Johnston, Daniel - Desperate Man Blues Lyrics

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What’s the song he’s singing over?

There ain't no color in the sky, anymore
And I don't feel much like singing
Can't see what for

And there ain't no comfort in this life, anymore
All that I can see that's ahead of me
Looks like such a chore

Maybe something will happen
To make it all better, better
Maybe something will come along
And make me happy, happy

There ain't no fun in living, anymore
And I don't feel much like living
Can't see what for

There ain't no life left in me
I feel a bit funny
Like a ghost with nowhere to go
My hope is gone and left me
A desperate man

There’s no spunk left in me
I feel so hollow in me
So empty, so empty, so empty, so empty
A big chunk of what I was is gone
And left me a desperate man

Now I'm a desperate man
A lonely, scared, sad, sorry man

And I just can’t see no color in the sky, anymore
There's color there I'm sure
But it ain't mine and it's made me blind
A desperate man, desperate
I’m a desperate man

What a mess

😢💔

Lofi goodfather

Interesting fact about this song. at 2:44 during that line of lyrics, around the time Daniel sings 'scared' something fell off a shelf and actually scared him, you can hear it slightly in the background.

RIP Daniel

I listen to this whenever I'm feeling like an invincible yet clinically depressed bank robber. RIP Daniel

💔 que triste lpm

RIP Dan

I hope you found the peace you deserved from the start, RIP Daniel 🥀

R.I.P you beautiful soul 💔

Rip to this legend

i love you daniel. thanks for everything :(

fucking lovely

There ain't no colors in the sky 
Anymore
And I don't feel much like singing
Can't see what for

And there ain't no comfort in this life 
Anymore
All that I can see that's ahead of me seems like 
Such a chore

Maybe something will happen to make it all better
Better
Maybe something will come along and make me happy
Happy

There ain't no fun in living anymore
And I don't feel much like living
Can't see what for
There ain't no life left in me

I feel a bit funny
Like a ghost
With nowhere to go
My hope has gone and left me

A desperate man
There's no spunk left in me
I feel so hollow in me
So empty, so empty
So empty, so empty

A big chunk of what I was has gone
And left me a desperate man
Now I'm a desperate man
I'm lonely, scared

Sad, sorry man
And I just can't see no colors in the sky
Anymore
There's color there I'm sure, but it ain't mine

And it's made me blind
A desperate man
Desperate 
I'm a desperate man

Wow. This is disturbingly arresting and unabashedly raw.

are you ok ????

Wow. These lyrics are so simple and incredible. The clicking sound in the background and the blues tv sounding instrumental and the amazing raw emotional singing by Daniel Johnston makes this song such a masterpiece. It just feels so... real

lain is love

lets all love lain

jesus christ, these lyrics hit you like a ton of bricks

hell yea. it hurts, in a good way

masterpie

jesse u are rarted

masterpie!

My life in a song.

whats the original song called? (as in the orchestra playing) 

Hi Chris, great artwork.

@Chris Rolph The track is called "Desperate Dan" by Johnny Dankworth

While this song does have a melodramatic quality to it it still is a very powerful description of how the feelings of depression make someone think. As someone who has dealt with depression + anxiety for a couple of years this song gave me a catharsis of sorts to hear someone with feelings similar to mine express it in an honest, simple, clear cut, fashion.

+Jackmonster3231 ahh the beauty of daniel johnston

+Jackmonster3231 how are you doing now?

Will Maclachlan i'd like to know too. hopefully you're better

that's true. i remember listening to this during my late teenage years. i felt very worthless, lonely, misunderstood. but somehow, dan johnston seemed to share my pain. it kind of helped healing it.

he's gone now

I get it, Danny. Wish I didn't.

Ahhhh yes.. the generic doctor fools the witty, to annexe the mind of the toad.

Jim26Davis what?

masterpie?

sounds tasty

"Masterpiece", I think 😁

I liked it first! Ha! Good song to drink to.

Kara Espino The best song to drink too honestly