Terry Jacks - Seasons in the Sun Meaning

Tagged: Death | Children | Disease | Emotions: Sad Songs | Loss [suggest]

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Song Released: 1974

Seasons in the Sun Lyrics

Goodbye to you, my trusted friend.
We've known each other since we're nine or ten.
Together we climbed hills or trees.
Learned of love and ABC's,
skinned our hearts and skinned our knees.
Goodbye my friend, it's hard to die,
when all the...

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Jan 13th 2006 !⃝
This song could be about a man going to Vietnam, and saying goodbye to everyone because he is probably going to die.
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Jul 10th 2005 !⃝
This song could possibly be about a man dying slowly. He says goodbye to his best friend, father and daughter. It was originally called "Le Moribond" ("The Dying Man") in french.

The beach boys recorded it, but never released it because it was too depressing.

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