Songs for the Dumped

That Ben Folds Five song called "Song for the Dumped" I think, is a good one.

"Give me my money back, Give me my money back, You Bitch!

I want my money back, And don't forget, To give me back my black T-Shirt!"

In the sixth grade, a girl who had liked me had the local AM radio DJ dedicate "Sail On" by the Commodores to me to announce our "break up!" I didn't even know we were a couple.

God, I'd forgotten that...I dare any of you to top that story. I await your tales of woe.

Isn't there a Motley Crue song, "Don't Go Away Mad, Girl (Just Go Away)"

And if we're revealing sordid little secrets. . . Despite my international fame as a swinger and general appreciator of the lovely ladies, when I was in fifth grade I wrote a note to this girl (name withheld to protect the guilty, I hope she can sleep at night!!) asking her to "go" with me (the proper terminology of the time). She read the note, showed it to her friends, and laughed. Needless to say, I was horribly embarassed and thus my career as a fairer sex aficionado was delayed by several years of shame, intense psychotherapy, and various medications. She was kinda cute but I think a big perk of dating her would have been her well-developed mammary glands, especially for being ten or eleven years old. I can't believe i was thinking about that at that age. I wouldn't have even known what to do with them!

Funny how the same things have a universal appeal......

Originally posted by velocity girl i actually made a tape for this very purpose (that and unrequeited love)the tracks on it include; spiritualized - broken heart, smokey robinson - tracks of my tears, history - the verve, bulletproof - radiohead, i just dont know what to do with myself - dusty springfield, "as time goes by" from casablanca..among others, which i cant remember (cos i haven`t had need to play it a while, thankfully)and speaking of being dumped and mr bob dylan; i once got dumped via the means of a dylan song,"it aint me babe". cruel bastard.

Aaaah, Smokey Robinson....in fact, loads of Motown stuff would do in this situation. 'This Old Heart of Mine' by The Isley Brothers is one that springs to mind. :)

Well I ain't gonna even tempt fate by listing my "faves" as, fortunately, my girl has stuck with me thru thick and thin for nearly 8 years now, and, for want of anything else, I'm most happy to leave it just the way it is.... so no sad "laments" from me, just yet......