Greatest Break Up Songs Ever

[LadyHitchhiker]

Hit The Road Jack
Ray Charles

(Hit the road, Jack and don't you come back no more, no more, no more, no more)
(Hit the road, Jack and don't you come back no more)
What you say?
(Hit the road, Jack and don't you come back no more, no more, no more, no more)
(Hit the road, Jack and don't you come back no more)

Woah, Woman, oh woman, don't treat me so mean
You're the meanest old woman that I've ever seen
I guess if you said so
I'd have to pack my things and go (That's right)

(Hit the road, Jack and don't you come back no more, no more, no more, no more)
(Hit the road, Jack and don't you come back no more)
What you say?
(Hit the road, Jack and don't you come back no more, no more, no more, no more)
(Hit the road, Jack and don't you come back no more)

Now baby, listen, baby, don't ya treat me this-a way
Cause I'll be back on my feet some day
(Don't care if you do 'cause it's understood)
(You ain't got no money you just ain't no good)
Well, I guess if you say so
I'd have to pack my things and go (That's right)

(Hit the road, Jack and don't you come back no more, no more, no more, no more)
(Hit the road, Jack and don't you come back no more)

[break]

(Hit the road, Jack and don't you come back no more, no more, no more, no more)
(Hit the road, Jack and don't you come back no more)
What you say?
(Hit the road, Jack and don't you come back no more, no more, no more, no more)
(Hit the road, Jack and don't you come back no more)
(Don't you come back no more)
(Don't you come back no more)
(Don't you come back no more)
(Don't you come back no more)
Well
(Don't you come back no more)
Uh, what you say?
(Don't you come back no more)
I didn't understand you!
(Don't you come back no more)


Oh, now baby, please!

What you tryin' to do to me?
(Don't you come back no more)
Oh, don't treat me like that!

[LadyHitchhiker]

How Do You Like Me Now?!
Toby Keith
_____

I was always the crazy one
I broke into the stadium
And I wrote your number on the 50 yard line
You were always the perfect one
And the valedictorian so
Under your number I wrote "call for a good time"

I only wanted to catch your attention
But you overlooked me somehow
Besides you had too many boyfriends to mention
And I played my guitar too loud.

How do you like me now?
How do you like me now,
Now that I'm on my way?
Do you still think I'm crazy
Stand-in here today?
I couldn't make you love me
But I always dreamed about living in your radio
How do you like me now?

When I took off to Tennessee
I heard that you made fun of me
Never imagined I'd make it this far
Then you married into money girl
Ain't it a cruel and funny world?
He took your dreams and tore them apart.

He never comes home
And you're always alone
And your kids hear you cryin' down the hall
Alarm clock starts ringin'
Who could that be singin'
Its me baby, with your wake up call!

How do you like me now?
How do you like me now,
Now that I'm on my way?
Do you still think I'm crazy
Stand-in here today?
I couldn't make you love me
But I always dreamed about living in your radio
How do you like me now?

Tell me baby...
I will preach on...

[Samanthita]

So Long by Rilo Kiley. My favorite song for about 6 years now.

Watch me fly away
Through the night sky yeah
Now that all you touched
has finally turned to gray
And roads can't hold us down
Winds will move us around
With no need to return
to this gray town
Want to bet I can tell
You've been in bed for too long
So let's just say so long
And I watched you at the cove
You read on rocks below
And I turned home
without so much as hello
Want to know where I go
I've been away for too long
And it's hard to leave
when I haven't seen
You in so long
And if we
had just held out for tomorrow
We might have seen
what seemed so far away
We didn't even bother to stay
There it goes I can tell
You're going to keep
your eyes on the ground
Waiting for someone
to finally come around
And tell you what you knew
That you weren't wrong
and it's finally time for so long

[educatedlady]

Strata - We've Changed

Did I wear you out?
Were you overwhelmed?
Were you dead all along?
Can you open up...
Just enough
To heal yourself and start again?
Well, I'm sorry...
I won't be there... I won't be there...

