forlorn

sad and lonely because of isolation or desertion

Heard in 31 songs (28M+ combined views) — most famously in "Shelter From The Storm" by Bob Dylan.

Updated September 26, 2026

Songs Featuring “forlorn”

Bob Dylan - Shelter From The Storm

Time: 3:10

And old men with broken teeth stranded without love

Do I understand your question, then, is it hopeless and forlorn?

"Come in," she said

Bob Dylan - Shelter From The Storm

PARTYNEXTDOOR - SHOWING YOU

Time: 1:25

All the way down, love, it's yours (Yeah)

Turnin' me down, forlorn (Yeah)

Baby is everything to me

PARTYNEXTDOOR - SHOWING YOU

Tyler Childers - Creeker

Time: 0:45

That he'd ever end up from the place he was born

Now no more forlorn has a Creeker drank whiskey

Than the one that you see out the side of your eye

Tyler Childers - Creeker

Meryl Streep - Turning Turtle

Time: 2:00

Oh, if you had come some other morn'

You wouldn't have found me so forlorn

But, since the day that I was born

Meryl Streep - Turning Turtle

Justin Timberlake - Motherlover

Time: 0:13

What the hell are we gonna do?

My moms been so forlorn ever since my daddy left (Cold)

No one to hold her tight, life has put her to the test

Justin Timberlake - Motherlover

Judas Priest - Exiled

Time: 0:52

As I take the winding road

Bow my head forlorn

Now I must go

Judas Priest - Exiled

David Bowie - Battle for Britain (The Letter)

Time: 1:13

But I'd rather be a beggarman on the shelf

Don't be so forlorn, it's just the payoff

It's the rain before the storm

David Bowie - Battle for Britain (The Letter)

Todd Rundgren - Just One Victory

Time: 1:15

We've been so downhearted (we may be losing now, but we can't stop trying)

We've been so forlorn (so hold that line, baby, hold that line)

We get weak (hold that line, baby, hold that line)

Todd Rundgren - Just One Victory

Phish - Horn

Time: 0:59

And bought and sold my self control for less than it was worth

Now, I know the reason that I'm feeling so forlorn

I'll pick you up at eight as usual, listen for my horn

Phish - Horn

Vanessa Williams - Still in Love

Time: 0:37

You look so sorry, please tell me what's wrong

Just what are you thinking? You look so forlorn

Maybe you're thinking that I have been untrue

Vanessa Williams - Still in Love

The White Stripes - Prickly Thorn, But Sweetly Worn

Time: 2:15

One sound can hold back a thousand hands

When the pipe blows a tune forlorn

And the thistle is a prickly flower, aye

The White Stripes - Prickly Thorn, But Sweetly Worn

Anne Murray - Mary's Little Boy Child

Time: 1:48

And then they found a little nook

In a stable all forlorn

And in a manger cold and dark

Anne Murray - Mary's Little Boy Child

Annie Lennox - Ghosts in My Machine

Time: 1:08

Can't find a place to keep me warm (can't find a place to keep me warm)

My mind is broken and forlorn (my mind is broken and forlorn)

Yeah

Annie Lennox - Ghosts in My Machine

Dean Martin - Goodnight Sweetheart

Time: 0:29

Sleep will vanish sorrow

Tears and parting may make us forlorn

But with the dawn a new day is born

Dean Martin - Goodnight Sweetheart

The Moody Blues - When a Child Is Born

Time: 1:39

You got the feel you're on solid ground

For a spell or two no-one seems forlorn

This comes to pass when a child is born

The Moody Blues - When a Child Is Born

Sting - Come Again

Time: 0:47

Through thy unkind disdain

For now left and forlorn

I sit, I sigh, I weep, I faint, I die

Sting - Come Again

Elvis Costello & the Imposters - I Let the Sun Go Down

Time: 0:11

Whenever I'm in the tightest corner

Whenever I feel forlorn

I think of the isle where

Elvis Costello & the Imposters - I Let the Sun Go Down

Lou Reed - The Raven

Time: 3:19

Though you show here shorn and shaven

And I admit myself forlorn and craven

Ghastly grim and ancient raven

Lou Reed - The Raven

America - Pages

Time: 1:12

And through the ages words are born

Speaking to the senses lifting the forlorn

There's glamour and dementia

America - Pages

Don Williams - If I Needed You

Time: 0:40

I would swim the sea for to ease your pain

Well the night's forlorn and the morning's born

And the morning's born with the lights of love

Don Williams - If I Needed You

Lucinda Williams - Blessed

Time: 3:09

Who taught us the truth

We were blessed by the forlorn

Forsaken and abused

Lucinda Williams - Blessed

Johnny Cash - The Three Bells

Time: 0:06

There's a village hidden deep in the valley

Among the pine trees half forlorn

And there on a sunny morning

Johnny Cash - The Three Bells

Van Morrison - See Me Through

Time: 0:48

Well, I've been too long in this storm

I feel so sad and forlorn

And perhaps I'm counting on you

Van Morrison - See Me Through

Al Stewart - Where Are They Now

Time: 2:18

Though I grew reclusive, my days became withdrawn

I held the banner of our love, now tattered and forlorn

Swore that it would one day fly above us once again

Al Stewart - Where Are They Now

Neil Diamond - Mary's Boy Child

Time: 1:13

By and by, they found a nook

In a stable all forlorn

And in a manger cold and dark

Neil Diamond - Mary's Boy Child

T. Rex - Broken Hearted Blues

Time: 0:29

Don, he was long, mis-shapen and forlorn

And his woman ran away without a smile

T. Rex - Broken Hearted Blues

Bauhaus - Crowds

Time: 0:20

What do you long from me

A slim Pixie, thin and forlorn

A count, white and drawn

Bauhaus - Crowds

Bette Midler - Marahuana

Time: 0:17

But the Mexican sunlight seems so lifeless and cold

Sad and forlorn, I try to find consolation

With a mad desperation I cannot withhold

Bette Midler - Marahuana

The Everly Brothers - I Can't Say Goodbye to You

Time: 1:02

I hope your brand new dress gets torn

But I'm not angry, just forlorn

I'll make a voodoo dance to fit with bats & owls

The Everly Brothers - I Can't Say Goodbye to You

Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Lullaby

Time: 1:09

Don't you ever stop believing

With love forlorn

With love, you'll find your way, my love

Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Lullaby

Nat King Cole - With You on My Mind

Time: 1:20

(Now that you are gone)

Feeling so forlorn

(Feeling so forlorn)

Nat King Cole - With You on My Mind