Hay, Colin - I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You Lyrics






I drink good coffee every morning
Comes from a place that's far away
And when I'm done I feel like talking
Without you here there is less to say

Don't want you thinking I'm unhappy
What is closer to the truth
If I lived till I was a hundred and two
I just don't think I'll ever get over you

No longer moved to drink strong whiskey
I shook the hand of time and I knew
That if I lived till I could no longer climb my stairs
I just don't think I'll ever get over you

A face that dances and it haunts me
With laughter still ringin' in my ears
I still find pieces of your presence here
even, even after all these years

I don't want you thinkin' that I don't get asked to dinner
Cuz I'm here to say that I sometimes do
And even though I may seem to feel a touch of love
I just don't think I'll ever get over you

If I lived till I was a hundred and two
I just don't think I'll ever get over you





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  1. t.... ....

    I really should stop listening to this song...

  2. S.... M....

    Greetings from New Mexico. Cleaning my house listening to Colin Hay soundtrack - weeping with love.

  3. R.... G....

    My friend's mother played this song at his funeral in 2009, we lost him to gang violence!

  4. t.... ....

    Lets all kill ourselves to this song. Our lives are forfeit, and we will never be loved by another person ever again. The world as we know it has fundamentally changed, and the global powers are all speeding towards World War 3. As for me, I would rather die with your memory upon my mind than be forced to live in some post-apocalyptic horror show. I give up, and I should have given up long ago. There is no future left for me other than the inevitability of death, and I long for its sweet embrace. Who's with me???

  5. 1.... ....

    Garden State

  6. R.... B....

    I found this song after years and somewhere I am kinda stuck between a lot of things . Nothing makes sense right now but somehow this song does

  7. S.... B....

    These sentiments are so real. Obviously written by someone who's really lived the joys and Sorrows of life.

  8. B.... D....

    Garden State, best soundtrack ever!

  9. D.... S....

    I only "discovered" this a few months ago (2019) - it is achingly beautiful, and I think it can mean all things to all men.

  10. E.... l....

    Even though he left, he’s still here.

  11. J.... J....

    This song makes me cry. So beautiful ❤️

  12. R.... T....

    I found this song in the Garden State soundtrack ages ago. Still hooked and enamored. <3

  13. D.... P....

    If you read this, you will !

  14. p.... ....

    I fell in love with a stranger at the Starbucks today. I don't think I'll ever get over her

    p.... ....

    What did you like about her?

    p.... ....

    She reminded me of Kate Jackson

  15. I.... K....

    Rebekah, her name was Rebekah

  16. S.... M....

    Think I I'm gna write this here coz I knw she'll never find it here

    Amanda Kimberly Mussa u r the love of my life I'm never gonna find someone like I'll never gna find anyone better I'm not saying we should be together but I'm jst saying I dont think I'll over you I will love you for eternity
    Jst wish u if u still cherished like I do u
    I love you

  17. W.... J....

    colin wrote this song about alcohol abuse but the beauty about music is it can mean so many different things to different people.

  18. K.... B....

    For the way it ended and all broke down, but for our time too, I just don’t think I’ll truly ever get over you John.

  19. G.... R....

    I found an old journal tonight from fifteen years ago, around the time I first heard this song. I had written some of the lyrics on a page next to the name of the girl with whom I was madly in love. We dated for a few years, broke up a few times because of my poor mental health. I didn’t know at the time how deep was my suffering, or how much I needed help. I only ever wanted to be with her for the rest of my life, but I couldn’t find a way to make it work; I knew how unhappy I was with me, so how could she love me? I thought I was doing her a favor by pushing her away and letting her go.

    She married, had a kid, is living happily now. I went off to be miserable, lost, unsatisfied, and wandering. I realized a year ago, with aid of my family, how much help I really need. I regret not seeking help years ago, damned pride and ignorance, for what I’ve lost. I believed she deserved better, but better was not the way I left her, feeling alone and unloved.

