Is there anything more cathartic than a good kick-him-to-the-curb song? Aside from actually stuffing an errant lover's clothes into his car and setting it ablaze, a la Angela Bassett in the movie version of "Waiting to Exhale," the "farewell, scum" song is the next best revenge.

Those of us raised around military environments, not to mention those who lean liberal, have a predisposed fondness for the chant "To the left, to the left" that opens Beyoncé's "Irreplaceable."

"To the left, to the left

"Everything you own in a box to the left

"In the closet that's my stuff

"Yes, if I bought it please don't touch

"Keep talking that mess, that's fine

"But could you walk and talk at the same time"

What we have portrayed here is a man who is plainly out of his mind: Living with Beyoncé, driving Beyoncé's Jaguar and still cheating on her with a less-affluent woman who did not star in "Dreamgirls." Frankly, you have to wonder whether merely dumping him is enough. Perhaps he also should be locked up for stupidity.

What are the greats of the "farewell, scum" genre?