50 Best Country Songs About One Last Time

Best Country Tracks for That One Last Time Feeling

There’s a strange ache that shows up when you know you’re holding on to something for one last round. It could be the final night with someone who mattered or a goodbye wrapped in a song that plays too loud in the car. You can feel the pull to stay even when the clock says go. Country music has always thrived in that space where goodbye gets tangled up with a final spark. And while plenty of pop, rock, country, and R&B songs also echo that feeling, the country ones seem to lean into it with a raw kind of clarity.

Some tracks aren’t literally built around the idea of a last time, but they slide into the mood anyway. The verses might be telling a story about distance or regret, and somehow the hook makes it sound like the last kiss in a quiet parking lot. It’s the same kind of thing where a song can hit harder than intended because the moment you’re in changes how you hear it. That’s what makes these songs worth pulling out late at night when the air feels heavy and you’re chasing the echo of something that’s slipping away.

This set of country picks holds the weight of that tension. They live in the space between leaving and wanting to stay, carrying all the sparks, goodbyes, and mess that pile up when you know the curtain’s dropping soon. Here are the best country songs for one last time.

1. 'One Last Time' by Dusty Drake

2. 'Last Time For Everything' by Brad Paisley

3. 'I Will Always Love You' by Dolly Parton

4. 'The Dance' by Garth Brooks

5. 'Goodbye' by Kenny Rogers

6. 'Go Rest High on That Mountain' by Vince Gill

7. 'Broken Halos' by Chris Stapleton

8. 'One More Day' by Diamond Rio

9. 'How Can I Help You to Say Goodbye' by Patty Loveless

10. 'Drink a Beer' by Luke Bryan

11. 'When I'm Gone' by Joey + Rory

12. 'Whiskey Lullaby' by Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss

13. 'Who You'd Be Today' by Kenny Chesney

14. 'He Stopped Loving Her Today' by George Jones

15. 'Hurt' by Johnny Cash

16. 'You Should Be Here' by Cole Swindell

17. 'Sissy's Song' by Alan Jackson

18. 'If You're Reading This' by Tim McGraw

19. 'If I Die Young' by The Band Perry

20. 'The Long Goodbye' by Brooks & Dunn

21. 'How Do I Live' by LeAnn Rimes

22. 'Angels Among Us' by Alabama

23. 'I Hope You Dance' by Lee Ann Womack

24. 'I Drive Your Truck' by Lee Brice

25. 'Holes in the Floor of Heaven' by Steve Wariner

26. 'Travelin' Soldier' by The Chicks

27. 'Broken Wing' by Martina McBride

28. 'Last Call' by Lee Ann Womack

29. 'When the Stars Go Blue' by Tim McGraw

30. 'Goodbye Earl' by The Chicks

31. 'I Can't Make You Love Me' by Bonnie Raitt

32. 'What Hurts the Most' by Rascal Flatts

33. 'You Lie' by The Chicks

34. 'I Can Still Make Cheyenne' by George Strait

35. 'Give Me One More Last Chance' by Vince Gill

36. 'Last Goodbye' by Jackson Dean

37. 'So Long' by The Chicks

38. 'A Long December' by Counting Crows

39. 'Last Time' by Johnny Cash

40. 'The Last Cheater's Waltz' by T.G. Sheppard

41. 'Last Cowboy Standing' by The Cadillac Three

42. 'The Last Thing I Do' by Brooks & Dunn

43. 'One Last Love Song' by The Turnpike Troubadours

44. 'Last One Standing' by Jason Aldean

45. 'Say Goodbye' by Dwight Yoakam

46. 'Last Night' by Morgan Wallen

47. 'Last Time I Saw Her' by Kenny Chesney

48. 'Last of the Rockstars' by Kacey Musgraves

49. 'Goodbye Time' by Conway Twitty

50. 'I'm Gonna Miss Her' by Brad Paisley