Sad song ? No this goes way beyond being a sad song. This song is like a punch in the stomach. I mean this song will scare you. This is what it must feel like to know you are doomed. To know it's all over for you. At the same time it's like a Greek tragedy in that it is cathartic. There is a strange spiritually uplifting feeling you get from it. And the best thing about it is it humanizes the homeless. IT IS THE GREATEST SONG I HAVE EVER HEARD.

Its like Steinbeck with a guitar. Perfect song.

As someone who has been on unemployment and struggled to put food on the table, this one hits home pretty hard.

This man was incredible, I can't believe I'm just now only starting to discover him. He's like the best parts of Waits, Dylan, and Cash all rolled into one.

fearless songwriting

Met Townes More than a few times…He Always made me Laugh in Different Ways…He was Upright and Extremely Intelligent…but i could See When i Looked Deeply into His Eyes a Deeeep Dark Sadness Troublin’ Him.He Always Laughed Allll that Real Hard Stuff Off. Townes was and Is Soooo Lovable and Unforgettable.

In my heart I know it's a little boy hope he don't end up like me Jesus Christ brother

KZfaq has made Townes so acessable to a huge audience, I think its great that his art his being discovered all the time now, he was truly an American original.

"Surely no-one will ever write something more cinematically sorrowful than Bob Dylan's 'North Country Blues', right?" Townes: "Hold my drink..."

This is more of an epiphany than a song. Probably more than a lot of people can handle.

This just might be the saddest song I ever heard. Townes remains among the greats.

Most tragic song ever. Love it

the first time I heard this song I cryed, Townes Could paint one hell of a picture with words, he just hits it and you feel it every time. I will miss him and the more from him.

for me he is the best american poet , every song is so touching, he understood so much of life, a tribute to Texas and the entire world!

This song is intense, hits me every time.

Townes, I love you. This is one of the darkest songs ever written--but great, moving, brilliant. What is beyond total despair? Townes wandered that territory to great affect.

I try to play this song when I play out... And I can only get about half way through it before I get all choked up. This song just humbles the best of them... Townes was a genius...

Townes always said there were only two kinds of music,Zippity Doo Da and The Blues! Which do ya think this is? R.I.P. Townes The True Texas Poet!

I thought waiting around to die was the saddest song I'd ever heard and then I heard Marie 😥😥😥😥😥😥

This is the real sh*t. Nothing else to stay about this brilliant, powerful song...

God help us all!

Ich bin sehr froh, Townes Van Zandt noch kurz vor seinem Tod in Dresden gesehen und gehört zu haben - das werde ich nicht vergessen.

R.I.P "The late Great Townes Van Zandt"

This song grabbed my spirit

This is by far the sadest and unconciliatory song I know. It's a killer.

Someone asked Townes to "play a happy song!" He deadpanned: "These ARE the happy songs."

Townes' best tune. I also love the version with Willie Nelson. Harrowing!!

One of those things the heart won't let go of

me & a friend went on a quest to find the most depressing song ever. it's to bad neither him nor townes is still around. good version & townes even looks half sober! R.I.P.

I started crying. Who wouldn't.

absolutely beautiful..gives me goosebumps..

It's so wonderful to have all these videos of one of the greatest singer/songwriters ever. Thanks.

"hope he don't end up like me" Fuck :( I wept.

Song of hopelessness.....

Amazing song...heard it one time while I was waiting for someone in my car...then this song came on. I listened up real close...and wept. it changed my life.

R.I.P senor van zandt. keep chuggin' in Valhöll

I don't think many people know about Townes, and it's a shame. Maybe for all of us that do, it means he's our own.

I dunno. If I had been there, I don't think I could have applauded at the end of the song. I don't think I could have done anything. It would have been hard enough just to breathe after being just totally and utterly stunned like that.

greatest songwriter ever

class, I really think he stuck this to that audience.. happy bunch

To me there is the bleakness but also some simmering anger and I think you see it in his eyes at times as he sings. I read about people thinking his voice was done by this time but I actually like the thickness from the booze and cigarettes and hard living.

but for the grace of God, there go I

this song is so fucking powerful.

Townes.... will see The Paradise.......

imagine how it feels when you were homeless from 12-20 and got out of it. I had near every second night a homeless man or woman sleeping on my couch.

Such a beautiful song. The Be Here to Love Me soundtrack has a version where he sounds really drunk and its even more powerful then this one.

wow!

Saddest goddam song ever!

If this doesnt move you, you know your cold.

Why does music affect you so? Such a deep song.

Holy crap...

Damn straight.

me & a friend went on a quest to find the most depressing song ever. it's to bad neither him nor townes is still around. good version & townes even looks half sober! R.I.P. both of you. (try and find the version from the "privite concert" it's even better.

The people don't even know how to respond to the tragedy of life they just heard.I guess it's hits a little too close to home.Now this is the essence of what song should be.If it doesn't contain something we are better off knowing then it serves a lesser purpose.

still makes me cry, fucked up again

Thing is, it's about basicly everyone else in a sense ...

I laid em in the sun so somebody'd find em. Caught a Chesapeake on the fly...

benturpininthearmy: He said "they aren't totally hopeless"

dank nach klagenfurth

listen to john hutchinson one last kiss- song writer of the old school

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ghost of Tom Joad

Dark poet, check out "cowboy junkeys lament"

Nobody cares what's coming up next.

fuck me, everytime i hear this song i cry, thank god it is not me...

it cuts to the bone my friend i wanted to say more but cannot

According to one interview I've seen, Townes was extremely influenced by the album "The Times They Are A-Changin'", which has "North Country Blues."

Now we all gonna take the Chesapeake,, 😒🕊️🤍

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck