# The best breakup song **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 26, 2000, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-breakup-song/16446 "2000-04-26T21:17:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![G.B.H.Hornswoggler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c67d28/32.png) [@G.B.H.Hornswoggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G.B.H.Hornswoggler)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2000, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-breakup-song/16446/41 "2000-04-28T05:41:00Z")
Leave it to me to ransack the Elvis Costello catalog: **No Action** : “I don’t wanna kiss you, I don’t wanna touch. I don’t wanna see you 'cause I don’t miss you that much.” **Lipstick Vogue** : “I wouldn’t worry. I had so much fun. Sometimes I almost feel just like a human being.” **Cry, Cry, Cry** (yeah, he didn’t write it, but he does a great version): “Everybody knows where you go when the sun goes down.” **Charm School** : “You and I as lovers were nothing but a farce, trying to make a silk purse out of a sow’s arse.” **I Hope You’re Happy Now** : “I knew then what I know now, I never loved you anyhow.” **How To Be Dumb** (not written about a “romantic” break-up, admittedly): “There’s a bright future for all you professional liars.” **All the Rage** : “So don’t try to touch my heart, it’s darker than you think.” * * * I’m your only friend I’m not your only friend But I’m a little glowing friend But really I’m not actually your friend But I am ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2000, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-breakup-song/16446/42 "2000-04-28T05:59:00Z")
Pretty much the whole _Gentlemen_ album by the Afghan Whigs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-breakup-song/16446.md?page=2)