10T03:28:27Z")
[_Goodbye to You_](https://youtube.com/watch?v=saxUkx3gpNA) (the version from _Tabula Rasa_, not the album version.) \*[Beautiful Goodbye](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1l7vkd-FWHs). \* [_End of the Innocence_](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1yHmCcDDMB0). (Here’s an obscure one) [_Takin’ Up Space_](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QqPUEdcuz1Q). ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/27 "2018-10-10T03:29:55Z")
Leavin’ on a Jet Plane, Peter, Paul & Mary ---
**Author:** ![Rough\_Draft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@Rough\_Draft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rough_Draft)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/28 "2018-10-10T04:00:31Z")
Van Morrison: _Madam George_ _Say goodbye in the wind and the rain on the back street In the backstreet, in the back street Say goodbye to Madame George_ ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/29 "2018-10-10T04:20:17Z")
> [@USCDiver](#): > > “Last Goodbye” by Jeff Buckley I’ll see your “Last Goodbye” and raise you Roger Whittaker’s “The Last Farewell”: Kind of a corny song, IMHO, but it was freakin' \*\*EVERYWHERE \*\*in the spring of 1975! Actually, I think his “Durham Town” is a much better song: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/a9XcuN5hZwk/maxresdefault.jpg "Roger Whittaker ~ Durham Town (1969)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9XcuN5hZwk) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/30 "2018-10-10T04:25:13Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > [See You Again, by Carrie Underwood](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTnWFT3DvVA) “When Will I See You Again?” by The Three Degrees, one of the best Disco songs ever: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2TyipwcgLqg/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGGUgVChLMA8=&rs=AOn4CLAoiwRHv7zzRaRmAKmP07GW30nQ1w "The Three Degrees - When will I see you again") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TyipwcgLqg) ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/31 "2018-10-10T04:36:30Z")
[Goodbye- Dinah Washington.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igut3zunew8) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/32 "2018-10-10T04:44:51Z")
“Time to Say Goodbye”: Sarah Brightman, mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm! :o ---
**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/33 "2018-10-10T08:11:53Z")
Scandal (with Patty Smyth), [Goodbye To You](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_50-gOeBilc) ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/34 "2018-10-10T13:17:07Z")
[I’ll Hold Your Hand In Mine](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjPhFSlhOuQ) - Tom Lerher ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/35 "2018-10-10T13:22:48Z")
I came here to say this one that **ThelmaLou** mentioned. > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Leavin’ on a Jet Plane, Peter, Paul & Mary [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/IVEATF7VNTk/maxresdefault.jpg "Leaving on a Jet Plane-PETER PAUL n MARY") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVEATF7VNTk) Love the harmony. And the melody. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/36 "2018-10-10T13:53:21Z")
This time with links! [Good Riddance by Green Day](https://youtu.be/CnQ8N1KacJc). Also [Babe by Styx](https://youtu.be/uBi61pgDUP8) ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/37 "2018-10-10T14:51:36Z")
[Teen Angel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG_VIcoiCFA) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/38 "2018-10-10T15:10:15Z")
[Go And Say Goodbye](https://youtu.be/B-G13h5qdpc) – Buffalo Springfield ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/39 "2018-10-10T15:24:55Z")
[Manhattan’s Kiss and Say Goodbye.](https://youtu.be/wtjro7_R3-4) If you were alive in the mid '70s there was no escaping this song. Ever. I was a wee bairn at the time and my brain is scarred with this song. I still kinda like it, though. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/40 "2018-10-10T15:31:35Z")
[“who knows where the time goes”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2xODjbfYw8) by Fairport Convention, quite delightful. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732.md?page=3)