Paul Simon - 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover Lyrics






"The problem is all inside your head"
She said to me
"The answer is easy if you
Take it logically
I'd like to help you in your struggle
To be free
There must be fifty ways
To leave your lover"

She said, "It's really not my habit to intrude
Furthermore, I hope my meaning
Won't be lost or misconstrued
But I'll repeat myself
At the risk of being crude
There must be fifty ways
To leave your lover
Fifty ways to leave your lover"

You just slip out the back, Jack
Make a new plan, Stan
You don't need to be coy, Roy
Just get yourself free
Hop on the bus, Gus
You don't need to discuss much
Just drop off the key, Lee
And get yourself free

Ooh, slip out the back, Jack
Make a new plan, Stan
You don't need to be coy, Roy
Just listen to me
Hop on the bus, Gus
You don't need to discuss much
Just drop off the key, Lee
And get yourself free

She said, "It grieves me so
To see you in such pain
I wish there was something I could do
To make you smile again"
I said, "I appreciate that
And would you please explain
About the fifty ways?"

She said, "Why don't we both
Just sleep on it tonight
And I believe in the morning
You'll begin to see the light"
And then she kissed me
And I realized she probably was right
There must be fifty ways
To leave your lover
Fifty ways to leave your lover

You just slip out the back, Jack
Make a new plan, Stan
You don't need to be coy, Roy
Just get yourself free
Hop on the bus, Gus
You don't need to discuss much
Just drop off the key, Lee
And get yourself free

Slip out the back, Jack
Make a new plan, Stan
You don't need to be coy, Roy
Just listen to me
Hop on the bus, Gus
You don't need to discuss much
Just drop off the key, Lee
And get yourself free





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  1. E.... ....

    Left the keys in the van, with a gat in each hand...

  2. D.... H....

    I remember listening to this song on Casey Kasem's AT40. Even as a kid, I knew this Paul Simon guy was in a league of his own.

  3. J.... s....

    Filipino karaoke brought me here.

  4. D.... Y....

    Twenty Ways To Leave A Crappy Car Lease....

  5. C.... R....

    Fake your own death, Jeff!

  6. V.... T....

    Damn I felt that

  7. J.... E....

    The best and the fastest way is tell her you just found out you have HIV she will leave fast it works for me lol

  8. K.... P....

    Paul Simon. Another link in the Muscle Shoals legend.

  9. O.... l....

    "The problem is all inside your head", she said to me
    "The answer is easy if you take it logically
    I'd like to help you in your struggle to be free
    There must be fifty ways to leave your lover"
    She said, "it's really not my habit to intrude
    Furthermore, I hope my meaning won't be lost or misconstrued
    But I'll repeat myself at the risk of being crude
    There must be fifty ways to leave your lover
    Fifty ways to leave your lover"
    You just slip out the back, Jack
    Make a new plan, Stan
    You don't need to be coy, Roy
    Just get yourself free
    Hop on the bus, Gus
    You don't need to discuss much
    Just drop off the key, Lee
    And get yourself free
    Ooh, slip out the back, Jack
    Make a new plan, Stan
    You don't need to be coy, Roy
    You just listen to me
    Hop on the bus, Gus
    You don't need to discuss much
    Just drop off the key, Lee
    And get yourself free
    She said, "it grieves me so to see you in such pain
    I wish there was something I could do to make you smile again"
    I said, "I appreciate that and would you please explain
    About the fifty ways"
    She said, "why don't we both just sleep on it tonight?
    And I believe in the morning you'll begin to see the light"
    And then she kissed me and I realized she probably was right
    There must be fifty ways to leave your lover
    Fifty ways to leave your lover
    You just slip out the back, Jack
    Make a new plan, Stan
    You don't need to be coy, Roy
    Just get yourself free
    Oh, you hop on the bus, Gus
    You don't need to discuss much
    Just drop off the key, Lee
    And get yourself free
    Slip out the back, Jack
    Make a new plan, Stan
    You don't need to be coy, Roy
    You just listen to me
    Hop on the bus, Gus
    You don't need to discuss much
    Just drop off the key, Lee
    And get yourself free

    O.... l....

    Thank you! You folks that comment the lyrics on music here on YouTube are my heroes.

  10. m.... c....

    Ask for a menage, Raj

  11. D.... K....

    Rhythm x 2018, finally found this

  12. B.... N....

    Anyone seen sleeping with enemy nightmare eh

  13. B.... N....

    I getting a new flat Monday !!! 😁

  14. S.... C....

    I first heard this song on the radio when I was 14 and still L😂Ve it... I’m 30 now.

