Melancholy Music Lover Prints

"Perhaps a dirge would lift your spirits?"

There's a tear in my beer.

I've decided to shift down a few gears.'

"I've got those 'Don't worry about me, I'll just be here, all alone' blues."

"Events seem to be headed in the right direction. Unfortunately, it's not taking me with it."

"The artist-in-residence is struggling a bit, but other than that we're fine."

"These brisk fall afternoons remind me of Chekhov, which reminds me of Putin, then Trump, the alt-right, facism, nuclear weapons ... let's go home."

Neil Young

"In closing, I'd just like to say you've been a great crowd, folks. Don't forget to tip your waitress, and I hope this final number breaks your heart the way show business broke mine."

'I hate my life.

'Dreams of how it might have been.'

"Half-full. Those were the days."

"Woke up this mornin', Found myself trapped in the Blues genre..."

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Books: Success stories & Sob stories.

"I asked Bill to accompany this presentation with something in a haunting minor key."

"Our flavors of the day are Prodigal, Importune, and Mal de Siècle."

"I never got a chance to say 'Shut up.' "

'I think our marriage would make a great country song.'

"Fall makes him sad."

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Tears

Picasso's Blues Period

Just go ahead and draw - I can't hit the broad side of a barn lately. Naw, I ain't really in the mood today. Low Noon.

Man has storm cloud umbrella.

Bored couple.

Death awaits the last leaf of Autumn with a rake.

Sad Songs.

"I'm full of an unspeakable sadness and it goes a little something like this..."

Tailpiece to E Dowson's 'The Pierrot of the Minute'

Where the boulevard of broken dreams crosses the avenue of broken appliances...

'Boy...usually it just gently weeps.'

"I like sad songs."

Philip Larkin.

"I'd like to dedicate my next song to that delightful little table in the corner."