The Santa Barbara Earthquake--Vernon Dalhart (1925)
‘Babe I’m Gonna Leave You’ by Led Zeppelin
They couldn't make a song like this today.
Can they make adult songs today? And I don't mean risque.
Some sunny day, baby
When everything seems okay, baby
You'll wake up and find that you're alone
'Cause I'll be gone
Gone, gone, gone
Really gone
Gone, gone, gone
'Cause you done me wrong
And everyone that you meet, baby
As you walk down the street, baby
Will ask you why you're walkin' all alone
Why you're on your own
Just say I'm gone
Gone, gone, gone
Gone, gone, gone
'Cause you done me wrong
Oh, now come on, yeah
Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah
Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah
And if you change your way, baby
You might get back to stay, baby
You better hurry up if you don't wanna be alone
Or I'll be gone
Gone, gone, gone
Really gone
Gone, gone, gone
'Cause you done me wrong
You done me wrong, but I'm out
Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah
Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Some sunny day, baby
When everything seems okay, baby
You'll wake up and find that you're alone
'Cause I'll be gone
Gone, gone, gone
Really gone
Gone, gone, gone
'Cause you done me wrong
Hmm, you done me wrong
Hmm, you done me wrong
Well, well, well, well, well, well, well yeah
“I ain’t that lonely yet” - Dwight Yoakum.
“Cry me a River”.
Not actually breakup songs, more like “too bad so sad, ain’t takin’ you back” songs.
The USS Akron, a US Navy airship, crashed into the Atlantic in April, 1933, killing 73 crewmen.
Patsy Cline - Crazy
Written by Willie Nelson.
A methane explosion during a dance in West Plains, Mo. in April 1928, took 40 lives.
Freddie Fender - If you lose my love, you lose a good thing.
HanK Williams - You’re cheating heart
Hank Snow - I’m moving on.
Harry Nielson - I can’t live without you.
Harry Neilson - One is the loneliest number
Eagles - Lying Eyes
Loving you isn't the right thing to do
How can I ever change things that I feel?
If I could, maybe I'd give you my world
How can I when you won't take it from me?
You can go your own way, go your own way
You can call it another lonely day
You can go your own way, go your own way
Tell me why everything turned around
Packing up, shacking up's all you wanna do
If I could, baby, I'd give you my world
Open up, everything's waiting for you
You can go your own way, go your own way
You can call it another lonely day
You can go your own way, go your own way
(Ah!) You can go your own way, go your own way
You can call it another lonely day, another lonely day
You can go your own way, go your own way
You can call it another lonely day, another lonely day
You can call it another lonely day, another lonely day
You can call it another lonely day, another lonely day
You can call it another lonely day, oh, yeah, oh, yeah
You can call it another lonely day