# Murder songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 23, 2006, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-songs/381548 "2006-11-23T15:01:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Slade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@Slade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slade)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-songs/381548/121 "2010-11-25T23:26:18Z")
[http://www.planetslade.com/murder.html](http://www.planetslade.com/murder.html) Did somebody mention Murder Songs? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-songs/381548/122 "2010-11-25T23:30:35Z")
Can you murder a zombie? 😛 Seriously, though, thanks for the link. ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-songs/381548/123 "2010-11-26T21:07:11Z")
Almost anything by **Cannibal Corpse**. Or most other death metal bands. ---
**Author:** ![BillDozer74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@BillDozer74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BillDozer74)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-songs/381548/124 "2010-11-26T21:30:46Z")
**Delia’s Gone** , by Johnny Cash, which has just about my favorite lyric ever: > [@](#): > > She was low down and trifling > And she was cold and mean > Kind of evil makes me want to Grab my sub-machine ---
**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-songs/381548/125 "2010-11-26T21:47:21Z")
A few more: “Jeremy” Pearl Jam “Billy Bardo” Johnny Paycheck “I’ve Just Gotta get a Message to You” BeeGees “Rocky Racoon” Paul McCartney ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-songs/381548/126 "2010-11-26T21:52:42Z")
Yeah, it’s a zombie…and my fave murder song “Delilah” has already been mentioned…but I gotta add one here: The Smith’s _This Night Has Opened My Eyes:_ > [@](#): > > In a river the color of lead > Immerse the baby’s head > Wrap her up in the news of the world > Dump her on a doorstep, Girl > This night has opened my eyes > And I will never sleep again ---
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-songs/381548/127 "2010-11-26T21:59:27Z")
From the sixties a song by Noel Harrison - A Young Girl She should of known the day would come When he would quit her just for crumbs He needed fresh young meat to carve And left her heart and mind to starve A young girl A young girl of 16 Child of springtime still green Lying here by the road … dead ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-songs/381548/128 "2010-11-27T01:27:28Z")
How about Jim Croce? > [@](#): > > And it’s bad, bad Leroy Brown > The baddest man in the whole damned town > Badder than old King Kong > And meaner than a junkyard dog > > Well, the two men took to fighting > And when they pulled them from the floor > Leroy looked like a jigsaw puzzle > With a couple of pieces gone ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-songs/381548/129 "2010-11-27T02:22:52Z")
I think of the killing in _Bad, Bad Leroy Brown_ as more of a bar fight, not so much of a murder. Elvis Costello’s _Watching the Detectives_: “Though it nearly took a miracle to get you to stay It only took my little fingers to blow you away” ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-songs/381548/130 "2010-11-27T02:41:07Z")
[John Wayne Gacy, Jr.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otx49Ko3fxw) - Sufjan Stevens ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon2.0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Sealemon2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon2.0)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-songs/381548/131 "2010-11-27T04:11:59Z")
> [@](#): > > Give me your hand and I will hold it forever > On my nightstand in a box with your love letters > I love you dear, and I know we will not be parted > I’ll keep you near, scattered around my apartment \*Jigsaw Girl \*by **The Toadies** ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-songs/381548/132 "2010-11-27T04:16:50Z")
I Hold Your Hand in Mine-- Tom Lehrer ---
**Author:** ![Andrew\_21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bcef8e/32.png) [@Andrew\_21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andrew_21)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-songs/381548/133 "2010-11-27T13:11:22Z")
“You Don’t Mess Around With Jim”- Jim Croce “Dark Lady”- Cher ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-songs/381548/134 "2010-11-27T17:53:21Z")
Does cannibalism in a dire situation count? If so, [Timothy](http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/b/buoys/timothy.html) by the Bouys works. ---
**Author:** ![Quercus\_alba](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quercus_alba/32/4061_2.png) [@Quercus\_alba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus_alba)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-songs/381548/135 "2010-11-27T18:38:33Z")
**Atlantic City** , also by Springsteen, popped to mind as a murder about to happen: "Now, I been lookin for a job, but it’s hard to find Down here it’s just winners and losers and don’t Get caught on the wrong side of that line Well, Im tired of comin out on the losin end So, honey, last night I met this guy and Im gonna Do a little favor for him Well, I guess everything dies, baby, that’s a fact…" ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_A.Robrin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sam_a.robrin/32/14497_2.png) [@Sam\_A.Robrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_A.Robrin)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2010, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-songs/381548/136 "2010-11-28T08:09:31Z")
Am I the only person on Earth to wonder perversely about Bobby Goldsboro’s “Honey (I Miss You)”…? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-songs/381548.md?page=6)