IstenSzek said:

I know that's right, baby. The song lyrics you posted spoke to me, too. I was only with my ex-girlfriend for a matter of months, but she moved so far, so fast, and I got so caught up in the intensity of the love we had...then she just turned around and dropped a ton of bricks on my head. As much as I hated her for her fucked-up behavior, it was horrible learning to live without her again.

I'd Agree with Old Friends 4 Sale (Vault + Original) Something in the Water, and Hate U along with:

Condition of the Heart

Girls & Boys

Strange Relationship

And God Created Woman

Dark

As far as non-Prince breakup songs:

Fool of Me -- Me'Shell N'degeocello

Minute By Minute -- The Doobie Brothers

Otha Fish -- The Pharcyde

Maybe Your Baby -- Stevie Wonder

Lookin' For Another Love -- Stevie Wonder

Superwoman/Where Were You , , , -- Stevie Wonder

Welcome -- Maxwell

Green Eyes -- Erykah Badu

Is It A Crime? -- Sade

Learnin' The Blues -- Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald

Lush Life -- John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman

I got dumped once to "If I Was Your Girlfriend." I know the title isn't to be taken too literally, but it hit too close to home that time.

xpsiter said:

this is mine too!

Another good one-

Every day I see your face I wish that I'd stayed
Don't even know what made me run away
It's just the way I play the game

Emotional is not a word I'd use to explain myself
But now you got me down upon my knees
Oh baby please just take me back

I don't want to be in love but you're makin' me
Let me up I've had enough. Girl you're breakin' me

Now here I am just half a man standing alone
Feeling like I lost my only chance
At happiness when I let you go

I don't want to be alone thinkin' bout you girl
I got nothin' left to hold in this lonely world

The first time my heart was ever touched
Was the day I lost your love
I can feel it in my flesh and blood
But my soul can only take it so much

So there it is. Why can't you give us one more try
You and I could find a way to live
If you let me in just one more time

I know you lost your faith in me but I still believe
Can I make you understand, can I make you see
I am desperate for your love and it's breakin' me

It's breakin' me


Jonny Lang -

How about "Girl" off of the 1st album from The Time?

Shockadelica...the girl must be a ... well, probably a nasty, unGod-fearing heathen, nowadays, but she was a BITCH when she dumped me!

hisroyalbadnessfan8485 said:

When Doves Cry
Dig if u will the picture
Of u and I engaged in a kiss
The sweat of your body covers me
Can u my darling
Can u picture this?

Dream if u can a courtyard
An ocean of violets in bloom
Animals strike curious poses
They feel the heat
The heat between me and u

How can u just leave me standing?
Alone in a world that's so cold? (So cold)
Maybe I'm just 2 demanding
Maybe I'm just like my father 2 bold
Maybe you're just like my mother
She's never satisfied (She's never satisfied)
Why do we scream at each other
This is what it sounds like
When doves cry

Touch if u will my stomach
Feel how it trembles inside
You've got the butterflies all tied up
Don't make me chase u
Even doves have pride

How can u just leave me standing?
Alone in a world so cold? (World so cold)
Maybe I'm just 2 demanding
Maybe I'm just like my father 2 bold
Maybe you're just like my mother
She's never satisfied (She's never satisfied)
Why do we scream at each other
This is what it sounds like
When doves cry

How can u just leave me standing?
Alone in a world that's so cold? (A world that's so cold)
Maybe I'm just 2 demanding (Maybe, maybe I'm like my father)
Maybe I'm just like my father 2 bold (Ya know he's 2 bold)
Maybe you're just like my mother (Maybe you're just like my mother)
She's never satisfied (She's never, never satisfied)
Why do we scream at each other (Why do we scream, why)
This is what it sounds like

When doves cry
When doves cry (Doves cry, doves cry)
When doves cry (Doves cry, doves cry)

Don't Cry (Don't Cry)

When doves cry
When doves cry
When doves cry

When Doves cry (Doves cry, doves cry, doves cry
Don't cry
Darling don't cry
Don't cry
Don't cry
Don't don't cry

freakin' priceless

I had a break-up two months ago. Never liked Purple Rain much, but when i heard it at that time, i cried my eyes out.

#i never wanted to be your, weekend lover.

Didn't understand why it got me though so i posted a question here what the purple rain meant.

