"Goodbye on a Bad Day" is a debut song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Shannon Lawson.

It was released on January 28, 2002 as the first single from the album Chase the Sun.

The song reached #28 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.

Deborah Evans Price of Billboard reviewed the song favorably.

She described Lawson's vocal as "letting disappointment drip...like icy regret" before "totally unleashing" on the chorus.