Jim’s overarching theme for Song Lyric Sunday this week is misery or angst. Excruciating stuff, in other words
For my generation, the obvious source for a song to match this would be Leonard Cohen, but as I do my best to stay down with the kids, I’ve selected something a little more up to date.
Well, just a little.
With, in my humble opinion, one of the greatest first lines of any song, ever, this is The Smiths.
I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour
But heaven knows I’m miserable now
I was looking for a job, and then I found a job
And heaven knows I’m miserable now
In my life
Why do I give valuable time
To people who don’t care if I live or die
Two lovers entwined pass me by
And heaven knows I’m miserable now
I was looking for a job, and then I found a job
And heaven knows I’m miserable now
In my life
Why do I give valuable time
To people who don’t care if I live or die
What she asked of me at the end of the day
Caligula would have blushed
“You’ve been in the house too long” she said
And I naturally fled
In my life
Why do I smile
At people who I’d much rather kick in the eye
I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour
But heaven knows I’m miserable now
“You’ve been in the house too long” she said
And I naturally fled
In my life
Why do I give valuable time
To people who don’t care if I live or die
Written by Johnny Marr and Morrissey
the only deadhead in the hameau 
I guess you can be depressed when you are unemployed just as well as when you have a job.
I can confirm, from personal experience, that this is very true.