Singers Who Died Young by Lyrics

1953

29

Your cheatin' heart Will make you weep You'll cry and cry And try to sleep

1959

22

Well, that'll be the day, when you say goodbye Yes, that'll be the day, when you make me cry

1960

21

Sometimes I wonder what I'm gonna do 'Cause there ain't no cure for the summertime blues

1963

30

Crazy I'm crazy for feeling so lonely I'm crazy Crazy for feeling so blue

1964

30

Dreamin' I'm always dreamin' Dreamin' love will be mine Searchin' I'm always searchin' Hopin' someday I'll find Someone, someone to love me

1964

33

Darling you send me I know you send me Darling you send me Honest you do, honest you do

1967

26

Sittin in the morning sun, I'll be sittin' when the evening come, Watching the ships roll in, And I'll watch 'em roll away again, yeah,

1970

27

Purple haze all in my brain Lately things don't seem the same Actin' funny, but I don't know why 'Scuse me while I kiss the sky

1970

27

Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waitin' for a train And I's feelin' near as faded as my jeans

1971

27

The time to hesitate is through No time to wallow in the mire Try now we can only lose And our love become a funeral pyre

1973

30

Well the South side of Chicago Is the baddest part of town And if you go down there You better just beware Of a man named Leroy Brown

1974

32

Stars shining bright above you Night breezes seem to whisper "I love you" Birds singing in the sycamore tree Dream a little dream of me

1977

42

The warden threw a party in the county jail The prison band was there and they began to wail

1980

40

Instant Karma's gonna get you Gonna knock you right on the head You better get yourself together Pretty soon you're gonna be dead

1981

38

My child arrived just the other day He came to the world in the usual way But there were planes to catch, and bills to pay He learned to walk while I was away

1981

36

One Love, one heart. Let's get together and feel all right.

1983

32

Why do birds suddenly appear Every time you are near? Just like me, they long to be Close to you

1984

44

Mother, mother There's too many of you crying Brother, brother, brother There's far too many of you dying You know we've got to find a way To bring some lovin' here today

1985

45

But it's all right now, I learned my lesson well You see, ya can't please everyone, so ya got to please yourself

1991

45

Mama, just killed a man Put a gun against his head Pulled my trigger, now he's dead

1994

27

What else should I be? All apologies What else could I say? Everyone is gay What else could I write? I don't have the right What else should I be? All apologies

1997

37

So slide over here And give me a moment Your moves are so raw I've got to let you know