"Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye" lyrics

"Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye"

I loved you in the morning, our kisses deep and warm,
Your hair upon the pillow like a sleepy golden storm,
Yes, many loved before us, I know that we are not new,
In city and in forest they smiled like me and you,
But now it's come to distances and both of us must try,
Your eyes are soft with sorrow,
Hey, that's no way to say goodbye.

I'm not looking for another as I wander in my time,
Walk me to the corner, our steps will always rhyme
You know my love goes with you as your love stays with me,
It's just the way it changes, like the shoreline and the sea,
But let's not talk of love or chains and things we can't untie,
Your eyes are soft with sorrow,
Hey, that's no way to say goodbye.

I loved you in the morning, our kisses deep and warm,
Your hair upon the pillow like a sleepy golden storm,
Yes many loved before us, I know that we are not new,
In city and in forest they smiled like me and you,
But let's not talk of love or chains and things we can't untie,
Your eyes are soft with sorrow,
Hey, that's no way to say goodbye.


Writer(s): Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen recorded "Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye" for his debut album "Songs of Leonard Cohen" in December 1967.
Roberta Flack included her version of this song on her debut album "First Take" in 1969.
Feist, Ariel Engle and Daniela Gesundheit performed this song at the "Tower of Song: A Memorial Tribute to Leonard Cohen" concert in 2017.