What are some songs about leaving????

[molly bloom]

Big list of songs time:

Yello: Lost Again

Dionne Warwick: Do You Know The Way To San Jose ? &

Walk On By & Trains And Boats And Planes

Soul II Soul: Keep On Movin'

The Velvet Underground: Ride Into The Sun

Lou Reed : A Walk On The Wild Side

Mouth Music: Move On

David Bowie: Move On

Marianne Faithfull: Trouble In Mind

Sneaker Pimps: Roll On

Patti Smith: Gone Again, Farewell Reel

Tom Waits: Walk Away

Eddie Vedder & Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: The Long Road

Gillian Welch: Pass You By

Dead Can Dance: The Carnival Is Over

The Seekers: The Carnival Is Over

Curtis Mayfield: People Get Ready & (Don't Worry) If There's A Hell Down Below We're All Gonna Go

Sarah Vaughan: Hit The Road To Dreamland

June Tabor: The Water Is Wide, I'll Be Seeing You

Joan Armatrading: The Flight Of The Wild Geese

James Brown: Don't Deceive Me (Please Don't Go), Wonder When You're Coming Home & Goin' Home

Canned Heat: On The Road

Terry Callier: Following Your Footprints, Go Ahead On

Professor Longhair: How Long Has That Train Been Gone ?

Frances Faye: Out Of This World

Memphis Slim: Going Back To Tennessee

Miles Davis: Sur L'Autoroute

Pixies: Monkey Gone To Heaven, Into The White

Marvin Gaye: You Can Leave But It's Going To Cost You & Please Don't Stay (Once You Go Away)

The Pretenders: Go Now

Aretha Franklin: Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) & Eight Days On The Road

The Independents: Leaving Me

Billie Holiday: Gone With The Wind & Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone

Mahalia Jackson: I'm On My Way

Alberta Hunter: Amtrak Blues & I'm Gonna Lose Myself Way Down In Louisville

Petula Clark: Don't Sleep In The Subway, Downtown

Lindsey Buckingham: Never Going Back Again

Sandy Denny: Who Knows Where The Time Goes ? & 3.10 To Yuma & This Train & The Last Thing On My Mind

Bryan Ferry: Carrickfergus

[Pax]

fast car- tracy chapman

distant lover- marving gaye

you beat me to the punch- mary wells or martha and the vandellas

been around the world- lisa stansfield

[Boris Godunov]

Mahler - Das Lied von der Erde.

Knowing his own death was imminent, Mahler composed his swan song, using the texts of several Chinese poems given to him by a friend. It's in six sections, the finale one being "Der Abschied" ("The Farewell"), which is itself a combination of three of the poems:

The earth is breathing, full of rest and sleep;
All desire now turns to dreaming
Weary mortals wend homewards,
So that, in sleep, forgotten joy
And youth they may learn anew.

I stand here and wait for my friend.
I wait for him, to take the last farewell.
I long, O my friend, to be by your side,
To enjoy the beauty of this evening.


He alighted from his horse and handed him the drink
Of farewell.
He asked him whither he was going,
And also why it had to be.
He spoke, his voice was veiled:
“You, my friend –
Fortune was not kind to me in this world!
Whither I go? I go, I wander in the mountains,
I seek rest for my lonely heart!
I journey to the homeland, to my resting-place;
I shall never again go seeking the far distance.
My heart is still and awaits its hour!
The dear earth everywhere
Blossoms in spring and grows green again!
Everywhere and eternally the distance shines bright
And blue!
Eternally…. eternally…..

"Eternally" (or "Ewig" in the German) is repeated several times by the alto soloist as the music slowly fades away into oblivion, being perhaps the most effective musical representation of "eternity" ever written. Mahler, as the subsequent 9th symphony reinforced, was resigned to his fate.