Ken Burch
Dec 2, 2022

Your list is deeply sad: Here are a few nominees I'd add to "the saddest songs of all time"

An even sadder Hank Williams tune, and a bit of a rarity compared to "Your Cheatin' Heart" (in fact, I don't think it was ever released:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=qoYrRZ97QCg&t=55s

three by Phil Ochs, who ended up choosing to die in his mid-Thirties:

Rehearsals for Retirement:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9km20oSLb8

Doesn't Lenny Live Here Anymore?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1XvR0FEXMY

I'm Tired

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTnfT7MCoPI

And this, from the more recent, atmospheric band Beirut:

Ken Burch
Ken Burch

Written by Ken Burch

Retired Alaska ferryboat steward, grandparent, sometime poet. Radical yet independent of dogma. Likes nice days, playing banjo and not as yet dying of Covid.

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