    My most egregious mistake was not recognizing how much she loved me, how much that mattered. When someone loves you it’s as if you could run through walls, and you have a light inside burning white hot. The opposite of that, when that person thinks you were never in love and never cared, that you are a liar and a coward and a fraud...that is the darkest and weakest I have ever felt. Like someone has taken the breath out of your lungs, you feel as if you have no purpose and life has no meaning.

    I’ve lost so much in my life, and I’m learning to get up, get focused, and get over it. But hard as I try, some things I just don’t think I’ll ever get over.

    G.... R....

    Brother, I feel your pain. I'm sorry.

  20. D.... S....

    This is just amazing good ! Who the hell is this guy ?

    D.... S....

    He was the lead singer of Men at Work!

  21. L.... M....

    Bill, you sent me this message when I was so far away from you. When we would joke about holding hands in the nursing home someday.... Someday, when you had settled yourself down. Now I listen to this song and realize that, while you are gone from this earth, you are not so far away from me. I hear your love in this song, and I know that youll greet me when I leave this place. See you on that other side, and until then- I keep you in my heart. Always. Love you butthead.

  22. B.... A....

    Its funny how someone you only just met can have such an impact in your life.

  23. A.... S....

    Caught a bolt of lightning..
    Curse the day I let it go... 💔

  24. r.... d....

    All the broken hearts here. If you are reading this, I hope it gets better. ❤️

  25. M.... C....

    i should’ve never let u go..

  26. E.... H....

    This brings memories of an awful divorce 12 years ago. 😢

  27. C.... B....

    There is less to say. Gets me in the feels.

  28. B.... T....

    Here on the anniversary of the passing of one of my dearest friends. This song is still true. Without her here, there is less to say.

  29. Q.... S....

    This song is very good! It's on the Garden State soundtrack as well. Obviously, I like that soundtrack from 2004. Colin Hay is from Men at Work(australia). I just don't think I'll ever get over you...He is a master songsmith! Don't want you thinking I'm unhappy.

  30. K.... ....

    I really wish I wasn't living these lyrics.

  31. D.... T....

    I lost my bestfriend on 16th march 2019 in a bike accident. Rest in peace Atharv. I will miss yu forever. You are the most wonderful soul Athu. Love you.
    ~Aki your little brother and best friend

  32. T.... M....

    Loved this song from the time I purchased the album years back when it was first released. Standing the test of time. Thank you Colin.

  33. T.... T....

    I’ve been in many relationships in my short time on earth, some spanning years, some spanning weeks. By now I can tell when a guy is going to stick around after the first few dates. I’m currently a few days off 5 months with my boyfriend and while that isn’t very long at all, we have an incredibly strong connection, like we function on the same wavelength and everything is easy. Not without its difficulties, but easy. He’s played this song for me a few times, sometimes while we’re cuddling and others we’ve danced around his kitchen to it. And while many see this as a song to mourn a loss, to me this song represents my love for him and how no matter what happens in the future, he will forever be an amazing part of my life.

  34. C.... R....

    2019, I'm listening to this at 2am. Had so beautiful love and not so beautiful, but this song makes it all worthwhile. One day I hope to find that perfect love, if it even exists.

  35. P.... H....

    Reminds me very much of Nick Drake. Great stuff!

  36. T.... ....

    She loves me, but she’s afraid...

  37. T.... C....

    My ex cheated on me with my friend and now it still haunts me. My relationship now is amazing and I love the woman I'm with, I'm just always paranoid that it's going to happen again... I know this is a comments section, but I don't know how to stop worrying about it..... I need help...

  38. p.... p....

    A Million Little Things

  39. T.... D....

    Kelsay, I will miss you so much. It’s going to kill me to see you move on and find happiness with someone else. I’m sorry I wasn’t enough. Marriage and kids change things I guess. I’ll love you always, and hope fate brings you back to me.

  40. y.... h....

    i miss you honey.. you were everything to me..you made me a better person, but still not good enough. i tear up at the sound of your name, i quiver at the sight of your face. i can feel a piece of my soul that is missing, pieces of a shattered soul. i still love you, and i will love you more each day that passes without you. i promised you i would never love anyone else, and i will keep my promise until i take my last breath.
    *forever yours*,
    -Luis.

