I'd rather leave while I'm in Love - Rita Coolidge lyrics

music by Rita Coolidge

[@PJOwens-ur9mk]

Many years ago my wise mother told me, “A clean break is better than a bad tear.” I was in a toxic relationship--holding her with one hand while pushing her away with the other. Finally, I summoned the resolve to break free, reinvent myself, and follow my star to a future better than I ever could have imagined. Thank you, Mom. I miss your wisdom and I miss your voice.

[@johnparker8588]

Wisdom is a wonderful thing to have access too even if we don’t have it. Your mother was very wise.

[@taniasterling2002]

I'm crying listening to this song, this masterpiece by Ms Rita Coolidge....Met this guy a few months ago and I'm head over heels in love with him, but unfortunate he's not...so I've decided to leave while I'm still in love...problem is that I don't think I'll stop loving him...😭😭😭😭

[@johnparker8588]

Yes you will. You’d be surprised how quickly another guy can take his place.

[@dessagonzales3188]

Same as your situation 😞

[@corarubis2772]

I've been listening to this for over 3 hours now!!!!i just love the meaning of it!!😁😍😛😜

[@rcentinella]

One of the most beautiful songs ever...

[@AllanAlonte]

❤good song

[@davidhatton6858]

My wife played this all the time before she left me. To me it was just a song, to her it was her future.😢

[@glowblossoms]

Sorry to hear that😮 I'm listening to learn for my next cover😊 But I wish you well ❤️‍🩹

[@riverboyblue]

nice words

[@antoinettemanfra1412]

What a beautiful voice you have been blessed with Rita. I've loved all your songs over many years. God Bless you ALWAYS Rita 🙏❤️

[@joycelyndelossantos6858]

A very soothing song for one who had gone through several heartbreaks.

[@gordonpingenot1731]

Rita really nailed it with this song. This may be the best bittersweet song ever recorded......

[@hoovercat1]

I have to revisit this song from time to time… It soothe my bones.

[@sherrym4854]

Todd it does soothe the bones

[@hoovercat1]

:-)

[@aileenlevygarces1530]

Same here..

[@joanamariemercadolara6217]

@@aileenlevygarces1530 rrddas

[@maribelquiap6794]

💔💔💔💔

[@gordonpingenot1731]

This is one of the best bittersweet love songs ever. Rita is Great......

[@lilylau8347]

Rita is the best , her voice is beautiful. The song is sad. I love her.

[@garythomasgarythomas1607]

The best song ever no one can put that much emotion in a song like Rita does

[@eepyakykswkd2115]

Truth is its really hard to leave when you’re still inlove 😔😢💔

[@aileenlevygarces1530]

True

[@BeachComber1977]

Beautiful voice, beautiful song~

[@gordonpingenot1731]

This is my absolute favorite song by Rita. What a wonderful and amazing performance, this is......

[@Daisypetal100]

Beautiful bittersweet song.

[@malayanacion2505]

still remember an old 45...40 years ago and the memories still lingers on💔

[@MOGGS1942]

What bliss. The utterly gorgeous Ms. Coolidge and a beautiful song.

[@alexanderdadis5676]

A great nostalgia both the meaning and the way it was sung! Great song8!

[@ThomasKeltner]

I played this song for years, then I met the woman I've searched for all my life. I asked her to marry me and she said yes. It was like Rita's other song.. ..... All Time High. 😊

[@ronaldom5429]

a beautiful woman with a golden voice !

[@debbiemanzano-muzik8293]

I love this song. The lyrics, the melody....the whole of it!

[@barryh.4220]

Beautiful song from a singer of great quality, Rita Coolidge always was class.

[@aklanpinoy6717]

"Too many times I've seen the rose die on the vine. Somebody's heart gets broken usually it's mine." Sounds familiar, right? Life goes on, though! Thank you for such a beautiful tune, one song, this, one day at a time!

[@virginialilagan6379]

Yea sounds familiar😏😝

[@romeoaquino4878]

I love most this song....it always made me cry....!!!

[@TheGuccilady]

A beautiful song, I just love it.

[@EdelweissM_TheJourney]

I get it now! I will leave you alone! Thank you for the wonderful memories!

[@terrynicholas1982]

It's taken me 2 year's to get it. But I'm getting it now. God it's do hard.

[@kellienorth8208]

this is a good song, sung perfectly by Rita Coolidge...

[@TheDaniel2483]

this song went to #38 on the pop charts in 1980!!!

[@gordonpingenot1731]

As I've said before, this is one of the best bittersweet songs ever recorded. Rita is the greatest!!!

