Yet another music thread -- Breakup songs

A little Hank.

I went down to the river to watch the fish swim by;
But I got to the river so lonesome I wanted to die..., Oh Lord!
And then I jumped in the river, but the doggone river was dry.She's long gone, and now I'm lonesome blue.

I had me a woman who couldn't be true.
She made me for my money and she made me blue.
A man needs a woman that he can lean on,
But my leanin' post is done left and gone.
She's long gone, and now I'm lonesome blue.

I'm gonna find me a river, one that's cold as ice.
And when I find me that river, Lord I'm gonna pay the price, Oh Lord!
I'm goin' down in it three times, but Lord I'm only comin up twice.
She's long gone, and now I'm lonesome blue.

She told me on Sunday she was checkin' me out;
Long about Monday she was nowhere about.
And here it is Tuesday, ain't had no news.
I got them gone but not forgotten blues.
She's long gone, and now I'm lonesome blue.

 

I know it's supposedly an anti-war song, but lyrics can be interpreted a number of ways ... Anyway, for me, it always fit.

Unsealed
On a porch a letter sat
Then you said i wanna leave it again
Once I saw her on a beach of weathered sand
And on the sand I wanna leave it again... yeah
On a weekend I wanna wish it all away yeah...
And they called and I said that I want what I said
And then I call out again
And the reason oughta leave her calm I know
I said i dont know whether
Im the boxer or the bag

 

Fair enough. I'm not really into defeat. I am, apparently, into wallowing.

Moddy, you've already perked me up. Well done.

 

It's not the lyrics -- which are never the same twice, anyway -- that interested me.

It's the anthemic quality to the song that gave me pause. But I could see it being a good finally getting out of the funk kind of tune.

Anyway, I have nothing but positive associations with it, and intend to keep it that way.

 

Sea Change by Beck (which Lost Cause is on) is a good breakup album.

 

That's one of the nicest things anyone's said to me on this board, Moddy. I think I'm done publicly wallowing now, for what it's worth.

 

"Black," Pearl Jam

Also, pretty much all of Dido's first album.

 

Morphine's "Gone For Good"

I'm never going back never going back to you
I'm never going to see you again
I'm never going to dig out your picture
I'm never going to look you up someday
Life is very short
You don't love me anymore
So I'm never going to see you again
I'm never going to write you a letter
Never going to call you on the phone
I'm never going to drive by your house
I'm never going to catch you coming outside
Never going to walk up your walk
And ring your bell
And feel you fall into my arms
I'm never going to see you
I'm never going to see you
I'm never going to see you again
You're gone for good

 

"Don't Come Around Here No More" - Tom Petty...

 

Right now I'm listening to November Rain, by GnR. I've never been a big fan, but I can see that changing.