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A recent song that pops to mind is Steve Earle's Tennessee Blues:

 

Sunset in my mirror, pedal on the floor

Bound for New York City and I won

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Mental as Anything --- If you leave me, can I come too?

 

 

Words were exchanged last ni-ight

You could call it a fi-ight

I-i-it's such a sha-ame, I never thought we would

Wouldn't be so ba-ad, if it weren't so good

I've had enough of that

With other loves in days gone by-y

It wasn't much I know

Mmm just enou-ou-ou-ough, enough to make me cry

 

If you leave me-ee, can I come too?

We can always stay

But if you leave me, can I come too?

And if you go-o, can I come too-OO-oo-OO-oo-oo-oooo?

 

Don't let it happen again

'Cause that I couldn't ta-ake

Ooh once was quite enough

It's easy to forgive, harder to forget

 

If you leave me-ee, can I come too-oo?

We can always sta-ay

But if you leave me, can I come too?

And if you go-o, can I come too-OO-oo-OO-oo-oo-ooo?

 

I've had enough of that

 

Yay, yay, yay-ay, yay-ay

Can I come too-OO-oo?

Can I come too?

Ay-yay, yay-ay, yay-ay, yay-ay

Ay-yay...

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BEFORE THEY MAKE ME RUN

(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

 

Worked in bars and sideshows along the twilight zone

Only a crowd can make you feel so alone

And it really hit home

Booze and pills and powders, you can choose your medicine

Well it's another goodbye to another good friend

 

After all is said and done

Gotta move while it's still fun

Let me walk before they make me run

After all is said and done

I gotta move, it's still fun

I'm gonna walk before they make me run

 

Watched the taillights fading, there ain't a dry eye in the house

They're laughing and singing

Started dancing and drinking as I left town

Gonna find my way to heaven, `cause I did my time in hell

I wasn't looking too good but I was feeling real well

 

After all is said and done

I gotta move I had my fun

Let us walk before they make me run

 

After all is said and done

I did alright, I had my fun

I will walk before they make me run

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"Steve's Last Ramble" - Steve Earle

"Don't Think Twice, It's Allright" - Bob Dylan (if you're bitter)

"We'll Meet Again" - The Byrds

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"Thinking About Tomorrow" - Beth Orton

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Goodbye - Steve Earle

I was thinking of this too as it's one of my all-time favorite tunes but it's really an emotional piece for a lover who's been burned by your actions. Not sure it'd make a good one for sending a friend away with. Either way, still a beautiful tune.

 

 

How about "Happy trails," though? The original Dale Evans one is nice but I'd opt for the Quicksilver Messenger Service version myself.

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don't forget to update us on what you choose.

 

K so far I've got

 

Bonnie Prince Billy - Goodbye, Dear Old Stepstone

Leonard Cohen - Hey That's No Way To Say Goodbye

Loose Fur - You Were Wrong

Simon Joyner - Goodbye, Farewell, So Long, Goodbye

 

Plus pretty much every song you guys have mentioned.

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