  41. T.... R....

    That fella's in a world of pain. And thanks for sharing. Some can empathise.

  42. E.... D....

    For my late husband, who was the first best person who Ever happened to me. Our Forever didn’t last long enough, but I will always cherish what short time we had together. Forever in my heart. ❤️

  43. L.... B....

    This hurt sooooo good. This song kills me soo bad I want to stay alive. If not now..... when???? #Pain #Why #When #UnfortunatelyLife

  44. j.... ....

    This song haunts me

  45. w.... ....

    Makes me think of the expression "time heals all wounds"
    I lost the best friend I've ever had 3 years ago.
    I believed for a while that time would eventually make it easier.
    I feel silly after listening to this.

  46. M.... ....

    Is there even one person who has listened to this song without losing it?

  47. B.... ....

    There will always be that one person whom we will miss and love forever, the story that wasn't meant to be.

  48. P.... G....

    Ironically, this song was never about the loss of a person. It's about his battle with alcoholism, hence why he drinks coffee now instead of whiskey. It cost him his marriage, his friends, his career, but it's still an everyday struggle to maintain his sobriety and not give in to depression.

    Whether it's about a never-ending battle with addiction, loss, or whatever pain life throws our way, we just have to keep going... because that's all we really CAN do.

    P.... G....

    Paul Gesslein I like this insight so much. Loss is loss and can be compounded. Sobriety can mean the loss of friends, comfort in the booze, etc. (I’m not sure because this isn’t my exact story.) I lost my health for 15 years and have 80% of it back. I still grieve for the compounded, intertwined losses that happened as a fallout of that chronic illness. No getting over it, just moving forward with it. ❤️

  49. R.... S....

    People come into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime...

  50. T.... S....

    Those beautiful, lush chords...Hypnotic, bittersweet, this can be a song of loss...or even wonder...For that guy: If you ever find this and read it, yes...yes...it is always you, it will always be you...

  51. R.... S....

    People come into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. That's Ruth in the picture. She passed over 3 years ago but if I change my profile picture she'll be gone forever. Like this song...even if I live till...

  52. K.... X....

    When I was 17 i thought i had the world in my hand and she left me. I went months without talking to abybody then i met this driend a rushed in a relationship hella quick with her. My ex still lingers in my mind and my current girl has suffered so much because of it. My ex still acts likes she cares and gives me hope just to shit on me and I'm constantly letting her. I just wish there was a way to solve it all without getting myself hurt or my current girlfriend. I love her so much, but i can't make her understand how toxic it is to be with somebody as unstable as me

  53. N.... ....

    This song is really relatable for me. My first love and I had crushes on each other, and we used to talk every day. I saw her every day at school since we hung out with each other, but then she stopped coming around and we weren't talking as much. In fear that I would mess something up and lose her, I didn't ask her what was wrong. One day, I confronted her and I said sorry for anything I had done wrong. I never really did anything that bad, but I just wanted to see if I could get any information out of her as to what was wrong. Long story short, she basically told me that she didn't want to talk to me anymore and that she hates me now. Why she hates me now is something I don't think I'll ever understand, but even though she hates me for whatever reason now and I've gotten over her, I still don't think I'll completely ever get over her, even if she doesn't ever want to talk to me again. I'll still have a part of me that loves her, and deep down inside I still always miss those times we spent together laughing and talking to each other.

  54. Y.... T....

    I still find pieces of your presence here, even after all these years

  55. �.... ....

    This is so beautiful-thanks so much

  56. T.... M....

    Almost five years and I inexorably still think about her every day, feeling the loss of her like a phantom limb. We slow-danced to this song in the kitchen, in our socks on the linoleum, before I lost her. Prophetic.. She was the love of my life, and I know I'll never get over her.

  57. G.... B....

    Forgot this. Been listening to this song on n off throughout the years and it gets more emotional for me each time I hear it. Great song

  58. g.... ....

    "I could be anything in the world

    I wanted to be his"


    -Rupi Kaur

  59. j.... ....

