# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/61 "2018-10-11T00:36:09Z")
[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] Thanks for posting, beautiful song! Here’s Mary Hopkin, with “Goodbye”, written by Paul McCartney. At some points in the video he’s visible singing backup [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q27u5YvgEdU) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/62 "2018-10-11T01:01:03Z")
[Please Me Like You Want To](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjiU5vHUdKI)–Ben Harper [Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuJfEMO_wXs)–Bob Dylan ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/63 "2018-10-11T01:10:48Z")
I can’t believe I’m the first person to post [Goodbye Stranger](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=387_Ysc8imU) by Supertramp. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/64 "2018-10-11T01:13:25Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Leavin’ on a Jet Plane, Peter, Paul & Mary > [@Bullitt](#): > > I came here to say this one that **ThelmaLou** mentioned. > > [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IVEATF7VNTk](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IVEATF7VNTk) > > Love the harmony. And the melody. I like John Denver’s version better–less bouncy. And while we’re here, JD’s “[Goodbye, Again](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSY_sitExdQ).” ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/65 "2018-10-11T01:14:37Z")
Bonnie Raitt: [I Can’t Make You Love Me](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW9Cu6GYqxo) ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/66 "2018-10-11T01:25:05Z")
The two songs that immediately came to mind were: [Hit the Road, Jack](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8Tiz6INF7I) [50 Ways to Leave Your Lover](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABXtWqmArUU) Though the latter isn’t so much about saying goodbye as it is about gettin’ the hell out of Dodge _without_ saying goodbye. One that I’m surprised nobody has posted yet: [Freebird](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxIWDmmqZzY) ---
**Author:** ![somepumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/67 "2018-10-11T01:44:25Z")
Tom Petty’s, “You Got Lucky”. That tune has a wonderful message/perspective for a breakup. I don’t dig Tom’s version (IMHO too slick on the production/arrangement) as much as some of the covers I’ve heard. e.g. [this (live) one from Blackberry Smoke.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiWr773GOk4) ---
**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 11, 2018, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/68 "2018-10-11T02:17:26Z")
One of Gordon Lightfoot’s most beautiful songs: I know exactly what he's talking about. ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/69 "2018-10-11T04:30:25Z")
Good-bye songs can be sort of “strictly” good-bye, addressed to the person in question, or they can be more generally “about” good-bye. In the latter category, “I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair” from South Pacific. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/70 "2018-10-11T05:29:47Z")
**Happy Trails** Roy and Dale back in those days of yesteryear: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/eEqUyNaSdvg/hqdefault.jpg "The Roy Rogers Show - Happy Trails To You") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEqUyNaSdvg) ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/71 "2018-10-11T05:43:15Z")
Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/72 "2018-10-11T18:17:47Z")
Has no one really said [Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaG2Acg8n60) by Steam? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/73 "2018-10-11T18:54:23Z")
How did the thread get this far without mentioning Terry Jacks’ [_Seasons In The Sun_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tPcc1ftj8E)? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/74 "2018-10-11T19:53:52Z")
[Good Time Charlie’s Got The Blues](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YP3pIPp8P8), Danny O’Keefe [So Long San Francisco](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9llv9IBzAvc), Glen Yarbrough [Four Strong Winds](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjfTDPhMdTk), Ian & Sylvia ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/75 "2018-10-11T20:07:13Z")
“One Last Time” from Hamilton. ---
**Author:** ![epolo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@epolo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epolo)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/76 "2018-10-11T20:29:35Z")
Seems like it would be easier to compile the list of great songs that aren’t about saying goodbye. Add to the list: The Parting Glass (traditional or Bob Dylan version, Restless Farewell) For No One (Beatles) Boots of Spanish Leather (Dylan) Shiver Me Timbers (Tom Waits) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/77 "2018-10-11T20:56:18Z")
> [@epolo](#): > > Seems like it would be easier to compile the list of great songs that aren’t about saying goodbye. > > Add to the list: > The Parting Glass . . . I think the singer of [The Parting Glass](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Np_Ud4KA08) is dying (which is one way of saying goodbye…) ---
**Author:** ![Reindeer\_Flotilla](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reindeer_flotilla/32/3024_2.png) [@Reindeer\_Flotilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reindeer_Flotilla)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/78 "2018-10-11T21:05:04Z")
> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > [“who knows where the time goes”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2xODjbfYw8) by Fairport Convention, quite delightful. Nice. My favorite version is from [Nina Simone’s Live Cover](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXeh742_jak), rediscovered by a lot of people including myself when it was featured prominently in the movie [The Dancer Upstairs](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118926/?ref_=nv_sr_1). “Why does she talk so much?” “She’s preparing to sing.” ---
**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 11, 2018, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/79 "2018-10-11T21:48:18Z")
> [@jaycat](#): > > I think the singer of [The Parting Glass](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Np_Ud4KA08) is dying (which is one way of saying goodbye…) In this vein, [Warren Zevon’s Keep Me In Your Heart](https://youtu.be/RMTKb-pgxGI). It’s a beautiful song but I still can’t listen to it. It’s been a while and I thought I’d listen to it all the way through right now but nope. ---
**Author:** ![somepumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2018, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732/80 "2018-10-12T03:06:28Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > [Good Time Charlie’s Got The Blues](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YP3pIPp8P8), Danny O’Keefe A fantastic submission to the list; one of my favorites. My old man hooked me on the Charlie Rich version, but Danny sings it like he means it. And his arrangement supports the soulful vibe of the song. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-you-like-that-are-about-saying-goodbye/822732.md?page=5)