#i only want to see you, only want to see you, in the purple rain.

We want love to be forever, but sometimes we just can't hold on.

Do yourself a favor.
I can't love you anymore.
Goodbye
I hear your voice.

Lover You Should've Come Over-Jeff Buckley

Annie Christian
Emale
Lady Cab Driver
What's my name?
One Nite Alone
The One

I love u but I don't trust u anymore.

And "oughta know" - Alanis Morrisette. Easily.

"GoodBye" "The Beautiful Ones" "How Come U don't Call Me Anymore?"

LittlePill said:

That's a good one, but my ultimate favorite song for a divorce is "Kiss and Say Goodbye" by the Manhattans. It tells one of the best stories of what people feel when you come to the realization that the relationship is over.

Kiss and Say Goodbye
The Manhattans
[Spoken]
This has got to be the saddest day of my life
I called you here today for a bit of bad news
I won't be able to see you anymore
Because of my obligations, and the ties that you have
We've been meeting here everyday
And since this is our last day together
I wanna hold you just one more time
When you turn and walk away, don't look back
I wanna remember you just like this
Let's just kiss and say goodbye
[Song]
I had to meet you here today
There's just so many things to say
Please don't stop me 'til I'm through
This is something I hate to do
We've been meeting here so long
I guess what we done, oh was wrong
Please darlin', don't you cry
Let's just kiss and say goodbye (Goodbye)
Many months have passed us by
(I'm gonna miss you)
I'm gonna miss you, I can't lie
(I'm gonna miss you)
I've got ties, and so do you
I just think this is the thing to do
It's gonna hurt me, I can't lie
Maybe you'll meet, you'll meet another guy
Understand me, won't you try, try, try, try, try, try, try
Let's just kiss and say goodbye (Goodbye)
(I'm gonna miss you)
I'm gonna miss you, I can't lie
(I'm gonna miss you)
Understand me, won't you try
(I'm gonna miss you)
It's gonna hurt me, I can't lie
(I'm gonna miss you)
Take my hankerchief, wipe your eyes
(I'm gonna miss you)
Maybe you'll find, you'll find another guy
(I'm gonna miss you)
Let's kiss and say goodbye, pretty baby
(I'm gonna miss you)
Please, don't you cry
(I'm gonna miss you)
Understand me, won't you try
(I'm gonna miss you)
Let's just kiss
And say goodbye

daPrettyman said:

That is a good one. I don't think I ever heard that before. Thanks for introducing it to me. Another song that hits me hard is "Didn't We Almost Have It All" by Whitney Houston. Also, "Key Largo" by Bertie Higgins, and "Cool Night" by Paul Davis. I've burned 2 cds of sad breakup songs and played them endlessly for 2 weeks. But now, thanks to the Zoloft and a couple of little gifts I bought myself, I'm starting to be happy again.

LittlePill said:

Didn't we almost have it all is my favorite Whitney song. Cool night isn't one I would have considered, but I do love the song.

Terence Trent D'Arby: Seasons

I won't say goodbye
I don't want to use that exit line
Please don't make me lie
I have no excuse for you this time
'Cause sometimes
(It's alright for a season)
But then it's time to go

The verses of my life are moving past
And so now the chorus I must hear
I've got to define my life and times
Before I can give you more than tears
'Cause sometimes
(It's alright for a season)
But then it's time to go

Your heart was stretched to the point of breaking
Your tears are etched and your sorrow is waking

This complicated curse
Causes you to freeze our love in time
If I awaken that first
It's only 'cause you lost yourself in mine
Please don't let me see you cry
'Cause sometimes
It's alright for a season
But then it's time to go

Don't Say U Love Me...the Prince version, not the Martika one.

BlueEyedAngel said:

That's deep. Never heard it, but am now looking to get it.

daPrettyman said:

Wow, I forgot about Didn't We Almost Have It All. Beautiful song indeed.

"Bitch Betta Have My Money"

BlueEyedAngel said:

LOVE THIS SONG!!! Bought the disc just for this!

This fit SOOO perfectly with a break-up of mine. It happened about a year before I moved 2 L.A., but we were pretty much connected until I did leave.