    I lost my 15 year old son to suicide in 2005. This song is our song. I love you💕

    j.... ....

    ♡♡♡

    j.... ....

    I am so sorry. What else can I say?

    j.... ....

    What a beautiful song to remember him by. Thanks for sharing that with us.

    j.... ....

    I’m so sorry.

  60. P.... ....

    Ti amo.

  61. m.... ....

    Haven't gotten over her now, 8 years together is just an amount of memories that I think will always be present. But I think we did the right thing at the time and I hope we both get another shot at something like what we had. She's now in a relationship again and I'm glad that her new guy is distinguishly different than me. We wanted to be something for each other, we truly never were. But the feelings were true and genuine in a way I never felt since. Though in the end our relationship was flawed, there were traits and characteristics in her I admire and never found again in a person. And maybe am clinging onto a little too much. I miss us. But I still have hope to find a more fitting partner. Finding a new perspective is hard, but living caught in an eternal comparison won't commend any future happiness. I'll keep you in my heart, if I want to or not, but I got to keep moving on, wishing you the best, better life, I could never provide.

  62. J.... s....

    Jack. Broke my heart into a thousand pieces. I carry them in my pocket; they belong to him and have no place in my chest anymore.

  63. W.... C....

    So much open hearted honesty, trust, and lifes experience coming through this song. Especially this more personal version......love it.Thank you Claire for the posting of it...I didnt know this version existed.and thanks too, David Hunt for your comment below.....very true. Thank you.

  64. A.... L....

    Hedvig, I still love and miss you.

  65. A.... ....

    This song is every human being and their first true love.

  66. I.... S....

    My Angel, you'll live forever in my heart. When I'm old and grey, you'll be with me. Everywhere I go, every minute you are with me.

  67. L.... B....

    Rest in peace and fly high brother!!! We ALL L♡'VE & MISS YOU EVERYDAY ALL DAY LONG.

    LOVE me,
    Your favorite sister

    😍

    If I lived 'til I
    was one
    hundred and two
    I just don't think I'll get over yoU.

  68. D.... S....

    I love you, Joey. Always have, always will.

  69. L.... B....

    The Hills brought me here... all the way to 2018.

  70. E.... ....

    Garden state <33

  71. T.... P....

    195 people really can't get over.

  72. J.... R....

    amazing

  73. L.... D....

    10 years later I still miss my sister

  74. A.... M....

    Hannah Caitlyn de Groot died by suicide on February 14th, 2017. For the rest of my life, this song will remind me of how a nineteen year old girl changed my life forever.I miss you HanHan, you're my best gal pal.

  75. �.... ....

    gabz, you will always be "the one" for me. i have, more or less, resigned myself to a fate that knows that i'll never get over you.. its been 13 years now since the last time I've seen you, and still, not a single day goes by without me worshipping the way could love me--and I've never found someone to make me feel that way since. for what its worth, i'm so very sorry for the words that hurt you and the actions that made you feel like i didn't care.. I was just simply too young to understand what we had. I hope you're happy, loved, and fulfilled in your life. I want to be the one that carries the weight of the daughter we lost, please let me do that for you.. i love you. thank you for letting me know that i CAN BE loved. yours forever, wes.

  76. S.... T....

    WHEN YOU WAKE UP, TRY TO BE QUIET. MAKE SOME COFFEE & PUT TWO CUPS ON THE TABLE, & REMEMBER ITS JUST YOU THERE.
    MISS YOU DAD . . .

    S.... T....

    Wow, you just made me miss my dad too. I lost him in 18'.

  77. s.... ....

    I miss you, Dove.

  78. M.... A....

    this one hits sooooooo hard... I get bruised listening to this song...

  79. f.... ....

    That wonderful moment when you find a song which tells the exact story of how you're feeling right now...

  80. T.... S....

    this song hovers in emotional suspension of the most important frequency of the human life experience
    ((({{{{[£♡¥€}}}}))))

  81. T.... ....

    We were perfect for just such a short time - and then you were gone in the blink of an eye. My heart aches for you every day and somehow the example you have set can never be remotely touched. For every day I can’t say I love you, I shed a tear and send that love to you through my soul. I think about calling but I just can’t. I left so much of my heart with you; do I ever cross your mind?

