# Songs about relationships that are almost over **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 27, 2007, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-relationships-that-are-almost-over/431392 "2007-12-27T18:13:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-relationships-that-are-almost-over/431392/1 "2007-12-27T18:13:27Z")
I Can’t Make you Love Me- Various people Last Request - Paolo Nutini Promises- Badly Drawn Boy Any others? ---
**Author:** ![Tikster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@Tikster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikster)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-relationships-that-are-almost-over/431392/2 "2007-12-27T18:17:06Z")
The power of goodbye - Madonna You know better - Tina Dickow ---
**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:** [December 27, 2007, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-relationships-that-are-almost-over/431392/3 "2007-12-27T18:18:55Z")
Breakfast at Tiffany’s-- Deep Blue Something Whenever I hear this song, I always hope the couple in it work things out. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-relationships-that-are-almost-over/431392/4 "2007-12-27T18:19:25Z")
…but you should know about _The Masquerade is Over_ (1939), if only because Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder recorded it. "Your eyes don’t shine like they used to shine And the thrill is gone when your lips meet mine I’m afraid the masquerade is over And so is love…and so is love Your words don’t mean what they used to me They were once inspired, now they’re just routine I’m afraid the masquerade is over And so is love…and so is love I guess I’ll have to play Pagliacci and get myself a clown’s disguise And learn to laugh like Pagliacci with tears in my eyes" ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-relationships-that-are-almost-over/431392/5 "2007-12-27T18:24:36Z")
Last Song, by Edward Bear This is the last song/I’ll ever write for you… ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-relationships-that-are-almost-over/431392/6 "2007-12-27T18:26:00Z")
You Don’t Bring Me Flowers, Streisand and somebody else. Quick, somebody post, before that gets stuck in my head! ---
**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:** [December 27, 2007, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-relationships-that-are-almost-over/431392/7 "2007-12-27T18:26:59Z")
[QUOTE=Dung Beetle] You Don’t Bring Me Flowers, Streisand and somebody else. Quick, somebody post, before that gets stuck in my head! [/QUOTE] Neil Diamond. ---
**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:** [December 27, 2007, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-relationships-that-are-almost-over/431392/8 "2007-12-27T18:28:10Z")
[QUOTE=Dung Beetle] You Don’t Bring Me Flowers, Streisand and somebody else. Quick, somebody post, before that gets stuck in my head! [/QUOTE] Neil Diamond. [Tell Me On A Sunday](http://www.sing365.com/music/Lyric.nsf/Tell-me-on-a-Sunday-lyrics-Sarah-Brightman/71BC453B59C2BEA348256960002F83A4) from Song & Dance ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-relationships-that-are-almost-over/431392/9 "2007-12-27T18:28:43Z")
“Don’t Speak” by No Doubt. I hate that song so much that I’d rather have “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers” in my head. ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-relationships-that-are-almost-over/431392/10 "2007-12-27T18:36:04Z")
_[It’s A Game](http://alwaysontherun.net/edithfrost.htm#i)_ by Edith Frost. Pretty much the entire album. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-relationships-that-are-almost-over/431392/11 "2007-12-27T18:36:32Z")
Trying to Get the Feeling Again, Barry Manilow. Whew, I like that one! ---
**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:** [December 27, 2007, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-relationships-that-are-almost-over/431392/12 "2007-12-27T18:38:59Z")
[Send In The Clowns](http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/bestofbroadway-americanmusical/sendintheclowns.htm) by damn near everybody ---
**Author:** ![Tully\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7ab992/32.png) [@Tully\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tully_Mars)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-relationships-that-are-almost-over/431392/13 "2007-12-27T18:39:57Z")
You’ve Changed, Billie Holiday ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-relationships-that-are-almost-over/431392/14 "2007-12-27T18:41:16Z")
Last Goodbye- Jeff Buckley ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-relationships-that-are-almost-over/431392/15 "2007-12-27T18:45:05Z")
_Shotgun Down the Avalanche_, by Shawn Colvin _Blue Boy_, by Joni Mitchell [_Morning Sky (YouTube)_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oA3YlYp8eKw), by the late Dan Fogelberg and the best: _Let Him Fly_, by Patty Griffin (though I think the relationship in this one is pretty much already toast). ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-relationships-that-are-almost-over/431392/16 "2007-12-27T18:53:29Z")
Stranger In My House, by Tamia. ---
**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:** [December 27, 2007, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-relationships-that-are-almost-over/431392/17 "2007-12-27T18:53:55Z")
“Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover,” Paul Simon ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-relationships-that-are-almost-over/431392/18 "2007-12-27T19:00:24Z")
_Go On Ahead_ - Liz Phair ---
**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:** [December 27, 2007, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-relationships-that-are-almost-over/431392/19 "2007-12-27T19:01:02Z")
The Beatles “I’m Looking Through You” Dylan’s “Just Like A Woman” ---
**Author:** ![ThatDuckIsEvil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@ThatDuckIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThatDuckIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-relationships-that-are-almost-over/431392/20 "2007-12-27T19:01:06Z")
**DungBeetle** I was coming in here to post Trying to Get the Feeling, and you beat me to it! “Call Tyrone”, anyone? That one’s definitely over. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-relationships-that-are-almost-over/431392.md?page=2)