"Green Green Grass Of Home" The old home town looks the same as I step down from the train, and there to meet me is my Mama and Papa. Down the road I look and there runs Mary hair of gold and lips like cherries. It's good to touch the green, green grass of home. Yes, they'll all come to meet me, arms reaching, smiling sweetly. It's good to touch the green, green grass of home. The old house is still standing tho' the paint is cracked and dry, and there's that old oak tree I used to play on. Down the lane I walk with my sweet Mary, hair of gold and lips like cherries. It's good to touch the green, green grass of home. Yes, they'll all come to meet me, arms reaching, smiling sweetly. It's good to touch the green, green grass of home. Then I awake and look around me, at four grey wall surround me and I realize that I was only dreaming. For there's a guard and there's a sad old padre - arm in arm we'll walk at daybreak. Again I touch the green, green grass of home. Yes, they'll all come to see me in the shade of that old oak tree as they lay me neath the green, green grass of home.
************* I'm So Lonesome (I Could Cry) ~ Hank Williams Eleanor Rigby ~ The Beatles Nowhere Man ~ The Beatles Cry Me A River ~ ? It's My Party (And I'll Cry If I Want To) ~ Lesley Gore Tennessee Waltz ~ Patti Page(?)
Hank Snow - Nobody's Child circa 1949 I was slowly passing an orphan's home one day And stopped there for a moment just to watch the children play Alone a boy was standing and when I asked him why He turned with eyes that could not see and he began to cry I'm nobody's child, I'm nobody's child I'm like a flower just growing wild No mommy's kisses and no daddy's smile Nobody wants me I'm nobody's child Lynyrd Skynyrd - Four Walls of Raiford Well them four walls of raiford, closing in on me Doin three to five hard labor, for armed robbery I had two years behind, but I could not wait the time Everytime I thought about it, well I died some more inside And I had stripes on my back, memories that hurt For the only time I seen sunshine is when I hit the dirt Diggin ditches for the chain gang, sleepin in the cold Oh lord please forgive me for I could not wait no more
Sam Stone by John Prine Sam Stone was alone When he popped his last balloon Climbing walls while sitting in a chair Well, he played his last request While the room smelled just like death With an overdose hovering in the air But life had lost its fun And there was nothing to be done But trade his house that he bought on the G, I. Bill For a flag draped casket on a local heroes' hill There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes, Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose. Little pitchers have big ears, Don't stop to count the years, Sweet songs never last too long on broken radios. Mmm....
You're not aware that's a cover of a Trent Reznor song? Kids... The song isn't about drug addiction either.
The Felice Brothers - Hey Hey Revolver I put this shovel down Hire me on better grounds I can't afford no gas I walk to work on the overpass My teenage daughter's knocked up Well Jeanie this time, you really fucked up You oughta be in the hospital But I can't afford to go, the bill Hey hey revolver Don't lead me on Your shiny barrel Is long and narrow Hey hey revolver I put this shovel down I walk the line into Hudson town The blue Burger King billboard signs reminds me of her mother's eyes She ran off to be a T.V. star I hope she found what she was lookin' for I promised Jeanie she'd see L.A. If I ever made some cash someday Hey hey revolver Don't lead me on Your shiny barrel Is long and narrow Hey hey Revolver
Pink Floyd - wish you were here So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell? Blue skies from pain? Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail? A smile from a veil? Do you think you can tell? And did they get to you trade your heroes for ghosts? Hot ashes for trees? Hot air for a cool breeze? Cold comfort for change? And did you exchange a walk on par In the war for a lead role in a cage? How I wish, how I wish you were here We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl Year after year Running over the same old ground What have we found? The same old fears Wish you were here I also got some other songs Jeff Buckley - Lover, you should've come over Deep Purple - When a blind man cries Pixies - Where Is My Mind .... ok i dnu if it's depressing but it's good Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Gary Jules - Mad world
Love that Buckley`s and Pink Floyd songs But my favorite is Marillion - "A script for a jester`s tear" . It`s double depressive, I feel totally depressed when I think of Fish`s albums after Fugazi. :facepalm:
"Runaway Train" by Soul Asylum. This came out during a very dark time in my life and has held a special place in my heart ever since.