Goodbye Marie

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For the song "Goodbye Marie" by the Gear Daddies, see Billy's Live Bait

"Goodbye Marie" is the title of a song by Kenny Rogers, originally issued on his 1979 #1 album Kenny.

The song is about a man who has to leave his lover to head for "the lonesome highway" back to his home in Houston, Texas.

Although the song was not issued as a single at the time, after Kenny Rogers signed to RCA Records his former label Liberty Records issued a newly overdubbed version as a single. "Goodbye Marie" made the top 50 on the country charts in 1986.