
14. February 2018
6 Songs to Soundtrack Your Lonely Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day sounds to drink the loneliness away.
by Walter Price
Are you kicking a tin can down Lonely Street this Valentine’s Day? Do people holding hands and nuzzling make you want to throw up? I feel ya, consensually metaphorically of course… Anyhoo, I love a good sad song highlighting and exploring the realms of the dark days of flying solo. Yearning for that break in life when that special someone rides in and saves the day. But who am I kidding? Wallerfing in self-doubt and reveling in darkness is actually fun(ish).
And to prove my point, I’ve selected six tracks to soundtrack your wine stained teeth and tear-streaked face kinda day.

Happy Valentine’s Day
The Smiths – How Soon Is Now?
There’s a club if you’d like to go You could meet somebody who really loves you So you go and you stand on your own And you leave on your own And you go home and you cry And you want to dieEmma Swift – Woodland Street
I could just stay here In this bar full of cheer Chasing whiskey With two dollar beer But you’ve got a way Making me think that won’t doJamey Johnson – That Lonesome Song
And it’s sad and its long And can’t nobody sing along It’s a southbound train Its a whistle in the wind Ain’t nobody there to care where I been I’m humming on that lonesome song againOasis – Don’t Look Back In Anger
And so, Sally can wait She knows it’s too late as she’s walking on by My soul slides away But don’t look back in anger I heard you sayHank Williams Sr. I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry
Hear that lonesome whippoorwill
He sounds too blue to fly
That means he’s lost the will to live
I’m so lonesome I could cry
Did you ever see a night so slow
As time goes draggin’ by
The moon just went behind the clouds
To hide its face and cry
The silence of a falling star
Lights up a purple sky
And as I wonder where you are
I’m so lonesome I could cry…