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Artist: Melanie Safka
Canonical path: /melanie-safka/the-saddest-thing
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The Saddest Thing
Read The Saddest Thing lyrics by Melanie Safka on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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The Saddest Thing
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And the saddest thing under the sun above
Is to say goodbye to the ones you love
All the things that I have known
Became my life, my very own
But, before you know you say goodbye
All the time goodbye, it's time to cry
But I will not weep or make a scene
Just say thank you life for having been
And the hardest thing under the sun above
Is to say goodbye to the ones you love
I will not weep nor make a scene
I'm gonna thank, thank you life for having been.
And the loudest cry under the sun above
Is a silent goodbye from the ones you love
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Melanie Safka performs "The Saddest Thing", and this lyric page sits inside the Melanie Safka catalog on LyroVerse.
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