We've changed.
It's not the same anymore...
You drag me down.
Over and over... Over and over,
Again...

When I wrapped you up
In plastic, take you home...
I loved you more than
I'd ever loved anyone...

But it hurts too much
To think about today,
I never should have
Let you see me
Lying here this way...

We've changed.
It's not the same anymore...
You drag me down
Over and over... Over and over,
Again...

Peace can look like a riot sometimes
But I'm clean inside and starting over.
We can't hold on... we can't hold on...
We've changed.

[bergy81]

"I Used To Love Her"
Guns n Roses

I used to love her
Ooh yeah
But i had to kill her
I used to love her
Ooh yeah
But i had to kill her
I knew i'd miss her
So i had to put her
She's buried right
In my backyard
I used to love her
Ooh yeah
But i had to kill her
I used to love her
Ooh yeah
But i had to kill her
She bitched so much
She drove me nuts
I guess we're happier this way
I used to love her
Ooh yeah
But i had to kill her
I used to love her
Ooh yeah
But i had to kill her
I had to put her
Six feet under
And i can still hear her complain
I used to love her
Ooh yeah
But i had to kill her
I used to love her
Ooh yeah
But i had to kill her
I used to love her
Ooh yeah
But i had to kill her
She bitched so much
She drove me nuts
I guess were happier this way

[obscurejude]

Screaming Infidelities (this song was written in 1998, so don't call it emo)
by Chris Carraba

I'm missing your bed, I never sleep
Avoiding the spots where we'd have to speak
And this bottle of beast is taking me home.

I'm cuddling close to blankets and sheets
You're not alone and you're not discreet.
You make sure I know who's taking you home.

I'm reading your note over again,
There's not a word that I comprehend,
Except when you signed it:
"I'll love you always and forever"

As for now I'm gonna hear the saddest songs,
And sit alone and wonder, how you're making out.
And as for me I wish that I was anywhere, with anyone, making out.

I'm missing your laugh,
How did it break?
And when did your eyes
Begin to look fake?
I hope you're as happy as you're pretending

I'm cuddling close to blankets and sheets
I am alone in my defeat
I wish I knew you were safely at home

I'm missing your bed, I never sleep.
Avoiding the spots where we'd have to speak.
And this bottle of beast is taking me home.

Well as for now I'm gonna hear the saddest songs,
And sit alone and wonder...
How you're making out.
And as for me I wish that I was anywhere, with anyone...
Making out

Your hair it's everywhere.
Screaming infidelities and taking its wear.
Your hair it's everywhere.
Screaming infidelities and taking its wear.
Your hair it's everywhere.
Screaming infidelities and taking its wear.
Your hair it's everywhere.
Screaming infidelities and taking its wear

[OchrisO]

Why would one not call that emo because it was written in 1998? Rites of Spring and Embrace were emo, and they were writing first wave emo in 1985, thirteen years before this song.



Plus, Chris Carrabba is pretty much the epitome of emo. haha.
Every band that he has been in from Further Seems Forever to Dashboard Confessional are emo bands.

[obscurejude]

Chris, you are a bitch.

Emo is a pejorative term (apparently) and I like Dashboard. So, that is why "one" would not call it emo. Chris Carraba is not the epitome of Emo, or at least he wasn't in 1998, nor was Further Seems Forever.

Please, lets not start another emo debate. Please, Gods damnit.

[Kevin]

Sorry - Our Lady Peace

Today's a reason for living
Today's the blood from a stone
Today's the light from a candle
Helping us to find our way home
Today we carry each other
Today the past is a freak
Today is the time for forgiveness
You were never that good to me

I'm sorry I can't lie
I wasted too much time
Drowning, I've been blind
But I've opened up my eyes
Sorry I can’t lie
So I'll just say goodbye,
goodbye, goodbye

Today is tasting the honey
Today's the strike of a match
Today's the lines in the pavement
Helping us to find our way back
Today's the crosses we carry
Today's the strength that we need
Today's the hand of an angel
You were not the kind to believe
Today we carry each other
Today we do what we should
Today is the time for forgiving
Today I wish I could