Crash and Burn
Sheryl Crow

I watched the sun come up on Portland
I waved goodbye to all my friends
I packed my car and headed to LA
I gave away all my loose ends

Somebody said you gotta get away
To wanna go back home again
I left my universe standing there
Holding the hand of my best friend

And it's laughter that I feel when I think of you
It's one more dusty rose about to turn
I'll see you when I reach New Mexico
If I'm in the mood to crash and burn

I wrote a letter that I never mailed
I rehearsed a dialogue in my head
In case you ever wanted to track me down
I'll take my cell phone to bed

And it's laughter that I hear when I close my eyes
And it's one more punchline I forgot to learn
I call you up when my bottle's dry
I'm on my way to crash and burn

Antigone laid across the road
And let a mack truck leave her there for dead
Just because her lover split the scene
Well love might be great but why lose your head

Well, it's laughter that comes up when I cry for you
And my heart may break again before it learns
And I might be stupid enough to want to fall again
Cause I've gotten use to the crash and burn
I say I've gotten use to the crash and burn

Crash and burn
Crash Crash
Crash and burn

Another one is "Somewhere Down The Road" by Barry Manilow.


We had the right love at the wrong time
I guess I always knew inside
I wouldn't have you for a long time
those dreams of your shining on distant shores
and if they're calling you away
I have no right to make you stay

somewhere down the road our roads are gonna cross again
it doesn't really matter when
but somewhere down the road I know that heart of your will come to see
that you belong with me

sometimes goodbye are not forever
it doesn't matter if you're gone
I still believe in us together
I understand more then you think I can
you have to go out on your own
so you can find your way back home

somewhere down the road our roads are gonna cross again
it doesn't really matter when
but somewhere down the road I know that heart of your will come to see
that you belong with me

letting go is just another way to say
I'll always love you so

We had the right love at the wrong time
maybe we've only just begun
maybe the best is yet to come

somewhere down the road our roads are gonna cross again
it doesn't really matter when
but somewhere down the road I know that heart of your will come to see
that you belong
with me

Brian McKnight

After The Love Is Gone

I thought that love would conquer all
But nothing could break my fall
The moment you left my side
And now there's nothing left to say
Every since you went away
I've been yearning for you deep inside

I can't believe that it's over
In my arms is where you belong
When I think about the the love we shared
How did we go wrong
And how can I go on
Can I go on


Sometimes you can't let go
Of the love you thought was yours (mine and yours)
Will I ever get over
'Cause I've come to know that
It's so hard to carry on
After the love is gone
After the love is gone

If I only had a clue
That I'd end up losing you
I might of held on to my heart
Taking for granted you'd be mine
'Til the end of time
Has torn my world apart


I can't believe that it's over
In my arms is where you belong
(where you belong)
When I think, think about the love we shared
How did we go wrong
And how can I go on

Sometimes you can't let go
Of the love you thought was yours (mine and yours)
Will I ever get over 'cause I've come to know
That it's so hard to carry on
After the love is gone
After the love is gone

I can't believe that it's over
In my arms is where you belong (where you belong)
When I think of all the love we shared
How did we go wrong
And how can I go on


Sometimes you can't let go
Of the the love you thought was yours, mine and yours
Will I ever get over 'cause I've come to know
That it's so hard to carry on
After the love is gone
After the love is gone



(And after the love)
After the love is gone
Life must go on
After the love is gone
[This message was edited Fri Oct 31 13:31:42 PST 2003 by stymie]

One more. "Never Gonna Fall In Love Again" by Eric Carmen. I'm listening to it now.

Who Let In The Rain
Cyndi Lauper
from Hat Full Of Stars (great album!)

Things like this
Can always take a little time
I always thought
We'd be together down the line
We start to fight
And can't get over what was said
'Cause you see black and white
And I see red

And I wonder who let in the rain
You know without you
I'm not the same
When love gets strong
People get weak
Sometimes they lose control
And wind up in too deep
They fall like rain
Who let in the rain

I make the bed and cover
Where you used to sleep
I'm smoothing over promises
Made in these sheets
I envy lovers passing by
Out on the street
'Cause what they have
I couldn't keep

And I wonder who let in the rain
You know without you
I'm not the same
When love gets strong
People gets weak
Sometimes they lose control
And wind up in too deep
They fall like rain
Who let in the rain...

"Make It Real" by The Jetts.

"I Wouldn't Have Missed It For The World" by Ronnie Milsap