Songs about Solitude or Loneliness

[Old Yeller]

Since isolation is the new theme for the indefinite future, how about listing your favorite solitude, alone or loneliness songs.

[Fiji Hill]

“Beyond the Sunset” was performed at my grandmother’s funeral after she was killed in an automobile accident in 1953. I am the only one living who remembers her, and I decorate her grave every Memorial Day.

[Fiji Hill]

Detroit City #2--Ben Colder (1963)

Last night I took a nap in Detroit City
And I dreamed about my papa's old cotton patch.
My poor back was breaking;
Both my knees were aching.
The red bugs kept on biting,
But I didn't have time to scratch.

I don't want to go home,
I don't want to go home.
Nobody wants to go home.

[Fiji Hill]

Alone Again, Naturally by Gilbert O’ Sullivan is the most depressing song ever written and will have you reaching for a razor blade.

To me, the song evokes happy memories. It was riding high on the charts when I reunited with my family after spending more than a year overseas.

The saddest and most depressing song ever written is Little Mother, a hit late in the summer of 1928 by Vaughn De Leath, the First Lady of Radio. The song is so sad that the singer can barely get through it without breaking down.

[Fiji Hill]

Tennessee Waltz--Cowboy Copas (1948)

[Fiji Hill]

What about Bobby Goldsboro’s “Honey”.. I think the record came with an overdose size of sleeping pills

Rudy's version is far better.

Honey--Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees (1929)

[CrimsonTidegirl]

Excellent choice. One of their best songs. I can personally relate to the lyrics.

IMO, Eric Woolfson was a criminally underrated songwriter. What a talent.

“Old and Wise” is a masterpiece.

[CrimsonTidegirl]

“House With No Door”- Van der Graaf Generator

I recently discovered this song on Spotify and am in love with it.

Very powerful and emotional.

[Paine in the Neck]

Jim Reeves’ “Four Walls”.

Also, previously mentioned “Sitting on the Dock of the Bay” and “A Thousand Miles from Nowhere”

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Skeets McDonald - “Call Me Mr. Brown”

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Ray Charles - “Hit the Road, Jack”

Johnny Cash (and the lovely June Carter-Cash)- I’m going to Jackson”

[dfwgator]

I’ll see you’re “Alone Again, Naturally” and raise you Nilsson’s “Without You”, especially when you realize the two writers of the song wound up hanging themselves.

[Songcraft]

That's a powerful song, and a moving revelation you shared.   God bless you, Fiji Hill.

[Songcraft]

Well, I went to the bank to get some money out, to go eat somewhere, and see a show, or something, but the bank was closed, due to CV-19.   It doesn't matter, though, cause all the restaurants are closed here too, as are the movie theaters, and all live entertainment here has also been cancelled.

With that backdrop, this song seems to fit the category for this thread.

       "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" - The Rolling Stones


This one seems to fit too.

       "19th Nervous Breakdown" - The Rolling Stones

[Songcraft]

Not out of any kind of self-interest, but just out of general curiosity, I was wondering if all those new legalized pot stores are closed too, or if they are considered to be "essential services", and remain open.

       

For patrons of those establishments, maybe this song would apply:

       "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" - Bob Dylan

       "I would not feel so all alone,
       Everybody must get stoned!"

[Fiji Hill]

I'll see your "Without You" and raise you "Gloomy Sunday", aka the "Hungarian Suicide Song." Although it is arguably the most depressing popular song ever recorded, it was, nonetheless, a global hit, done by many groups in numerous languages, in 1936.

Rezső Seress, who wrote the song, later committed suicide.

[gnickgnack2]

Just listened to it yesterday! Got sidetracked sending “Hey, Paddy...” to an Irish friend.

But it seems more of a breakup song than a lonely song, a happy-to-be-without-you thing. Second favorite breakup song is Pat’s Yipes song “Last of the Angry Young Men”. Best is Peter Himmelman’s “Midnight Walk in the Ruins”!

[Secret Agent Man]

i think of it as a happy to be lonely song...