I use music as a mood-booster and have always hated sad songs, which is probably why I’ve always avoided country music. Today I realized that most of the songs that I found to be depressing when I was a kid and teenager all had to do with not being able to be with the person you love, for one reason or another, and/or death (with the exception of #4). To this day if they come on the radio I immediately change the station. If you’re in the midst of a sad breakup, grieving a loss, or just not feeling too emotionally stable at the moment, avoid listening to these songs at all cost. 

I’ve listed them in order of how depressed they made me feel (LOL):

1. Diary - Bread

2. Seasons in the Sun - Terry Jacks

3. Same Auld Lang Syne - Dan Fogelberg

4. At Seventeen - Janis Ian

5. Ode to Billy Joe - Bobbie Gentry

6. El Paso - Marty Robbins 

And my number one WEIRDEST song of all time:

I Like Trucks Wild Montana Skies Breakfast At Tiffany’s Snake Farm That’s The Way That The World Goes ‘Round