  82. K.... S....

    I hear your with someone new that you only met a week ago. Our friendship of 6 years didn't mean a thing to you. I hope you treat her well like you used to do to me before you had changed. I still hear your voice in my head and I will remember everything we had together forever. I still just think Ill ever get over you.

  83. b.... g....

    it's been five years since we last talked, A. and i still find pieces of you in me. it's my fault for not communicating back. i was young, i was naive, i was insecure, and i was doubtful. and now i'm regretting it all. deeply regretting it all. if only i have grown the courage to tell that i have loved you since i was fifteen, i wonder what we could have been. we could still be talking now, perhaps, we could have been together. i guess this is all we are ever going to be: a could have been. if i could live another life, again and again my heart would choose you, my first love. you will never read this surely, but i hope that in another universe, in another lifetime, where everything is in the right place, you will.

    b.... g....

    I'm right here!

  84. E.... F....

    I already know you're gonna be the one that got away, Dan. I think I might have accidentally fallen in love with you and I'll never have you. I cant bring myself to regret it.

  85. H.... K....

    I loved her with my everything and she still left me. I still can't get over her, she's always in my mind. God! What love has made me...

  86. J.... M....

    its been 5 years and i dont think i will ever get over her....i sometimes wish i was Jim Carrey in Internal Sunshine and could erase her from my mind.

  87. J.... M....

    Deeply intimate; intensely beautiful. The epitome of poignancy.

  88. M.... M....

    Tanzanian peaberry - every morning. And, I cannot change the voice on the answering machine - it is the last note of your beautiful deep voice on this earth.

  89. K.... N....

    A beautiful song .. always brings the emotions out ..

  90. R.... M....

    They say time heals all wounds....those people don't carry the true scars of life.
    Not the physical ones that can be seen, but the ones that hide under the surface. Wounds of the heart that never actually heal, we just learn how to hide them, and protect them.
    Perhaps it's losing a loved one that you never considered the notion of a life without them. Yet here we are....
    We live on without them, but they are always within us, some memories never fade.
    I never thought of a world without my brother...yet here I am. It's creeping up on 10 years.. He was 17....I'll always cherish our memories, and forever mourn the ones we didn't get to make.

    R.... M....

    So heartbreaking to read your comment :(. I feel the agony in your words... I am so sorry for your devastating loss. Sending love and prayers your way <3

  91. S.... S....

    I love you Drusilla, like the Dawn that wakens my heart each morning

  92. D.... D....

    I have never found a song that expresses my sorrow.....love is good.

  93. E.... C....

    this is the same guy that sang I come from a land down under lol

  94. P.... M....

    It's so nice to read through the comments were the words are very moving and with good words and no abuse that we find on some other new modern artist songs....

  95. J.... H....

    Deaths just a continuation of the journey we're all on, don't be sad, you'll see your wife again one day and it will seem as if you have never been apart.

  96. K.... C....

    Classic

  97. G.... S....

    It's only been two weeks since she said she didn't love me, and one since I had to move out of our family home, but I already know this song is true to my soul. I've had girlfriends and lovers before her, who were fun, who were great to be with, but only she felt like home, only she made me want to give everything. She was everything to me, and now our relationship has died in her heart, but for now it continues to define mine. I'm not bitter or angry, just hurting, because the person I loved so selflessly didn't return that love.

  98. B.... E....

    does what i have to say about this matter? i miss you almost everyday. its been over a year, and i still think about you almost everyday. is it fair to have lost your possible true love when you were so young? will i ever be able to love like i did before? maybe. "i still find pieces of your presence here". collin puts to words all my shameful mushy thoughts. i have so much shame surrounding love. thank you for this beautiful song. also it makes me feel so sad and terrible. nothing i do matters. nothing i say matters. no matter how much i loved you, keelan, matters. i still love you, i always will not matter what.

  99. E.... S....

    ... *sigh*