Here’s the second installment of our special “Kiss Off” playlist, country and folk edition:
So Long Baby Goodbye, The Blasters
There was a cold wind blowing on the night we met,
The leaves fell from the trees,
You made a lot of promises I ain’t seen yet,
And I ain’t gonna ask you please.
You know none of us are gonna cry,
It wasn’t even worth the try,
So long, Baby, Goodbye.
I’d Call To Say I Love You (But I Don’t Anymore), The Hangdogs
It ain’t like I forgot your number or just can’t find the time,
It ain’t as if I forgot the way things used to be,
But all the sweetest memories in this world ain’t worth this lyin’,
Pretending that I give a damn was next for you and me.
This life ain’t that of Riley, but then his ain’t mine,
And though things are rarely black-and-white, some get clearer over time.
Maybe once I thought we could beat the odds, though they’ve always won before,
And I’d call to say I love you, but I don’t no more.
Here’s a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares), Travis Tritt
You say you were wrong to ever leave me alone,
And now you’re sorry you’re lonesome instead,
And you say you’d be happy if you could just come back home,
Well here’s a quarter, call someone who cares.
Call someone who’ll listen, or might give a damn,
Maybe one of your sorted affairs,
But don’t you come ’round here handin’ me none of your lies,
Here’s a quarter, call someone who cares.
The World Ain’t Slowing Down, Ellis Paul
You packed up all your handbags,
You’re throwing off the sandbags,
I let go when you stepped free,
I didn’t want to lose you.
You said, “You didn’t choose to —
It’s just how your karma came”
But thanks for the vision,
And the twenty-twenty wisdom,
It hit me like a south-bound train.
You gotta get gone,
You gotta get going,
Hey, the world ain’t slowin’ down
For no one.
And be sure to check out Part 1, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 and Part 6 for more ways to say goodbye.
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