Melody Melancholic Gifts

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

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

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

"These songbirds every morning at five A.M. would be really annoying if they weren't so damn talented."

Lord Byron

"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."

'I hate my life.

'I still love those classic solos from the 70s - but who has the time?'

"Half-full. Those were the days."

'Dreams of how it might have been.'

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

Books: Success stories & Sob stories.

"Perhaps a dirge would lift your spirits?"

Godot finally turns up

Things one would rather have left unsaid - 'I will!'

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

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

"Fall makes him sad."

Man has storm cloud umbrella.

Bored couple.

Picasso's Blues Period

"I like sad songs."

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

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

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

Sad Songs.

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

There's a tear in my beer.

'We thought it fit his rather plaintive personality.'