  15. L.... _....

    50 ways to DIe iN MiNeCrafT

  16. B.... D....

    i recall this being one of the first songs that i knew i liked , 1971-72... 2years old and kool

  17. J.... M....

    bake a new ham, sam

  18. Y.... M....

    1975: 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover
    2014: 50 Ways To Die In Minecraft

  19. Y.... J....

    Excellent songwriting!!!! "It's really not my habit to intrude, furthermore I hope my meaning won't be lost or misconstrued." These words are SOOOOOO DARN COOL!!!!

  20. m.... t....

    Another song I’m crazy about

  21. T.... P....

    There must be 50 ways to die in Minecraft

  22. R.... M....

    50 ways to -leave your lover- *_D I E I N M I N E C R A F T_*

  23. T.... P....

    This is a song that The Muppets like to groove to.

  24. N.... G....

    Vor diesem Video „50 Ways von Paul Simon, läuft eine Werbung von Swisscom. Darin erzählt ein Mädchen, dass es später auch noch Grünzeug sehen will. Haben diese Werbeleute eigentlich noch alle Tassen im Schrank. Plastikmüll in den Weltmeeren! Die Entsorgung sollen die bezahlen, die mit dem täglichen Plastikmist den sie produzieren, Milliarden verdienen. Und Kinder derart falsch in diesen Bann zu ziehen ist infam.

  25. U.... F....

    See Miley Cyrus' SNL version of this song.

  26. C.... F....

    Who’s here from jake eyes? 50 ways to die in Minecraft?

  27. S.... C....

    This song sold 1,000,000 copies only in the USA x $19.99 = $19,990,000.00 or HK$156,517,801.95 or
    CNY 140,635,647.00!!

  28. G.... t....

    A lot of people miss that he only said there MUST be 50 ways. He never said that he would name them all.

  29. J.... C....

    does this method including leaving lady heroin if she is your "lover"?

    J.... C....

    Get off the smack, Jack!

  30. g.... ....

    Get her sister pregnant 😂✌️

    g.... ....

    gobigorange yup that’ll do it unless they are proper lost

  31. J.... W....

    Just call her a 'ho Joe

  32. s.... p....

    This is one of Simon's best solo tracks! Graceland is up there as well!

  33. T.... D....

    In the age of Muhammad Ali, James Brown, and DJ Hollywood the man heard the sound, rhythm, and street talk that would become rap and not long after that, Hamilton.

  34. B.... H....

    Congratulations

  35. A.... G....

    It's a kind song

  36. H.... B....

    Time machine please.

  37. D.... B....

    Here from kid cudi’s “50 ways to make a record”

  38. P.... ....

    Just treat her like shit.





    Wait. That probably won’t work...or it would take way too long.

  39. K.... ....

    Leave your lover: No.
    Die in Minecraft: Yes.

  40. R.... D....

    I know this couple, they are actually here right now, and I'm playing this FOR THEM!! Tired of being 'the middle man"...

  41. R.... R....

    💚😉😭😎

  42. L.... H....

    Love this

  43. t.... ....

    My take on 50 vs 5: the Other Woman here is trying to convince him that breaking up with his main woman is easy ("I mean, come on, there must be FIFTY ways to do it!"). But it's not as easy as she's saying (only comes up with 5, and they're all basically the same). So he's open but still skeptical ("Could you please explain about the 'fifty' ways?') So she invites him to bed and kisses him, and he's sold ("Yeah, she's probably right, there must be fifty").

  44. S.... R....

    Just realized Tupac sampled this

  45. A.... C....

    I left this one chick for her daughter and then I left her for her sister and now I'm banging all their best friends. This song is my anthem I jerk off to it

  46. B.... T....

    I heard this song 30yrs ago when I was a child. I was sick, had chicken pox , and was listening to an oldies station when I went to bed. It's one of those inconsequential moments in your life that for some reason never forget. The "Hop on the bus Gus, don't need to discuss much" line has stuck in my head my entire life, having never heard the song again after that night. Finally, 30yrs later the line popped into my head again and I finally searched and found this song. I feel like I was teleported back to my childhood bedroom as a 7yr old kid as soon as this song started playing. The human mind is a funny thing sometimes.

  47. g.... s....

    The way 90% of conversation start between men and women. The problems all inside your head she said to me! LOL

  48. U.... ....

    *DIE IN MINECRAFT*

  49. M.... ....

    there must be 50 ways to die in minecraft

  50. T.... T....

    How about crazy and crying and put your mom in the mix and other trash

  51. A.... ....

    The guitar rhythm is similar to the rhythm in the song "Just the two of us"

  52. Z.... ....

    Notch said "We need to add ways players can be killed"

    "Cuz with no thread of failure, how can they be thrilled?"

    "And we must punish all the players who aren't skilled"

    "We must build"

    "Fifty ways to die in Minecraft"




    Jeb said "I think that's something we should prob'ly add"

    "Otherwise our game will get too dull and that would just be sad."

