# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-relationships-that-are-almost-over/431392/21 "2007-12-27T19:03:53Z")
I’m amazed I’m the first to get this one. _(You’ve Lost) That Loving Feeling_ by the Righteous Brothers ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-relationships-that-are-almost-over/431392/22 "2007-12-27T19:06:32Z")
**You Don’t Love Me (No, No, No)** (Rihanna) _No no no You don’t love me and I know now No no no You don’t love me so let me go now_ **The Last Day of Our Acquaintance** (Sinéad O’Connor) _This is the last day of our acquaintance I will meet you later in somebody’s office I’ll talk but you won’t listen to me I know what your answer will be_ ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-relationships-that-are-almost-over/431392/23 "2007-12-27T19:10:35Z")
“Denial, Revisted,” by The Offspring. _“And when we wrote this story How did it end? It was you and me for all our lives Come on, don’t say it We’ll try again And if I’d just hold you We could last. . .”_ “It Ends Tonight,” by The All-American Rejects ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-relationships-that-are-almost-over/431392/24 "2007-12-27T19:13:24Z")
[This Masquerade](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8nf1236LRw&feature=related) - George Benson (covering Leon Russell) [Baby Plays Around](http://www.seeklyrics.com/lyrics/Elvis-Costello/Baby-Plays-Around.html) - Elvis Costello: _It’s not open to discussion anymore She walks those shiny streets I walk the worn out floor She’s all I have worth living for Baby plays, baby plays around_ [4th of July](http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/x/x/fourth_of_july_crd.htm) - X _She gives me her cheek when I want her lips Oh but I don’t have the strength to go On the wrong side of town in a dark apartment We gave up trying so long ago_ [Where Did Our Love Go?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QrZWSpsOQg) - The Supremes (and later covered by Soft Cell) [Love Will Tear Us Apart](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0dfd_L4tDk) - Joy Division [Walk Away Renee](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seuwhZvXa6Y) - Left Banke ---
**Author:** ![Campion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-relationships-that-are-almost-over/431392/25 "2007-12-27T19:21:36Z")
“She’s Already Made Up Her Mind,” Lyle Lovett. _She said something about going home And she said something about needing to spend some time alone And she wondered out loud what it was she had to find But she’d already made up her mind_ ---
**Author:** ![The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_King_of_Soup)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-relationships-that-are-almost-over/431392/26 "2007-12-27T19:35:22Z")
Simon and Garfunkel, [“The Dangling Conversation.”](http://www.lyricsfreak.com/s/simon+and+garfunkel/the+dangling+conversation_20124763.html) ---
**Author:** ![Key\_Lime\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/48db29/32.png) [@Key\_Lime\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Key_Lime_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-relationships-that-are-almost-over/431392/27 "2007-12-27T19:43:39Z")
Amnesiac/Morning Bell by Radiohead pretty much everything on the Tunnel of Love album by Springsteen ---
**Author:** ![Gail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Gail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gail)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-relationships-that-are-almost-over/431392/28 "2007-12-27T19:44:59Z")
“It’s Too Late” by Carly Simon I wonder if this song came before or after “That’s The Way I’ve Always Heard It Should Be”…When I listen to that song, I think there’s a marriage that’s almost over before it starts. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-relationships-that-are-almost-over/431392/29 "2007-12-27T19:45:23Z")
**The Cure** - Letter to Elise, Fascination Street ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-relationships-that-are-almost-over/431392/30 "2007-12-27T19:49:40Z")
[I Do It for Your Love](http://www.actionext.com/names_p/paul_simon_lyrics/i_do_it_for_your_love.html) - Paul Simon ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-relationships-that-are-almost-over/431392/31 "2007-12-27T20:01:20Z")
[QUOTE=Gail] “It’s Too Late” by Carly Simon [/QUOTE] Maybe Carly Simon covered this at one point, but it’s a Carole King song (off “Tapestry”). ---
**Author:** ![Linty\_Fresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Linty\_Fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_Fresh)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-relationships-that-are-almost-over/431392/32 "2007-12-27T20:02:37Z")
**Beth** by KISS. Why yes, I _am_ ashamed that this was the first song to pop into my head, why do you ask? ---
**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, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-relationships-that-are-almost-over/431392/33 "2007-12-27T20:04:37Z")
Knowing Me, Knowing You–ABBA ---
**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, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-relationships-that-are-almost-over/431392/34 "2007-12-27T20:07:46Z")
[QUOTE=Linty Fresh] **Beth** by KISS. Why yes, I _am_ ashamed that this was the first song to pop into my head, why do you ask? [/QUOTE] I’ve been listening to that song since 1977 or so, and I’ve never really thought of it that way. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-relationships-that-are-almost-over/431392/35 "2007-12-27T20:15:14Z")
“It’s Too Late”, Carole King ---
**Author:** ![jk1245](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@jk1245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jk1245)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-relationships-that-are-almost-over/431392/36 "2007-12-27T20:30:31Z")
_I Will Always Love You_ written by Dolly Parton and famously covered by Whitney Houston I’ll second _The Last Day of Our Acquaintance_ ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-relationships-that-are-almost-over/431392/37 "2007-12-27T20:30:41Z")
Maybe “It Ain’t Me Babe” might fall into this category. I always wondered whether it was supposed to be a relationship already over with one person still hanging on, or a relationship just on the brink of being over. “Wednesday Morning, 3am” also comes to mind. ---
**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, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-relationships-that-are-almost-over/431392/38 "2007-12-27T20:39:43Z")
Ohh, thought of some more. Too Much, Too Little, Too Late by Denise Williams and Johnny Mathis Never Can Say Goodbye by a few artists (Michael Jackson comes to mind) ---
**Author:** ![Intelligently\_Designed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intelligently_designed/32/20957_2.png) [@Intelligently\_Designed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intelligently_Designed)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-relationships-that-are-almost-over/431392/39 "2007-12-27T20:54:33Z")
Meat Loaf’s _Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad_ ([lyrics](http://www.lyricsfreak.com/m/meat+loaf/two+out+of+three+aint+bad_20091283.html) and [video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_Tf2lQvDz0)). _Paradise By the Dashboard Light_ might also fit loosely in this category, though the guy can only “pray” for the relationship to end. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-relationships-that-are-almost-over/431392/40 "2007-12-27T20:58:46Z")
**Weird Al Yankovic** ’s You Don’t Love Me Anymore, and his Good Enough For Now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-relationships-that-are-almost-over/431392.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-relationships-that-are-almost-over/431392.md?page=3)