"Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye" is a song by

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. It was first released in November 1967, in a version by

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on her album ''

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''. The following month, Cohen's own version was issued on his debut album ''

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''. Cohen wrote the song when staying at the Penn Terminal Hotel on

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in 1966. He wrote:

The room is too hot. I can't open the windows. I am in the midst of a bitter quarrel with a blonde woman. The song is half-written in pencil but it protects us as we manoeuvre, each of us, for unconditional victory. I am in the wrong room. I am with the wrong woman.

Feist,

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and Daniela Gesundheit performed the song at the 2017 '' Tower of Song: A Memorial Tribute to Leonard Cohen'' concert."Watch Tower of Song: A Memorial Tribute to Leonard Cohen on Wednesday, January 3 on CBC"

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, December 29, 2017.

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