    "Even if it has the consequence to getting players mad"

    "We must add"

    "Fifty ways to die in Minecraft"

    "Fifty ways to die in Minecraft"




    (CHORUS) 




    Ya just fall off a cliff, Gryff

    Get crushed by some dirt, Bert

    Get ya’self shot, Scott

    And drop some debris

    Get hit by a bus, Gus

    Ya don’t need to cuss much!

    Just drown in the sea, Brie 

    And lose your XP!

    OOoo! Just fall off a cliff, Gryff

    Get crushed by some dirt, Bert

    Get ya’self shot, Scott

    And drop some debris

    Get hit by a bus, Gus

    Ya don’t need to cuss much!

    Just drown in the sea, Brie 

    And lose your XP!




    There’ll be ten hearts to lose before the player dies,

    All of their items, tools, and armor drop to signal their demise,

    So other players and the zombies can claim them as their prize

    After all

    Fifty ways!

    A hardcore mode will let them play in rougelike style,

    so dying on a server adds them to the blacklist pile,

    and death in a single player will delete the game world’s file.

    It will have

    Fifty ways to die in Minecraft!

    Fifty ways to die in Minecraft!




    (CHORUS)




    Ya just fall off a cliff, Gryff

    Get crushed by some dirt, Bert

    Get ya’self shot, Scott

    And drop some debris

    Get hit by a bus, Gus

    Ya don’t need to cuss much!

    Just drown in the sea, Brie 

    And lose your XP!

    OOoo! Just fall off a cliff, Gryff

    Get crushed by some dirt, Bert

    Get ya’self shot, Scott

    And drop some debris

    Get hit by a bus, Gus

    Ya don’t need to cuss much!

    Just drown in the sea, Brie 

    And lose your XP!

    Z.... ....

    ZeroTempz Jake eyes just uploaded part 10 lol

    Z.... ....

    Finally after 100000000 years part 10!

  53. D.... E....

    Ultra super star band. Daniel H Elliott, Pete Townsend, and Paul Simon on drums.

  54. T.... R....

    This came across on ol' AM radio and I just stopped. Kodachrome, Sounds of Silence, this - Gold!

  55. R.... H....

    1 of a kind song! Will always remember!

  56. P.... ....

    Caught you having a wank, Frank.
    On a bench in the park, Mark.
    With your trouser snake, Jake.
    Out for all to see, Dee.

  57. T.... A....

    This song comes on every time I think about leaving my girlfriend... every time..

    T.... A....

    Leave just for the fatoe

    T.... A....

    die roze fatoe?? Lol

  58. m.... ....

    50 Ways to Win in Denver

  59. H.... L....

    The verses are soooo good!

  60. C.... W....

    Anyone else hear Dave Matthews “mother Father”...

    C.... W....

    Wow... I haven't heard that song in *_YEARS!!!_* Thanks for sending me back to my DMB playlist!

    If you're suggesting that DMB's Mother Father sounds like 50 Ways... -- no, I don't hear it at all!

  61. A.... S....

    "Intellectual property" was seemingly holding him
    Then...one day...........
    He realised he'd been "Brainwashed educated" No excuse "logic" or otherwise to hold him
    He saw "the light" and lived happily ever after
    Appy Days👍

  62. T.... F....

    Relatable

  63. P.... G....

    Murder Murder

  64. I.... F....

    Steve Gadd... yes.

  65. L.... F....

    Emilio Velasco why leave at all? I love you

  66. M.... B....

    Chop off the salami Tommy, cut off the boloney Tony....

  67. c.... ....

    Tell her you can’t get a boner, Homer

  68. 9.... 1....

    Make a new plan stan

  69. C.... L....

    This was a number 1 hit in the US, surely one of the best toppers ever. A brilliant song

  70. C.... �....

    Hop on the bus, Guz

  71. J.... S....

    I love this song

  72. S.... Q....

    50 ways to DIE IN MINECRAFT

  73. N.... F....

    Tell her you have HIV , Steev

  74. O.... W....

    Touch another man's sack, Jack.
    Have a one night stand, Stan.
    Go to bed with a boy, Roy.
    Get hit by a bus, Gus.
    Shank her with the key, Lee.

  75. A.... A....

    with ai and mi the issue of blow back is always an issue in the information spy age! this song has some key clues on how to get the job done!
    i loved this time period in my life!

