Favorite Depressing Songs.

"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.
 
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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....
 
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 :O
Gary Jules - Mad world
 
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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.
 
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