Bye bye happiness/
Hello loneliness.

“Bye Bye Love” by The Everly Brothers is one of the most covered and most iconic rock & roll songs. Historically this song is very special. This is the beginning of rock harmonies. This is the precursor to S&G, The Beach Boys, Bee Gees, etc. It is also one of the few songs to hit with both rock and country audiences.

Everyone from The Backstreet Boys, to The Beatles to Simon & Garfunkel have covered “Bye Bye Love” by The Everly Brothers. S&Gs version is right up there with the original. What is so amazing about this song is that it was recorded in 1957. There was so little music of this quality around that time.

As we have seen, there are so few songs that can hold up this many years later. Really, we have only heard Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens on the rock side. This was before them! For you guitar aficionados out there, Chet Atkins plays the guitar on this song.

Lyrics Bye Bye Love

Bye bye love
Bye bye happiness
Hello loneliness
I think I’ma gonna cry

Bye bye love
Bye bye sweet caress
Hello emptiness
I feel like I could die
Bye bye my love goodbye

There goes my baby with someone new
She sure looks happy, I sure am blue
She was my baby ’til he stepped in
Goodbye to romance that might have been

Bye bye love
Bye bye happiness
Hello loneliness
I think I’ma gonna cry

Bye bye love
Bye bye sweet caress
Hello emptiness
I feel like I could die
Bye bye my love goodbye

I’m through with romance, I’m through with love
I’m through with counting the stars above
And here’s the reason that I’m so free
My loving baby is through with me

Bye bye love
Bye bye happiness
Hello loneliness
I think I’ma gonna cry

Bye bye love
Bye bye sweet caress
Hello emptiness
I feel like I could die
Bye bye my love goodbye
Bye bye my love goodbye

Bye bye my love goodbye
Bye bye my love goodbye

Songwriters: Boudleaux Bryant / Felice Bryant