Where Does The Good Go
Description:
This is a song that Tegan Quin wrote and that appeared on the album So Jealous. Tegan sings the lead vocals and the background vocals.
Lyrics:
Where do you go with your broken heart in tow?
And what do you do with the leftover you?
And how do you know when to let go?
Where does the good go? Where does the good go?
Look me in the eye and tell me you don't find me attractive
Look me in the heart and tell me you won't go
Look me in the eye and promise no love's like our love
Look me in the heart and unbreak broken, it won't happen
It's love that leaves and breaks the seal of
Always thinking you would be real
Happy and healthy, strong and calm
Where does the good go? Where does the good go?
Where do you go when you're in love and the world knows?
How do you live so happily while I am sad and broken down?
What do you say it's up for grabs now that you're on your way down?
Where does the good go? Where does the good go?
Look me in the eye and tell me you don't find me attractive
Look me in the heart and tell me you won't go
Look me in the eye and promise no love's like our love
Look me in the heart and unbreak broken, it won't happen
It's love that leaves and breaks the seal of
Always thinking you would be real
Happy and healthy, strong and calm
Where does the good go? Where does the good go?
Look me in the eye and tell me you don't find me attractive
Look me in the heart and tell me you won't go
Look me in the eye and promise no love is like our love
Look me in the heart and unbreak broken, it won't happen
It's love that leaves and breaks the seal of
Always thinking you would be real
Happy and healthy, strong and calm
Where does the good go? Where does the good go?
It's love that leaves and breaks the seal of
Always thinking you would be real
Happy and healthy, strong and calm
Where does the good go? Where does the good go?
Where does the good go? Where does the good go?
Where does the good go? Where does the good go?
{Look me in the eye and tell me} Where does the good go?
{You don’t find me attractive} Where does the good go?
{Look me in the heart and tell me} Where does the good go?
{You won’t go} Where does the good go?
{Look me in the eye and promise} Where does the good go?
{No love is like our love} Where does the good go?
{Look me in the heart and unbreak} Where does the good go?
{Broken it won’t happen} Where does the good go?
Where does the good go?
Live Performances:
Trivia and Quotes:
Tegan and Sara wrote a Substack post about this song.
“That was written in the same weekend - my big weekend of pop hits. Where Does The Good Go was along the same lines, and was definitely more written filtering my own feelings from me. There was a time, well at least for me when I was in high school, where you have crushes on a whole bunch of different people and they have crushes on you, and you just feel on top of the world. And I got out of high school and we were making a record, and I felt so good about myself. I moved to Vancouver, felt really confident and great. And then I got dumped and the person changed their phone number and broke my heart and then I had to fire like my best friend off the road with us. And the first record, when it came out everybody was talking big numbers and big sales, but it didn't really do that. People liked it critically and we got some cool tours but nothing really big happened. I was all in the dumps and I wrote If It Was You and it was more of a sarcastic record for me. I was kinda making fun of myself, whereas with this record I feel like I was still filtering a lot of those emotions and feelings, but this time I was being more sympathetic toward myself and maybe a little more trying to influence myself and anyone listening to be wary and be careful. In high school, you feel all on top of the world and then something like that happens in your life and you realize that you're never gonna be the same. And now all of a sudden you have all these issues you have to deal with and it brings up all these issues from when you were a kid and things completely change, you know?” - Tegan in 2005
“When I wrote and recorded this song, I burned it to CD and sent it via Canada Post to Sara in Montreal. She had a huge reaction to it. I was worried it sounded like Céline Dion, I told her later on the phone. I think I meant that I worried it was commercial-sounding. She assured me it was good, and we decided to cut it for our album So Jealous. When the album came out, we were on tour and our management called to see if we were supportive of a TV show called Grey's Anatomy using it. Placements in shows were not at all considered a cool thing to do if you were indie rock, which we were, but we said yes. When the show exploded in popularity, it became a huge song for us, and it also increased our audience size overnight. To this day it is our top-streamed song every year on Spotify. Last year it was on, like, 800 Grey's Anatomy playlists or something wild. I think the song is one of our best, though sometimes, I don't know if I know why. I suppose it just struck a nerve with a lot of people. It's just so honest and raw. It is also an earworm. I think it also shows off a quintessential element of "Tegan and Sara" with the super tight harmonies and crisscrossing vocals, which people seem to love.” - Tegan in 2022