[@claudiocorleone7856]

This is a hard song to sing. Try it and see . Rita must have done 100 takes to nail it! Perfect

[@dionlindsay2]

Particularly for a bloke - so much of it is right across the break. And I think there's something about the key as well.

[@fiddlefaddle1]

What a defeatist song! My heart has been broken in the past and I almost gave up trying to find someone. Now, I have been married for over 37 years and I don't think that I could possibly love her more. The right person is out there for everyone.

[@fiddlefaddle1]

Geeze, Rita, you and Stevie Wonder could get together and do a duet. " I just called to say, I'M LEAVING"!

[@unamckillen7125]

pfretman I will take it under advisement. I am glad for you, truly I am but you really cannot say that. Broken hearts are fragile things and I know people who just cannot do it. They do not believe it.

[@edpolk1262]

LOLOLOL😆😆😆😆😆

[@dianeseymour6189]

BEAUTIFUL SONG ❤️❤️❤️

[@petsrock7791]

From my junior year of high school. Still so beautiful! ❤️❤️

[@jackchan2600]

thank you for sharing this beauty music. have not heard this song for along long time. thank you again for sharing.

[@browndog461]

Perception vs reality, love is renewable, No One has a corner on it's existence.

[@DrRichardMusgrave]

Written by Peter Allen and Carole Bayer-Sager. They were quite the team. Take a listen to some of their other songs.

[@Bswaneffect]

Yes, they wrote some impressive songs, my favourite being 'You and Me (We wanted it all) which was transformed from a good song into a great song by Sinatra.

[@Setiawan284]

thanks for sharing the song ... this is one of my fave songs .... i really did enjoy listening the song, while spending around six years in love with my Gf. six years is not short, since we have differences, including religion. but only the song keeps our love alive

[@kennasoriano3892]

I cant afford that feeling anymore...a word for someone who doesnt have the heart for someone like me...then go

[@vitordragon]

Amazing! Lyrics by Peter Allen (RIP) and Carole Bayer Sager. Greetings from São Paulo, Brazil.

[@mikeys12]

vitordragon diga

[@gordonpingenot1731]

As I said before, this is probably the most beautiful bittersweet song ever. Rita completely nailed this performance.....

[@myrnaansay6410]

Best lines,good advice from the lyrics.

[@maryjanevasquez5262]

it always comes on my mind all over and over again..can't take this out of my imagination..Nice Song..I'de rather leave while I'm Inlove by Rita Coolidge..thank you.

[@wagner688374]

"Maravilha de música!!!!Só quem viveu essa época sabe do que estou falando !!!!!Obrigado pela postagem.

[@jeaneycruz6717]

I don't want to take the chance of being hurt again...

[@donnacarr3782]

I love this song!

[@charinacallejo819]

One of the bittersweet lovesong..i love it😊

[@alexandremirio2537]

Amo ....amo...amo...esta música...até casaria com esta cantora...mesmo com a idade que hoje ela tem...continua linda...formosa e talentosa...

[@angelgirlpart3]

lovely.......................golden memories

[@maryditholalo9945]

Ilove the song!! Good Vibes❤

[@LuizSilva-vh6xu]

Melhor música cantada pela Rita

[@mercymallari3871]

A bittersweet song for those ppl who's hoping and wishing for someone to be loved but it turned out he wasn't nd told you that he can find anytime ,a single one not just like you ..saddest but true

[@leonytingin8650]

I love the melody so much,i but evrytime im listening this song,my tears falling down.and this is one of my fave song since 5hen

[@CaymeSinoto]

If you love the person you can do everything to make him happy whatever what he is ❤️

[@robertthomas5812]

Love Rita Love that tune

[@cantforgetyou]

What a wonderful song. I've just found out this song. Nice lyrics and beautiful melody.

[@vitordragon]

Thanks for posting! Love this one! Greetings from São Paulo, Brazil.

[@blakeyboo3684]

After weeks of not sleeping and worrying about somebody I love not feeling the same towards me anymore, I heard this song last night and realised I have to let go now and stop living on in hope, leave before resentment begins to grow, as much as it kills me to do so.

[@BeachComber1977]

+Blakey Boo I truly hope you have found happiness in the last two years since you posted. I had to let go while I was still in love; it was painful, but I later found a man whom I love completely and who gives me the love and devotion I need. We are now married and we could not be happier. If I had stayed in the first relationship, my spirit would have died. I hope you have found lasting love, too.

