# Morbid Songs. (I know, I shouldn't go here) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 19, 2020, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morbid-songs-i-know-i-shouldnt-go-here/846678 "2020-01-19T21:34:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morbid-songs-i-know-i-shouldnt-go-here/846678/1 "2020-01-19T21:34:28Z")
I heard a piece of a song: - Honey, you’ll know that You’d been loved For I’ll go, I’ll go to my grave, To my grave, to my grave Lovin’ you Lovin’ you Lovin’ you \* Morbid love songs fascinate me. I need to know more of them. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morbid-songs-i-know-i-shouldnt-go-here/846678/2 "2020-01-19T21:41:52Z")
Does “Killing Me Softly With His Song” count? That song really creeped me out when I was a kid, because I took it literally. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morbid-songs-i-know-i-shouldnt-go-here/846678/3 "2020-01-19T21:42:38Z")
[I Want My Baby Back](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0x8S1U7O3w) - Jimmy Cross It’s not about Chili’s ribs. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morbid-songs-i-know-i-shouldnt-go-here/846678/4 "2020-01-19T21:48:25Z")
Nice! ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morbid-songs-i-know-i-shouldnt-go-here/846678/5 "2020-01-19T21:53:50Z")
[This classic](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VExw77xJsBQ) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morbid-songs-i-know-i-shouldnt-go-here/846678/6 "2020-01-19T22:14:06Z")
[If You Leave Me Tonight I’ll Cry](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHW731mFuBY) - Jerry Wallace The song itself isn’t that morbid, but the story behind it leans that way: The first verse and change was written for the _Night Gallery_ episode, “The Tune In Dan’s Cafe.” Wallace took his check and went home and the epi aired some months later. The day after airing, radio stations started getting calls about the song. Lots of calls. Wallace made a mad dash back to the studio to record a full version which went to #1 on the country charts. You’ll have to catch the episode to see how it’s used. Don’t want to give it all away. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morbid-songs-i-know-i-shouldnt-go-here/846678/7 "2020-01-19T22:30:03Z")
[Long Black Veil](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pYA46dyKh4) - Johnny Cash ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morbid-songs-i-know-i-shouldnt-go-here/846678/8 "2020-01-19T22:33:11Z")
Nm ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morbid-songs-i-know-i-shouldnt-go-here/846678/9 "2020-01-19T22:35:50Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > [If You Leave Me Tonight I’ll Cry](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHW731mFuBY) - Jerry Wallace > > The song itself isn’t that morbid, but the story behind it leans that way: The first verse and change was written for the _Night Gallery_ episode, “The Tune In Dan’s Cafe.” Wallace took his check and went home and the epi aired some months later. The day after airing, radio stations started getting calls about the song. Lots of calls. Wallace made a mad dash back to the studio to record a full version which went to #1 on the country charts. > > You’ll have to catch the episode to see how it’s used. Don’t want to give it all away. Listening to that song made me want to slit my wrists. Very morbid. (:)) Nice backstory, tho’ ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morbid-songs-i-know-i-shouldnt-go-here/846678/10 "2020-01-19T22:46:26Z")
Norah Jones’s _[Miriam](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZgkClKE6hQ)_ ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morbid-songs-i-know-i-shouldnt-go-here/846678/11 "2020-01-19T22:49:11Z")
I saw that NG episode. Creeped me out when I heard that song coming from a record store some time later. All By Myself - Eric Clapton Morbid in that kind of self pitying way. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morbid-songs-i-know-i-shouldnt-go-here/846678/12 "2020-01-20T01:57:07Z")
^ Eric Carmen ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morbid-songs-i-know-i-shouldnt-go-here/846678/13 "2020-01-20T02:40:40Z")
Take your pick from Nick Cave’s [Murder Ballards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_Ballads). “Where the Wild Roses Grow,” being the most well known. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morbid-songs-i-know-i-shouldnt-go-here/846678/14 "2020-01-20T03:08:24Z")
Last Kiss > **[Last Kiss](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Kiss)** > > "Last Kiss" is a song released by Wayne Cochran in 1961 on the Gala label. It failed to do well on the charts. Cochran subsequently re-recorded his song for the King label in 1963. It was revived by J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers, who took it to number two on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. Wednesday, Pearl Jam, and several international artists also covered the song, with varying degrees of success. The song was one of several teen tragedy songs from that period. > The narrator borrows his fa... ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morbid-songs-i-know-i-shouldnt-go-here/846678/15 "2020-01-20T03:19:26Z")
Can get much morbider(?) than [DOA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhtoRlVUPo0) by Bloodrock ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morbid-songs-i-know-i-shouldnt-go-here/846678/16 "2020-01-20T03:21:42Z")
Harry Chapin had several: - “The Shortest Story”, about a baby that starves to death at age 3 weeks. - “Dogtown”, about a nineteenth century whaling town where the men keep dying at sea, and the women are left only with their dogs for comfort. One woman takes this a bit far. - “Sniper”, about a disaffected loner who climbs the clock tower in the middle of town and begins shooting to prove that he exists. - “Burning Herself”, about a woman who practices self-harm. - “Dance Band on the Tiranic”, about, well, pretty much what it says. - “Bummer”, about an abused kid who grows into a life of crime, goes off to Viet Nam, becomes a war hero, then comes home and gets killed robbing a grocery store. Probably more I can’t remember off the top of my head. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morbid-songs-i-know-i-shouldnt-go-here/846678/17 "2020-01-20T03:26:14Z")
How the hell am I first in with that ode to cannibalism, [_Timothy_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqDu5LBT8_Y) by The Bouys? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morbid-songs-i-know-i-shouldnt-go-here/846678/18 "2020-01-20T05:57:42Z")
I think that Blue Oyster Cult’s “[(Don’t Fear) The Reaper](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy4HA3vUv2c)” would fit this list, as well. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morbid-songs-i-know-i-shouldnt-go-here/846678/19 "2020-01-20T06:22:16Z")
[Current 93: _The Blue Gates of Death_](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iJhO9lnMM_Y) Everyone reaches the Blue Gates of Death… Every road has its end. Your love is with me always I shall remember you in the darkness That’s to come. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morbid-songs-i-know-i-shouldnt-go-here/846678/20 "2020-01-20T06:57:44Z")
The 50s and 60s had all those dead teenager songs like Tell Laura I Love Her and Teen Angel. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morbid-songs-i-know-i-shouldnt-go-here/846678.md?page=2)