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* "Behind Blue Eyes" by [[The Who]] was originally intended as a villain's lament within Townshend's aborted [[Rock Opera]] ''Lifehouse''.
* "Best at Being the Worst" from [[Team Rocket]] in the ''Pokemon Live!'' musical.
* "Pore Jud Is Dead" from ''[[Oklahoma]]!'' counts as both a [["The Villain Sucks" Song|VillainSucksSong]] and this -- Juddthis—Judd is a really self-loathing person, and even though Curly is insulting him in the song, he likes the idea that if he killed himself, people would feel sorry for shunning him.
* In ''Li'l Abner'', General Bullmoose has "Progress Is The Root Of All Evil," a lament for plutocracy lost.
* "Call From The Grave" and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hfa0mkvbmX0 "Epitaph"] from [[Bertolt Brechts]] ''[[The Threepenny Opera]]''. (Titles vary depending on the translation - "Ruf aus dem Gruft" and "Grabschrift" are the original titles.)
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