miserable country songs

In dark times such as these country miserabilism provides me with a great source of consolation. Country is the perfect form for songs about drinking yourself to death, sneering at the devilish nature of womenfolk and reminiscing about all the bad times in your life. I think about the brand of country that is utterly misogynistic, utterly self-indulgent - and amusing, sometimes even strangely moving. Here's a list of fine country misery, to devour with a good chug of bad whiskey:

1. Charlie Rich - Feel like going home
2. Conway Twitty - The image of me
3. Patsy Cline - I fall to pieces
4. George Jones - If Drinkin' don't kill me, her memory will
5. Don Gibson - Give myself a party
6. Johnny Paycheck - Take this job and shove it
7. Bobby Bare - She's my ever lovin' machine
8. Johnny Cash - Kneeling Drunkard's plea
9. The Louvin brothers - The drunkard's doom
10. Faron Young - Hello walls
11. Lyle Lovett - Pontiac
12. Waylon Jennings - Mona
13. Randy Travis - It's out of my hands
14. Hank Williams - Weary blues from waitin'
15. Bill Anderson - Still

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Lord I feel like going home
I tried and I failed and I'm tired and weary
Everything I ever done was wrong
And I feel like going home

Lord I tried to see it through
But it was too much for me
And now I'm coming home to you
And I feel like going home

Cloudy skies are rolling in
And not a friend around to help me
From all the places I have been
And I feel like going home

Lord I feel like going home
I tried and I failed and I'm tired and weary
Everything I ever done was wrong
And I feel like going home