[Jon]

The Other Guy
The Little River Band
(Graham Goble)

I found out that you care for another guy
I found out that you want for another smile
We are alone as two different people can be
And it's hurting me so
Just to know that you don't care for me

Chorus:

The other guy won't be around to talk to our kids
He won't understand when you're down the way that I did
We had it all, you and I, we just need to try again

I found out that your heart's in another guy
You found out that you're tellin' another lie
We've gone apart and goin' our own separate ways
And you don't understand
Why I love you and want you to stay

(Chorus)

You don't know it's me that you need
You're thinking of him and I can't compete
Well I'm here to say I still want you back again

[Nerak]

Queen - Another One Bites the Dust


Steve walks warily down the street,
With the brim pulled way down low
Aint no sound but the sound of his feet,
Machine guns ready to go
Are you ready, are you ready for this
Are you hanging on the edge of your seat
Out of the doorway the bullets rip
To the sound of the beat

Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
And another one gone, and another one gone
Another one bites the dust
Hey, Im gonna get you too
Another one bites the dust

How do you think Im going to get along,
Without you, when youre gone
You took me for everything that I had,
And kicked me out on my own

Are you happy, are you satisfied
How long can you stand the heat
Out of the doorway the bullets rip
To the sound of the beat

Chorus

Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
There are plenty of ways you can hurt a man
And bring him to the ground
You can beat him
You can cheat him
You can treat him bad and leave him
When hes down
But Im ready, yes Im ready for you
Im standing on my own two feet
Out of the doorway the bullets rip
Repeating the sound of the beat

[LadyHitchhiker]

Love hurts

Love hurts love scars love wounds and mars
any heart not tough nor strong enough
to take a lot of pain take a lot of pain
Love is like a cloud holds a lot of rain.
Love Hurts uh - uh Love Hurts.

I'm young I know but even so
I know a thing or two I've learned from you
I've really learned a lot, really learned a lot
Love is like a stove burns you when it's hot
Love Hurts Uh - Uh Love hurts.

Some fools rave of happiness blissfullness togetherness
Some fools fool themselves I guess, but they're not fooling me
I know it isn't true, no it isn't true
Love is just a lie, made to make you blue
Love hurts Uh - uh love hurts.

[LadyHitchhiker]

Red Rubber Ball by the Cyrkle

I should have known you'd bid me farewell.
There's a lesson to be learned from this
and I've learned it very well.

Now I know you're not
the only starfish in the sea.
If I never hear your name again
it's all the same to me.

And I think it's gonna be all right.
Yeah, the worst is over now,
The morning sun is shining like a Red Rubber Ball.

You never cared for secrets I'd confide.
For you I'm just an ornament,
Something for your pride.

Always running, never caring,
That's the life you live.
Stolen minutes of your time
were all you had to give.

And I think it's gonna be all right.
Yeah, the worst is over now,
The morning sun is shining like a Red Rubber Ball.

The story's in the past with nothing to recall.
I've got my life to live and I
don't need you at all

The roller coaster ride we took is
nearly at an end.
I bought my ticket with my tears,
that's all I'm gonna spend.

And I think it's gonna be all right.
Yeah, the worst is over now,
The morning sun is shining like a Red Rubber Ball.

[razz]

Jack Ingram- Love You

Dang the sun - Dang this day
I'm just tryin' to stay out of your danged ol' way
To heck with this To heck with us
Shoot if I'll look back on where I've been
Shoot if I'll ever give away my heart again

Love you - Love this town
Love this mother lovin' truck
That keeps breakin' lovin' down
There's only one four letter word that'll do
Love you

Love your cat Love this house
Well I can't believe myself that I'm lovin' gettin' out
Love talkin' - Love fightin'
The thought of never seein' your lovin' face
There's some words that some words just have
to replace

Love you - Love this town
Yeah I'm sick and lovin' tired
Of all your lovin' around
There's only one four letter word that'll do
Love you

Love you Love this town
Yeah I'm sick and lovin' tired
Of all your lovin' around
There's only one four letter word that'll do

Love you - Love this town
Love this mother lovin' truck
That keeps breakin' lovin' down
There's only one four letter word that'll do
Love you

Love you - Love you - Love you - Honey


Music Video is the funniest ever

[obscurejude]

You'll Think of Me- Keith Urban

"Take your cat and leave my sweater, because we have nothing left to weather."