  76. f.... s....

    love this

  77. J.... D....

    Anyone have a 51st? 😒

  78. T.... J....

    There are 50 ways to leave your lover and also 50 ways to love your lever...first grab the lube then you just drop them pants and let your mind go run free

  79. L.... A....

    "The problem is all inside your head", she said to me
    "The answer is easy if you take it logically
    I'd like to help you in your struggle to be free
    There must be fifty ways to leave your lover"
    She said, "it's really not my habit to intrude
    Furthermore, I hope my meaning won't be lost or misconstrued
    But I'll repeat myself at the risk of being crude
    There must be fifty ways to leave your lover
    Fifty ways to leave your lover"

    You just slip out the back, Jack
    Make a new plan, Stan
    You don't need to be coy, Roy
    You just listen to me
    Hop on the bus, Gus
    You don't need to discuss much
    Just drop off the key, Lee
    And get yourself free

    She said, "it grieves me so to see you in such pain
    I wish there was something I could do to make you smile again"
    I said, "I appreciate that and would you please explain
    About the fifty ways"
    She said, "why don't we both just sleep on it tonight?
    And I believe in the morning you'll begin to see the light"
    And then she kissed me and I realized she probably was right
    There must be fifty ways to leave your lover
    Fifty ways to leave your lover

    You just slip out the back, Jack
    Make a new plan, Stan
    You don't need to be coy, Roy
    Just get yourself free
    Oh, you hop on the bus, Gus
    You don't need to discuss much
    Just drop off the key, Lee
    And get yourself free
    Slip out the back, Jack
    Make a new plan, Stan
    You don't need to be coy, Roy
    You just listen to me
    Hop on the bus, Gus
    You don't need to discuss much
    Just drop off the key, Lee
    And get yourself free

    L.... A....

    IS IT A "MASTERTICK". SERIOUSLY, MASTERPIECE!!!

  80. b.... ....

    Originally this song was "47 ways to leave your lover"

  81. K.... ....

    The drums for this song are so fun to play!

  82. Y.... G....

    aqui en 2019. Mty. Mex

  83. D.... W....

    The problem is all inside your head
    She said to me
    The answer is easy if you
    Take it logically
    I'd like to help you in your struggle
    To be free
    There must be fifty ways
    To leave your lover

    She said it's really not my habit
    To intrude
    Furthermore, I hope my meaning
    Won't be lost or misconstrued
    But I'll repeat myself
    At the risk of being crude
    There must be fifty ways
    To leave your lover
    Fifty ways to leave your lover

    [Chorus 1]
    You Just slip out the back, Jack
    Make a new plan, Stan
    You don't need to be coy, Roy
    Just get yourself free
    Hop on the bus, Gus
    You don't need to discuss much
    Just drop off the key, Lee
    And get yourself free

    Ooh, just slip out the back, Jack
    Make a new plan, Stan
    You don't need to be coy, Roy
    Just listen to me
    Hop on the bus, Gus
    You don't need to discuss much
    Just drop off the key, Lee
    And get yourself free

    [Verse 2]
    She said it grieves me so
    To see you in such pain
    I wish there was something I could do
    To make you smile again
    I said: "I appreciate that
    And would you please explain
    About the 50 ways"

    She said why don't we both
    Just sleep on it tonight
    And I believe in the morning
    You'll begin to see the light
    And then she kissed me
    And I realized she probably was right
    There must be fifty ways
    To leave your lover
    Fifty ways to leave your lover

    [Chorus 2]
    Just slip out the back, Jack
    Make a new plan, Stan
    You don't need to be coy, Roy
    Just get yourself free
    Oh, you hop on the bus, Gus
    You don't need to discuss much
    Just drop off the key, Lee
    And get yourself free

    Slip out the back, Jack
    Make a new plan, Stan
    You don't need to be coy, Roy
    Just listen to me
    Hop on the bus, Gus
    You don't need to discuss much
    Just drop off the key, Lee
    And get yourself free

  84. F.... ....

    50 ways to make a record

  85. D.... P....

    The awesome drumming, at the beginning & throughout the song, sounding like a marching band is no accident...if you find yourself in a terrible relationship.. shit.. life is too damn short...march on brothers !...march on sisters !

  86. C.... S....

    50 ways to leave your fill in the blank. Just get yourself free.

  87. E.... K....

    50 ways to love your liver

  88. [.... G....

    Jake eyes: it’s free real estate


    Fifty ways to -leave your lover- die in minecraft

  89. T.... M....

    Well holy shit, here I sit, chillin' at 5:55 p.m. on the boardwalk in front of the Ventnor Fishing Pier, smoking a nice bowl on this beautiful day listening to a little Simon and others of course, but here we are now huh... Just sayin' on the ass end of 2019 and all... Hope your day was aa sweet as mine...

  90. E.... C....

    I love it¡

  91. S.... T....

    The dumper song!

  92. S.... L....

    I thought of over 2000 ways to leave never made it yet.

  93. E.... t....

    This still has to be one of the best examples of internal line-rhyme I have EVER encountered!

  94. D.... S....

    El la portada del video sale luisito comunica

  95. .... ....

    Eminem- Murder Murder

    He sampled this song for the beat.

    .... ....

    It's called 50 ways by eminem

    .... ....

    There's 2 songs. Murder, and 50 Ways (Mariah Carey diss)