Why Would I Say Goodbye

"Why Would I Say Goodbye"
Single by Brooks & Dunn
from the album Borderline
B-side"White Line Casanova"
ReleasedMarch 17, 1997
GenreCountry
Length4:18 (album version)
3:53 (radio edit)
LabelArista 13073
Songwriter(s)Kix Brooks
Chris Waters
Producer(s)Kix Brooks
Don Cook
Ronnie Dunn
Brooks & Dunn singles chronology
"A Man This Lonely"
(1996)
"Why Would I Say Goodbye"
(1997)
"Honky Tonk Truth"
(1997)

"Why Would I Say Goodbye" is a song written by Kix Brooks and Chris Waters, and recorded by American country music duo Brooks & Dunn. It was released in March 1997 as the fifth and final single from their CD Borderline. The song reached a peak of number 8 on the US Country chart, and number 9 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart. This is the fifth of the six Brooks & Dunn singles in which Kix Brooks sings the lead vocals instead of Ronnie Dunn.