[razz]

every th=ime i hear that line i think "nnnno soup for you!" i don't know why

[LadyHitchhiker]

THE CYRKLE lyrics - Red Rubber Ball

(Paul Simon and Bruce Woodler)

I should have known you'd bid me farewell
There's a lesson to be learned from this and I learned it very well
Now I know you're not the only starfish in the sea
If I never hear your name again, it's all the same to me

And I think it's gonna be all right
Yeah, the worst is over now
The mornin' sun is shinin' like a red rubber ball

You never care for secrets I confide
For you I'm just an ornament, somethin' for your pride
Always runnin', never carin', that's the life you live
Stolen minutes of your time were all ya had to give

And I think it's gonna be all right
Yeah, the worst is over now
The mornin' sun is shinin' like a red rubber ball

The story's in the past with nothin' to recall
I've got my life to live and I don't need you at all
The roller-coaster ride we took is nearly at an end
I bought my ticket with my tears, that's all I'm gonna spend

And I think it's gonna be all right
Yeah, the worst is over now
The mornin' sun is shinin' like a red rubber ball

Oh, oh, oh
I think it's gonna be all right
Yeah, the worst is over now
The mornin' sun is shinin' like a red rubber ball

[LadyHitchhiker]

I actually sent this song to my ex-bf a few years ago and he wrote back that he didnt' get it. How can he not get it????

[Jean]

(Most Likely) You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine

You say you love me
And you're thinkin' of me,
But you know you could be wrong.
You say you told me
That you wanna hold me,
But you know you're not that strong.
I just can't do what I done before,
I just can't beg you any more.
I'm gonna let you pass
And I'll go last.
Then time will tell just who fell
And who's been left behind,
When you go your way and I go mine.

You say you disturb me
And you don't deserve me,
But you know sometimes you lie.
You say you're shakin'
And you're always achin',
But you know how hard you try.
Sometimes it gets so hard to care,
It can't be this way ev'rywhere.
And I'm gonna let you pass,
Yes, and I'll go last.
Then time will tell just who fell
And who's been left behind,
When you go your way and I go mine.

The judge, he holds a grudge,
He's gonna call on you.
But he's badly built
And he walks on stilts,
Watch out he don't fall on you.

You say you're sorry
For tellin' stories
That you know I believe are true.
You say ya got some
Other kinda lover
And yes, I believe you do.
You say my kisses are not like his,
But this time I'm not gonna tell you why that is.
I'm just gonna let you pass,
Yes, and I'll go last.
Then time will tell who fell
And who's been left behind,
When you go your way and I go mine.

***************** Bob Dylan

[jayson]

(Most Likely) You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine

That's a great one Jean. Bob wrote many great break-up songs. I think "If You See Her Say Hello" is another great example, as well as one I know you love, "I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)"

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If You See Her, Say Hello
Bob Dylan

If you see her, say hello, she might be in Tangier
She left here last early spring, is livin' there, I hear
Say for me that I'm all right though things get kind of slow
She might think that I've forgotten her, don't tell her it isn't so.

We had a falling-out, like lovers often will
And to think of how she left that night, it still brings me a chill
And though our separation, it pierced me to the heart
She still lives inside of me, we've never been apart.

If you get close to her, kiss her once for me
I always have respected her for busting out and gettin' free
Oh, whatever makes her happy, I won't stand in the way
Though the bitter taste still lingers on from the night I tried to make her stay.

I see a lot of people as I make the rounds
And I hear her name here and there as I go from town to town
And I've never gotten used to it, I've just learned to turn it off
Either I'm too sensitive or else I'm gettin' soft.

