Looking for the Punchline

I'm not feeling very funny today. I was awake most of the night watching the Democratic sit-in at the House of Representatives, over the gun control issue. No shtick material there. It was serious as a crotch itch.

Turned on my music playlist for inspiration. Nada. From Doo Wop to opera, most of it appeals to that darker, sadder part of my psyche. Don't believe me? Here's a sample:

• Leonard Cohen - "Bird on the Wire" "Hallelujah" "Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye" :"So Long Marianne"
• Bobby Vinton - "Blue Velvet"
• Joni Mitchell - "The Circle Game"
• Paul Potts - "Con Te Partiro" and "Nessun Dorma"
• Patsy Cline - "Crazy" "I Fall to Pieces" and "Sweet Dreams"
• Roy Orbison - "Crying" (arguably the most intense unrequited love song)
• Buffalo Springfield - "Expecting to Fly"
• James Taylor - "Fire and Rain" (the song of my life)
• Pink - "I Don't Believe You" and "So What"
• The Beatles - "In My Life" "The Long and Winding Road" and "Yesterday"
• Lazarus - "Porcupine Tree"
• The Moody Blues - "Knights in White Satin"
• Nashville Cast - "No One Will Ever Love You" and "Stronger Than Me"
• Smokey Robinson - "Ooo Baby Baby" and "The Tracks of My Tears"
• Andrea Bocelli - "The Prayer" and "Time to Say Goodbye" (I'm crying typing this)
• CSNY - "Our House"
• Buddy Holly - "Raining in my Heart" and "True Love Ways"
• Neil Young - "Round and Round"
• Snow Patrol - "Run"
• Judy Collins - "Send in the Clowns"
• Tony Bennett - "September Song"
• The Skyliners - "Since I Don't Have You"
• Boz Scaggs - "Lowdown"
• Dave Koz - "That's the Way I Feel About You"
• AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST - my life's anthem, Jefferson Airplane "White Rabbit"

"Tell them a hookah-smoking caterpillar has given you the call.....and remember what the dormouse said, Feed Your Head!"

Well, now that I'm practically crawling across the floor, time to bring out the big guns - "This is Halloween" - from The Nightmare Before Christmas. Call me weird - gah head, do it - (David Guetta's "Titanium") - but Halloween makes me happy...