50 Ways to Say Goodbye – English Lyrics

• By: Train

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into Train's "50 Ways to Say Goodbye" and discover a surprisingly humorous take on heartbreak. This pop-rock track, with its catchy melodies and unique mariachi-inspired horns, offers a fun and imaginative narrative. Listening to the English lyrics will not only entertain you with its witty storytelling but also expose you to common English phrases and expressions used in casual conversation, especially around relationships and making excuses. Its clever wordplay and memorable chorus make it an engaging way to pick up on conversational English nuances and idiomatic expressions.

[English]

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

That's cool, but if my friends ask where you are, I'm gonna say

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 underwater

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

...

My pride still feels the sting

You were my everything

Someday 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?

That's cool, but if my friends ask where you are, I'm gonna say

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 nightclub

Help me, help me, I'm all out of lies

And ways to say you died

Ah-ah

Ah-ah

Oh-oh

I wanna live a thousand lives with you

I wanna be the one you're dying to love

But you don't want to

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

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 underwater

Fell and no one caught her

I returned everything I ever bought her

Help me, help me, I'm all out of lies

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 nightclub

Help me, help me, I'm all out of lies

And ways to say you died

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - the organ in your chest that sends the blood around your body
goodbye /ɡʊdˈbaɪ/ A2	noun - a phrase used to express farewell
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - a strong feeling of affection verb - to have a strong affection for someone
pride /praɪd/ B1	noun - a feeling of deep pleasure or satisfaction from one's own achievements
friends /frɛndz/ A1	noun - people whom one knows and has a bond of mutual affection
airplane /ˈɛrpleɪn/ A2	noun - a vehicle designed for air travel
shark /ʃɑrk/ B1	noun - a large marine predator
died /daɪd/ A1	verb - to stop living
desert /ˈdɛzərt/ B2	noun - a dry, barren area of land
nightclub /ˈnaɪtˌklʌb/ B2	noun - a place where people go to dance and have fun at night
caught /kɔt/ B1	verb - to capture or seize
run /rʌn/ A1	verb - to move quickly on foot

Key Grammar Structures

• My heart is paralyzed

  ➔ Present Simple Tense

  ➔ The phrase uses the present simple tense to express a current state or feeling.

• That's cool, but if my friends ask where you are, I'm gonna say

  ➔ Conditional Sentences

  ➔ The phrase uses a conditional structure to express a situation that depends on another.

• Help me, help me, I'm all out of lies

  ➔ Present Continuous Tense

  ➔ The phrase uses the present continuous tense to express an ongoing action or state.

• She went down in an airplane

  ➔ Past Simple Tense

  ➔ The phrase uses the past simple tense to describe a completed action in the past.

• I wanna live a thousand lives with you

  ➔ Infinitive Form

  ➔ The phrase uses the infinitive form 'to live' to express a desire or intention.

• Someday I'll find a love like yours

  ➔ Future Simple Tense

  ➔ The phrase uses the future simple tense to express an action that will happen in the future.

• Help me, help me, I'm no good at goodbyes

  ➔ Negative Form

  ➔ The phrase uses a negative form to express inability or lack of skill.