Sundown, yellow moon, I replay the past
I know every scene by heart, they all went by so fast
If she's passin' back this way, I'm not that hard to find
Tell her she can look me up if she's got the time.
--------

I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
Bob Dylan

I can't understand,
She let go of my hand
An' left me here facing the wall.
I'd sure like to know
Why she did go,
But I can't get close to her at all.
Though we kissed through the wild blazing nighttime,
She said she would never forget.
But now mornin's clear,
It's like I ain't here,
She just acts like we never have met.

It's all new to me,
Like some mystery,
It could even be like a myth.
Yet it's hard to think on,
That she's the same one
That last night I was with.
From darkness, dreams are deserted,
Am I still dreamin' yet?
I wish she'd unlock
Her voice once and talk,
Instead of acting like we never have met.

If she ain't feelin' well,
Then why don't she tell
'Stead of turnin' her back to my face?
Without any doubt,
She seems too far out
For me to return to her chase.
Though the night ran swirling an' whirling,
I remember her whispering yet.
But evidently she don't
And evidently she won't,
She just acts like we never have met.

If I didn't have to guess,
I'd gladly confess
To anything I might've tried.
If I was with her too long
Or have done something wrong,
I wish she'd tell me what it is, I'll run and hide.
Though her skirt it swayed as a guitar played,
Her mouth was watery and wet.
But now something has changed
For she ain't the same,
She just acts like we never have met.

I'm leavin' today,
I'll be on my way
Of this I can't say very much.
But if you want me to,
I can be just like you
And pretend that we never have touched.
And if anybody asks me, "Is it easy to forget?"
I'll say, "It's easily done,
You just pick anyone,
And pretend that you never have met!"

[Jean]

yes, these are of my favorites too!

I used to sing all of them... hmmmmmmm....... which reminds me...

::goes wipe dust off his old guitar::

woe to neighbors...

[jayson]

Of course there's also this one, which shows that Bob can be one bitter s.o.b. considering he wrote it about the mother of his (legitimate) children...


Idiot Wind
Bob Dylan

Someone's got it in for me, they're planting stories in the press
Whoever it is I wish they'd cut it out but when they will I can only guess.
They say I shot a man named Gray and took his wife to Italy,
She inherited a million bucks and when she died it came to me.
I can't help it if I'm lucky.

People see me all the time and they just can't remember how to act
Their minds are filled with big ideas, images and distorted facts.
Even you, yesterday you had to ask me where it was at,
I couldn't believe after all these years, you didn't know me better than that
Sweet lady.

Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your mouth,
Blowing down the backroads headin' south.
Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth,
You're an idiot, babe.
It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe.

I ran into the fortune-teller, who said beware of lightning that might strike
I haven't known peace and quiet for so long I can't remember what it's like.
There's a lone soldier on the cross, smoke pourin' out of a boxcar door,
You didn't know it, you didn't think it could be done, in the final end he won the wars
After losin' every battle.

I woke up on the roadside, daydreamin' 'bout the way things sometimes are
Visions of your chestnut mare shoot through my head and are makin' me see stars.
You hurt the ones that I love best and cover up the truth with lies.
One day you'll be in the ditch, flies buzzin' around your eyes,
Blood on your saddle.

Idiot wind, blowing through the flowers on your tomb,
Blowing through the curtains in your room.
Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth,
You're an idiot, babe.
It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe.

It was gravity which pulled us down and destiny which broke us apart
You tamed the lion in my cage but it just wasn't enough to change my heart.
Now everything's a little upside down, as a matter of fact the wheels have stopped,
What's good is bad, what's bad is good, you'll find out when you reach the top
You're on the bottom.

I noticed at the ceremony, your corrupt ways had finally made you blind
I can't remember your face anymore, your mouth has changed, your eyes
don't look into mine.
The priest wore black on the seventh day and sat stone-faced while the building
burned.
I waited for you on the running boards, near the cypress trees, while the springtime
turned Slowly into autumn.

Idiot wind, blowing like a circle around my skull,
From the Grand Coulee Dam to the Capitol.
Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth,
You're an idiot, babe.
It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe.

