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

DOUR and TROUBADOUR

Pastorius wonders why.

"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."

Neil Young

"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."

"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."

The Bar & Grill of Ordinary Men: Quiet Desperation 11 am - closing (Karaoke on Saturday)

'I hate my life.

'Dreams of how it might have been.'

"Half-full. Those were the days."

A depressed artist imagines a drawing, but it turns black.

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

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

"Perhaps a dirge would lift your spirits?"

Books: Success stories & Sob stories.

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

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

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

Floating away

Picasso's Blues Period

Bored couple.

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Man has storm cloud umbrella.

"Fall makes him sad."

Tears

Death awaits the last leaf of Autumn with a rake.

Sad Songs.

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

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

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

There's a tear in my beer.

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

"I like sad songs."