[@gemmadomingo2088]

Ganon talaga magparaya ka Kung Mahal mo

[@gemmadomingo2088]

Blakey Boo it's time to let go

[@joybaylon1075]

What did u do first ?😐

[@aileenlevygarces1530]

It hurts to accept the truth..

[@nicolasatamosa6551]

Thanks for the memories

[@garyjknight]

what a beautiful beautiful song - thx so much for posting

[@elizabethordanza604]

Love this song!

[@yayayduling9401]

me either .....I'd rather leave while I'm in love.The best decision .

[@meralonaquisaot9814]

hahaha no wonder so many girls are so in love here ....because of your song rita thank you so much

[@Maria-dj8ng]

Beautiful song beautiful lady so meaningful xx Maria

[@stelamenezes7073]

Very beautiful.Special is music !

[@donnacarr3782]

I do believe she wrote this song about her husband Kris Kristoffason. He was an alcoholic at the time and couldn’t love her back so she bowed out with class…🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@ezrawilliams3433]

I love the lyrics of this song sung by my two favroite artists Rita Coolidge n Dusty Springfield in their own beautiful renditions. (Its best to leave like lalwas.did with the best memmories it really helps u move on

[@fajaryulianto5410]

Deep meaning in every single word.... i finally found this beautiful lyric song.... thank you and high appreciated

[@shineshoj888]

Thank you

[@jenniferbordonaro1113]

great song.

[@didikpurwianto9104]

Nice song...

[@BobSFox]

* Dedicated To Someone Very Special That Came Into My Life @ the most Critical Time of My Discovering Who I Was as a Person * Love, Hugs Bob

[@kakishin26]

lucky girl

[@waneflash7613]

So sweeetttzzz

[@BobSFox]

Thanks Michelle.....May Life Bless You with All the Very Best...Bob Fox

[@kimberlystella1012]

So true love this song I can relate .

[@ernestcharles8919]

Love this

[@gibertasfamily7162]

I love this song ...so nice ..

[@ttttkeith]

its a very humbling song..luv it

[@Setiawan284]

in late July - early August, the weather is always hot that i and my Gf chose to visit the suburb of Jakarta, where the air is crisp, life is simple and the people are not complicated. we took a sip of dark roast coffee in an old heritage building with its soul. the barista served the coffee, and one of the waitress played Rita Coolidge's song, .... I'd rather leave while I'm in love .... in the middle of the song, it started to rain, a little ....

[@meralonaquisaot9814]

you see i need my fantasy........what a lovely music here

[@tommym7646]

love sad songs -- i've always wondered if most people have found ideal love, or do most of us just settle?

[@oknoypoblete1917]

forever is always inside one's heart and mind

[@aileenlevygarces1530]

True

[@doratoledo568]

Esa musica me trasporta a mi epoca d juventud

[@mindagalve8415]

Though it hurts, but if you ever love someone just let them be and set them free ❤

[@jessalynreyes7383]

thanks for posting.

[@alexleigh9305]

i'm 17 years old, and this is my very favourite song🤧🤧

[@donitarones3893]

Dads favorite ❤️

[@migeogesanchez7033]

Didicated my loves😘😍😍dovey I love you but I dont leave you 😉😉😇😇thanks for all the effort ..

[@philw245]

This was once used in a road safety advert in the UK.

[@Artnsoul777]

BELISIMO (beautifull lyrics & voice).

[@josiearinto2985]

This is the song of my Life

[@chasinthewind1198]

I just have to come back to this one occasionally...........

[@eugenioferreira9980]

Apesar de triste é muito linda dá um toc de emoção 💖

[@mariaegipto7618]

I don't know how to leave without leaving a pain in my heart...but I know In my mind I have to leave when I'm the only one in love ...

[@tommym7646]

well said Jose. Have to use that one.

[@arciriaelizabethhorvath5757]

Selecionada às mais linda que eu acho vale apenas recordar

[@watcher0071000]

Why do I keep listening to this song? Maybe, because doing so, gathers all my emotions into one gigantic storm that washes away all the frustrations and sadness about Unrequited Love....

[@eugenioferreira9980]

Apesar de triste é muito linda ❤️

[@pearlarguilles1783]

thats my favoritw song

[@antoniettacastrocuyossnitc5420]

very nice song until the end of time

[@nonoylustriajr5698]

how i love the melody of this song but saddened by how the lyrics of the song goes

[@carmenmayrenaalfarorodrigu8402]

Demasiado bello

[@jingosantana5813]

Its best to leave while im in love,,what a heartbreaking song...