Today in pulp: songs for sad robots.

"It's sad, so sad. It's a sad, sad situation..." Image
"Hello darkness, my old friend. I've come to talk with you again..." Image
"People just ain't no good, I think that's well understood..." Image
"Sittin' here resting my bones. Snd this loneliness won't leave me alone..." Image
"Lilac wine is sweet and heavy, like my love..." Image
"You're so f*cking special. I wish I was special..." Image
"As long as I gaze at Waterloo sunset, I am in paradise..." Image
"Winding your way down on Baker Street, light in your head and dead on your feet..." Image
"Soy un perdedor: I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me..." Image
"They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom, for trying to change the system from within..." Image
"Oh Ruby, don't take your love to town..." Image
More songs for sad robots another time.

"There is a light and it never goes out..." Image

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