# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/41 "2018-10-10T15:34:16Z")
The most touching goodbye to a lost love IMHO: The Kinks - [Days](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2svmUcsKeg) A goodbye song with a bit more cynical perspective: The Ramones - [Glad To See You Go](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuIHuOLcg38) ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/42 "2018-10-10T15:35:04Z")
I’ve always liked “Darling Be Home Soon” by the Lovin’ Spoonful. ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/43 "2018-10-10T15:46:58Z")
[Goodbye to Romance](https://www.google.com/url?q=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DtQKP6pVJTHc&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwix1YTmmvzdAhWHLnwKHT_ZD9MQyCkIEDAA&usg=AOvVaw13FZppu8lqwoO7Vb_z7KyZ) by Ozzy Osbourne. She’s leaving home by the Beatles. Goodbye cruel world by Pink Floyd. Allman Brothers Ramblin Man. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/44 "2018-10-10T15:52:59Z")
> [@Labdad](#): > > I’ve always liked “Darling Be Home Soon” by the Lovin’ Spoonful. Joe Cocker did a[nice version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwQDgUlNOHM)of that one. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/45 "2018-10-10T15:55:56Z")
Beatles, “Hello Goodbye” Julian Lennon, “Too Late for Goodbyes” ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/46 "2018-10-10T16:00:23Z")
The Left Banke, “Walk Away Renee” (props to John Mace for reminding me of this song in [the ‘walk away movement’ thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=861208)) ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/47 "2018-10-10T16:00:45Z")
Kesha, [“Last Goodbye”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7DB-Td47eA) ---
**Author:** ![Evin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@Evin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evin)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/48 "2018-10-10T16:05:06Z")
Groucho, “Hello, I Must Be Going” Edit: Bad Link ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/49 "2018-10-10T16:11:24Z")
“Wish You Were Here,” Pink Floyd ---
**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, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/50 "2018-10-10T16:17:49Z")
[It was just one of those things- Billie Holiday.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgQEwbM9AUE) ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/51 "2018-10-10T16:20:57Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > The most touching goodbye to a lost love IMHO: > > The Kinks - [Days](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2svmUcsKeg) > > A goodbye song with a bit more cynical perspective: > > The Ramones - [Glad To See You Go](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuIHuOLcg38) These posts ought to specify that Kinks songs are not allowed. Because, y’know, it’s unfair on everyone else. With that in mind, Fire and Rain by James Taylor. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3uaXCJcRrE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3uaXCJcRrE) j ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/52 "2018-10-10T16:26:08Z")
BTW - does Always On My Mind count? ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/53 "2018-10-10T16:46:49Z")
> [@peccavi](#): > > 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) Precisely. Which is why I’m naming [“Red Rubber Ball” by The Cyrkle](https://youtu.be/emx6dU7suvg). There’s a happy-to-be-broken-up song if ever there was one. ---
**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, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/54 "2018-10-10T17:54:58Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > I came here to say this one that **ThelmaLou** mentioned. > > > [@](#): > > > > Originally Posted by ThelmaLou View Post > > Leavin’ on a Jet Plane, Peter, Paul & Mary > > [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IVEATF7VNTk](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IVEATF7VNTk) > > Love the harmony. And the melody. Thanks for the link. 🙂 I was posting from my kindle-- doing linkies is challenging. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/55 "2018-10-10T18:00:11Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Wyj4ZYFVgrI/maxresdefault.jpg "Ricky Martin - Volveras (Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wyj4ZYFVgrI) Volverás (You’ll Be Back), by Ricky Martin ---
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/56 "2018-10-10T18:12:17Z")
[Don’t Worry - Marty Robbins 1961](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2WBBcH6OPU) is one of my all time favorite songs. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/57 "2018-10-10T19:44:14Z")
[Hey That’s No Way To Say Goodbye](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVJImYNGqwk)–Leonard Cohen [The Last Thing On My Mind](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08lVuhv_Va8)–Tom Paxton ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/58 "2018-10-10T19:44:22Z")
Don Henley - _The Boys of Summer_ _The End of the Innocence_ The Eagles - _Already Gone_ ---
**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, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/59 "2018-10-10T21:33:34Z")
This one is for you, Gina: I still love you ... 43 years later. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/60 "2018-10-11T00:13:00Z")
> [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](#): > > [Goodbye to Romance](https://www.google.com/url?q=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DtQKP6pVJTHc&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwix1YTmmvzdAhWHLnwKHT_ZD9MQyCkIEDAA&usg=AOvVaw13FZppu8lqwoO7Vb_z7KyZ) by Ozzy Osbourne. > … Wonderful Randy Rhoads guitar work in that one! This song is more about someone who was caught up in an addiction and can’t remember if there was a goodbye: (This performance welcomes Emmylou Harris who released this Steve Earle song as a single of her own. Here they are together.) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Rr2IY8q687I/hqdefault.jpg "Steve Earle and Emmylou Harris - Goodbye") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr2IY8q687I) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732.md?page=4)