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Kinda Kinks (Deluxe Edition)
So Long

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So Long

From Kinda Kinks (Deluxe Edition)Track 102:11

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"So Long" is a track by The Kinks, from the album Kinda Kinks (Deluxe Edition). The track is 2:11 long. Full lyrics are available below.

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Lyrics

So Long

So long, so long
Now I'm on my way
So long, so long
See you all some day

Don't know where I'm heading for
Turn my back and walk away
Don't think about what's left behind
Otherwise

Think about the good times
Think about the people you love
Think about the sun that is gone
And there ain't no use me talking 'bout the things we used to do

So long, so long
I'm better by myself
So long, so long
Don't need nobody else

If I fade from people's hearts
I'm glad I left them far behind
There's one thing that holds me still
I'm thinkin'

The memory of your kiss
The memory of your sweet caress
The memory of you love that is gone
And there ain't no use me talking 'bout the things we used to do

So long, so long
Got no time for tears
So long, so long
Got music in my ears

Got no time for Muswell town
Gonna look around now
My old town was good to me
But oh...

Guess I'll say so long now
Don't even say a word
I'll turn my back and walk away, but oh...
The day that I've seen everything I promise to return

So long, so long
Now I'm on my way
So long, so long
See you all some day
So long, so long
Now I'm on my way
So long, so long

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Track details

From Kinda Kinks (Deluxe Edition)

2:11

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Album

Kinda Kinks (Deluxe Edition)

Track number

10

1Look for Me Baby
2:18
2Got My Feet On the Ground
2:15
3Nothin' In the World Can Stop Me Worryin' 'Bout That Girl
2:44
4Naggin' Woman
2:37
5Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight
2:01
6Tired of Waiting for You
2:30
7Dancing In the Street
2:20
8Don't Ever Change
2:24
9Come On Now
1:48
10So Long
2:11
11You Shouldn't Be Sad
2:01
12Something Better Beginning
2:26
1Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy
2:13
2Who'll Be the Next In Line
2:03
3Set Me Free
2:10
4I Need You
2:24
5See My Friends
2:45
6Never Met a Girl Like You Before
2:04
7A Well Respected Man
2:42
8Such a Shame
2:18
9Wait Till the Summer Comes Along
2:08
10Don't You Fret
2:43
11I Go to Sleep (Demo)
2:43
12When I See That Girl of Mine (Demo)
1:59
13Tell Me Now So I'll Know (Demo)
1:34
14A Little Bit of Sunlight (Kassner Publishing Demo)
1:51
15There's a New World Just Opening for Me (Demo)
2:33
16This I Know (Demo)
2:02
17See My Friends (Alternate Take)
2:27
18Come On Now (Alternate Vocal)
1:56
19You Shouldn't Be Sad (Live at the BBC)
2:51
20Tired of Waiting for You (Live at Maida Vale Studios, 1965)
2:22
21Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy (Live at Maida Vale Studios, 1965)
2:13
22This Strange Effect (Live at Aeolian Hall, 1965)
2:34
23Hide and Seek (Live at Aeolian Hall, 1965)
2:21

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