Songs about Murder

[AppleDumpling]

Indiana Wants Me - R. Dean Taylor

 

[curse reversed]

Sweet, innocent Livvie-Banks Of The Ohio

 

[theluckyrabbit]

"Miss Otis Regrets," Ella Fitzgerald
When she woke up and found that her dream of love was gone,
Madam, She ran to the man who had led her so far astray,
And from under her velvet gown,
She drew a gun and shot her lover down,
Madam, Miss Otis regrets she's unable to lunch to day...

 

[theluckyrabbit]

"Frankie and Johnny," Anika Noni Rose
So Frankie flew into a tantrum
She whipped out that old forty four
And her rootie toot boom, that gal did shoot
Right through that hard wood swinging door
She shot her man
'Cause he was doing her wrong...

 

[theluckyrabbit]

"Gimme Shelter," The Rolling Stones
Rape, murder, it's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
Rape, murder, yeah, it's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
Rape, murder, it's just a shot away
It's just a shot away...

 

[theluckyrabbit]

"Rocky Raccoon," The Beatles
Rocky had come equipped with a gun
To shoot off the legs of his rival
...
Rocky burst in and grinned in a grin
He said, "Danny boy, this is a showdown"
But Daniel was hot, he drew first and shot
And Rocky collapsed in the corner...

 

[theluckyrabbit]

"By the Sea" from Sweeney Todd
By the sea, in our nest
We could share our kippers
With the odd-paying guests from the weekend trippers
Have a nice, sunny suite for the guests to rest in
Now and then you could do the guest in...

 

[theluckyrabbit]

"Everybody's Got The Right" from Assassins
Hey, pal
Feeling blue?
Don't know what to do?
Hey, pal
I mean you
Yeah
Come here and kill a President
No job?
Cupboard bare?
One room
No one there?
Hey, pal
Don't despair
You wanna shoot a President?
Come on and shoot a President...

 

[theluckyrabbit]

"The Meek Shall Inherit" from Little Shop of Horrors
My future's starting, I've got to let it
Stick with that plant and gee
My bank account will thrive
What am I saying? No way! Forget it!
it's much too dangerous to keep the plant alive
I take these offers,
That means more killing
Who knew success would come with
Messy, nasty strings?
I sign these contracts
That means I'm willing
to keep on doing bloody, awful, evil things!

 

[theluckyrabbit]

"The Queen and the Soldier," Suzanne Vega
He said, "I've watched your palace up here on the hill
And I've wondered who's the woman for whom we all kill
But I am leaving tomorrow and you can do what you will
Only first I am asking you why"
...
Out in the distance her order was heard
And the soldier was killed, still waiting for her word
And while the Queen went on strangely in the solitude she preferred
The battle continued on.

 

[theluckyrabbit]

"Please Forgive Us," 10,000 Maniacs
Please forgive us, we don't know what was done in our name.
There'll be more trials like this in mercenary heydays.
When they're so apt to wrap themselves up in the stripes and stars
And find that they are able to call themselves heroes
And to justify murder by their fighters for freedom...

 

[theluckyrabbit]

"Tom Dooley," The Kingston Trio
I met her on the mountain
There I took her life
Met her on the mountain
Stabbed her with my knife
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Hang down your head and cry (poor boy)
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Poor boy, you're bound to die...

 

[theluckyrabbit]

"I Don't Like Mondays," The Boomtown Rats
And all the playing's stopped in the playground now
She wants to play with the toys a while
And school's out early and soon we be learning
And the lesson today is how to die
And then the bullhorn crackles and the captain tackles
With the problems and the hows and whys
And he can see no reasons
'Cause there are no reasons
What reason do you need to die, die, oh oh oh?

 

[theluckyrabbit]

"For the Love of It All," Noel Paul Stookey
"Irresistible targets"
I heard someone say
They were speaking of angels
Who are so courageous day after day
Gunned down on a highway (as we often recall)
I hear a scream; I have a dream
The love of it all...

 

[theluckyrabbit]

"Pride (In The Name Of Love)," U2
Early morning, April four
A shot rings out in the Memphis sky
Free at last, they took your life
They could not take your pride...

 

[theluckyrabbit]

"Remains of the Day" from The Corpse Bride
On a dark foggy night at a quarter to three
She was ready to go, but where was he?
And then?
She waited
And then?
There in the shadows, was it her man?
And then?
Her little heart beat so loud
And then?
And then baby, everything went black
Now when she opened her eyes she was dead as dust
Her jewels were missing and her heart was bust...

 

[KayMichigan]

"The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia", sung by Vicki Lawrence, 1973:

"One Tin Soldier", 1971:

 

[LoveSpringsteen]

Murder Incorporated by Bruce Springsteen

 

[LuvOrlando]

Jeremy from Pearl Jam is a deeply sad story about a real person

Side of a Bullet from Nickelback is another sad story

 

[goofyernmost]