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That's never free...''|"Behind Blue Eyes", by [[The Who]]}}
It's been said that the [[Villain Song|villain tends to have the best songs]] in any given musical, full of flash and gloating. But sometimes, the villain (or perhaps a [[Villain Protagonist]], [[Anti
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== Animation-Western ==
* "Jack's Lament" from ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]'' is about how he's basically unhappy with the dark side.
** Though it should be noted that Jack [[Dark Is Not Evil|isn't evil, nor the villain]]. He's actually the hero of the story, and plays an integral role in rescuing Santa Claus from the downright ''nasty'' bugbag known as Oogie Boogie. It ''is'' [[Well
** Keeping in mind that Jack isn't evil nor the villain, the first half of "[[BSOD Song|Poor Jack]]" could count, too.
* [[The Simpsons|Sideshow Bob]] had a plan to kill Krusty the Klown, and he was about to see the plan come to fruition when Krusty sang a song about how he really missed working with Bob. In turn, Bob sang about how he would really miss Krusty when he had killed him, and this made him have second thoughts and prevent his trap from killing Krusty.
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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 -- 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 (Theatre)|The Threepenny Opera]]''. (Titles vary depending on the translation - "Ruf aus dem Gruft" and "Grabschrift" are the original titles.)
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