[Verse 1] My heart is paralyzed My head was oversized I'll take the high road like I should You said it's meant to be That it's not you, it's me You're leaving now for my own good
[Chorus 1] She went down in an airplane Fried getting suntanned Fell in a cement mixer full of quicksand Help me, help me, I'm no good at goodbyes She met a shark under water Fell and no one caught her I returned everything I ever bought her Help me, help me, I'm all out of lies And ways to say you died
[Verse 2] My pride still feels the sting You were my everything Some day I'll find a love like yours (a love like yours) She'll think I'm Superman Not super minivan How could you leave on Yom Kippur?
[Pre-Chorus] That's cool, but if my friends ask where you are, I'm gonna say
[Chorus 2] She was caught in a mudslide Eaten by a lion Got run over by a crappy purple Scion Help me, help me, I'm no good at goodbyes She dried up in the desert Drowned in a hot tub Danced to death at an east side night club Help me, help me, I'm all out of lies And ways to say you died
[Bridge] I wanna live a thousand lives with you I wanna be the one you're dying to love But you don't want to
[Pre-Chorus] That's cool, but if my friends ask where you are, I'm gonna say That's cool, but if my friends ask where you are, I'm gonna say
[Chorus 1] She went down in an airplane Fried getting suntanned Fell in a cement mixer full of quicksand Help me, help me, I'm no good at goodbyes She met a shark under water Fell and no one caught her I returned everything I ever bought her Help me, help me, I'm all out of lies
[Chorus 2] She was caught in a mudslide Eaten by a lion Got run over by a crappy purple Scion Help me, help me, I'm no good at goodbyes She dried up in the desert Drowned in a hot tub Danced to death at an east side night club Help me, help me, I'm all out of lies And ways to say you died
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“50 Ways to Say Goodbye” is a pop rock song in the key of E♭ minor. It is in common time with a tempo of 140 beats per minute. It utilizes electric guitars and a mariachi influenced brass section and acoustic guitar.
The lyrics are a tongue-in-cheek narrative where, to save face, the singer claims he will say his girlfriend died in a variety of outlandish ways rather than admit he was dumped by her.
The title is a reference to Paul Simon’s 1975 classic, “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover.”
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