Cannonball

Album: Brother Where You Bound (1985)
Charted: 28
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Songfacts®:

  • This is a bitter breakup song in which a guy who feels victimized and lied to by a cheating woman tells her that they're through and he never wants to see or hear from her again. It was Supertramp's last song to score on the pop charts. >>
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    Mike - Santa Barbara, CA
  • Supertramp keyboard player Rick Davies wrote this song and sang lead.

Comments: 2

  • Dominik Hüttermann from Oldenburg, GermanyIt is in fact a song about the breakup with Roger Hodgson.
  • Janice Jensen from Fairhope, AlI have loved this song for years.
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