I can't feel you anymore, I can't even touch the books you've read
Every time I crawl past your door, I been wishin' I was somebody else instead.
Down the highway, down the tracks, down the road to ecstasy,
I followed you beneath the stars, hounded by your memory
And all your ragin' glory.

I been double-crossed now for the very last time and now I'm finally free,
I kissed goodbye the howling beast on the borderline which separated you from me.
You'll never know the hurt I suffered nor the pain I rise above,
And I'll never know the same about you, your holiness or your kind of love,
And it makes me feel so sorry.

Idiot wind, blowing through the buttons of our coats,
Blowing through the letters that we wrote.
Idiot wind, blowing through the dust upon our shelves,
We're idiots, babe.
It's a wonder we can even feed ourselves.

[Jean]

that one is my wife's favorite!

[LadyHitchhiker]

Kitty by presidents of the united states of america...

Meow meow meow meow meow meow
Meow meow
Meow meow

Little bag a bones been out all night
Little bag a bones been out all night
Can you hear him scratchin at the screen door
Can you hear him scratchin at the screen door
Little bag a bones been out all night

He needs some pettin and lovin on his head
He needs some pettin and lovin on his rain soaked hide
Hes circlin around my ankle
Hes circlin around my ankle
He needs some pettin and lovin on his hide
Hey kitty wont you come inside

Kitty at my foot and I wanna touch it
Kitty at my foot and I wanna touch it
Kitty at my foot and I wanna touch it
Kitty at my foot and I wanna touch it

Kitty at my foot and I wanna touch it
Kitty at my foot and I wanna touch it
Kitty at my foot and I wanna touch it
Kitty at my foot and I want to touch it

Meow meow meow meow meow meow

Meow meow
Meow meow

A pussy purrin and lookin so satisfied
A pussy purrin and lookin so satisfied
Lost in his little yellow round eye
Lost in his yellow round eye
Pussy purrin and lookin so satisfied

Kitty rear up and scratch me through my jeans
Kitty rear up and scratch me through my jeans
Fuck you kitty youre gonna to spend the night
Fuck you kitty youre gonna to spend the night
Fuck you kitty youre gonna to spend the night outside

Kitty at my foot and I wanna touch it
Kitty at my foot and I wanna touch it
Kitty at my foot and I wanna touch it
Kitty at my foot and I wanna touch it

Kitty at my foot and I wanna touch it
Kitty at my foot and I wanna touch it
Kitty at my foot and I wanna touch it
Kitty at my foot and I want to touch it

Touch it I want to touch it
I wanna touch it I wanna touch it
I wanna touch it wanna touch it
I wanna touch it

Kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty touch it
Kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty touch it
Kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty touch it
Kitty at my foot and I want to touch it

[razz]

i just love this one. it's funny, at least I think so.

"Gunpowder & Lead"

County road 233, under my feet
Nothin' on this white rock but little ole me
I've got two miles till, he makes bail
And if I'm right we're headed straight for hell

[Chorus:]

I'm goin' home, gonna load my shotgun
Wait by the door and light a cigarette
If he wants a fight well now he's got one
And he ain't seen me crazy yet
He slap my face and he shook me like a rag doll
Don't that sound like a real man
I'm going to show him what a little girls made of
Gunpowder and lead

It's half past ten, another six pack in
And I can feel the rumble like a cold black wind
He pulls in the drive, the gravel flies
He dont know what's waiting here this time

I'm goin' home, gonna load my shotgun
Wait by the door and light a cigarette
If he wants a fight well now he's got one
And he ain't seen me crazy yet
He slap my face and he shook me like a rag doll
Don't that sound like a real man
I'm going to show him what a little girls made of
Gunpowder and lead

His fist is big but my gun's bigger
He'll find out when I pull the trigger

I'm goin' home, gonna load my shotgun
Wait by the door and light a cigarette
If he wants a fight well now he's got one
And he ain't seen me crazy yet
He slap my face and he shook me like a rag doll
Don't that sound like a real man
I'm going to show him what a little girls made of
Gunpowder and lead