So I wrote a haiku this morning to a Bluesky #vss365 prompt of #yearn as I am wont to do daily.
It went like this:
It always seems that
No matter how hard I #yearn
Affection is spurned
A comment made on that post brought to mind this song by Loudon Wainwright, III
“Unrequited To The Nth Degree”
Oh, when I die and it won’t be long
Hey, you’re gonna be sorry that you treated me wrong
Yeah, you’re gonna be sorry that you treated me bad
Hey, and if there’s an after life I’ll gloat and I’ll be glad
Might be a plane crash, or some sort of OD
Hey, there’s going to be a photograph with my obituary
You’re gonna see it and you’ll cry
You’re gonna wanna wear black
Hey, I’ll be dead but you can bet your life, I’m gonna get you back
I’m tired of being left up on your shelf
I might not wait around, might kill myself
Not only would you miss me, but you’d feel guilty to
Oh, I’d be dead but it’d be too late the joke would be on you
Ha ha ha ha, ho ho ho ho
Chuckle chuckle chuckle chuckle
Snigger snigger snigger snigger
Guffaw guffaw guffaw
Yuk yuk yuk yuk
Ha ha ha ha…
So you better take warning, start treating me good
Start doing the things that I think you should
And you better not pout and no you better not cry
The grim reaper is a-comin’ to town and I just might die
This song reinforces many things for me.
From irrational exuberance to unreasonable expectations.
From pining for personages out of my league, while not noticing those that would have been a better fit.
Personal life
Professional life
Business life
Financial life
Spiritual life
This song also affirms my observations on codependency:
When I die your life will pass before my eyes.
🛩Meanwhile, Keep Em Flying 🛩
A Scroll Threw Life 
Nice choice, as this song features a deep, existential theme about mortality and the fear of not existing.
Indeed many of his songs played to theat 1970’s zeitgeist. Even his Dead Skunk ear worm is a variation on that theme. Thanks for reading and the prompt to ruminate on such matters with your site.
I’m just snickering on Sunday. Codependent no more.
Pete, there’s a lot of emotions rolling through that performance. Laughter is the balm that can heal all souls.
This song reminds me of one Cake did:
https://youtu.be/EUWbcm19OYo?si=YEgKWQGpyxZKjw29
Love the Cake song. The somebody’s done somebody wrong song category does indeed soothe battered souls. Thanks for reading and turning me on to a new song on my 2025 playlist.
You’re welcome.
I love the humor of this! The lyrics were hilarious. They say laughter is the best medicine and I believe that. Thanks for sharing the most fun song of the day.🤣
For me humor helps me step back from myself to get perspective. Plus I do love to laugh. Thanks for the read and the listen. 🙂
Great choice. Loudon Wainwright’s son, Rufus, is the father of Leonard Cohen’s grandchild so through this connection, they were sort of related. Why did I bother to bring this up? Only because my choice for this week’s Song Lyric Sunday was Leonard Cohen.
Excellent connections of which I had no awareness. So a win win of musical choices all around. Small world, huh.
Indeed! That 6 degrees thing. Music …. you can’t beat it. Thanks to Jim and SLS.
Hah! I’ll have you know I fall within 4 degrees of you know who 🤣