Songs About Tuberculosis and Death - The Awl
www.theawl.com › 2012 › 01Jan 19, 2012 · Van Morrison’s “T.B. Sheets,” from 1967, is one of the most harrowing songs about disease and death that anyone’s ever written. The discomfort in his voice as he talks himself out of the room where his girlfriend lies dying — “We got Darren coming around here later with a bottle of wine for you, baby. But I gotta go…”