[Found it, thanks] Having a senior moment. Can't remember a song.

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Here it is.... [Help me. Name some songs that made you cry. Maybe the one I can't remember will be among them. Thanks.]

[greatauntoftriplets]

1. Steve Goodman's "My Old Man".

The impact is so strong that I can't listen to it anymore.

[speak easy]

2. Moon River

And this - Titanium

[Midnight Writer]

3. Steve Goodman's Souvenirs

[markodochartaigh]

4. I guess that this isn't the one,

but if you need a good cry. It is a Mother singing to her dying daughter to shut her eyes, that her Dad (who has already starved) will come with food soon. It is supposed to be from the 1840's.
It has been lightened up for modern tastes by Cartoon Saloon.

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[rubbersole]

5. "Where have you been." - Kathy Mattea

[Skittles]

6. come on rubbersole, one more post for 10,000!

[rubbersole]

9. You're 10,001.

I went to today's California Peggy's photo post to thank her. I love everything about DU and feel humbled that so many smart kind people post here (and I haven't been kicked out!). And thanks for noticing the 10K milestone 🥰. I've been thinking about it all day.

[Skittles]

16. glad to have you here!

yes DU is an blue oasis in a sea of red insanity and we need all the help we can get!

[KitFox]

7. "Where've You Been?" Recorded by Kathy Mattea ( written by her husband John Vezner

and Don Henry). “Black Water” written and sung by Jean Ritchie. “When I Go” Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer. “Orphan Train” written by Utah Phillips sung by Kate Brislin& Jodie Stecher. “The Band Played Waltzing Matilda” written by Eric Bogle. “ Me and the Eagle” Steve Earle. “The Parting Glass” (Irish Folk Ballad) sung by The High Kings. “Deportee” Woody Guthrie. “The Rainbow Connection “ written by Paul Williams. So many more!!!!

[cbabe]

29. The Pogues/The Band Played Waltzin Matilda

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[Figarosmom]

8. Cat's in the Cradle

Time in a Bottle
Hallelujah
Everybody Hurts
Wish You Were Here
Tears in Heaven
Living Years
Fast Car
Wild Horses
Hurt
Mad World
Sound of Silence
Tom Joad
Adam's Song
A Long December
Around Here
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Luka

[IcyPeas]

36. Nice list Figarosmom

[Figarosmom]

37. All i could think of at the time

I know there are a lot more. One I thought of just now.

Take a Look at Me Now / Against All Odds sets me off crying .

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

60. Luka triggered off my memory.

Thanks

[Figarosmom]

61. You're welcome

Glad to help.

Yeah I can see where Luka would have gotten you to Hell is for Children, both about child abuse.

[moniss]

10. Don Williams singing

"Standing Knee Deep In A River (Dying of Thirst)"

[rubbersole]

49. Kathy Mattea also covers this song.

Don Williams' version is excellent. Thanks.

[moniss]

11. Dickey Lee singing

"Patches".

[moniss]

12. Ray Price singing

"For The Good Times".

[moniss]

13. Judy Garland singing

"A Cottage For Sale" live on her TV show. One of the most remarkable, emotional, deeply personal and difficult performances I've ever seen an artist go through. She knew her demons, she knew her part in the relationship problems and as she is singing it she knows the marriage she had tried at the time was over and another relationship ended in heartbreak for her.

[moniss]

14. Vikki Carr singing

"With Pen In Hand".

[moniss]

15. Mark Knopfler singing

"Romeo and Juliet" the live performance from his show "A Night in London". Truly extraordinary.

[AZJonnie]

17. All I do is miss you, and the way we used to be

Julie I'd do the stars with you anytime

That whole section.

[OldBaldy1701E]

41. I agree! It is so beautiful. (n/t)

[AZJonnie]

18. Jeff Buckley - Lover, You Should Have Come Over

In particular the climax of the song, the part that starts with: "It's never over, my kingdom for her kiss upon my shoulder"

Also Lori McKenna - People Get Old

[nuxvomica]

19. "Seasons in the Sun" by Terry Jacks

[viva la]

20. Say Something

Christina Aguilera and A Great Big World.

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[Beatlelvr]

21. Imagine

Let it Be
Danny Boy

[Harker]

22. Maybe it was "e lucevan le stelle" from Puccini's "Tosca."

Gets me every time.

[catbyte]

23. Landslide and Wish You Were Here

Both of them get me every time no matter how many times I hear them

[AllaN01Bear]

24. moonlight serinade by glenn miller.

outtro from dr strangelove . till we meet agan. vera lynn.

[justaprogressive]

25. Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush: Don't Give Up

A friend played this for me 17yrs ago when I needed it most...

[Frasier Balzov]

26. God Only Knows.

I've been hearing that replayed since Brian Wilson's death.

The world could show nothing to me, so what good would living do me?

[generalbetrayus]

27. Johnny Cash - Hurt

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[cbabe]

28. Chicks/ Traveling soldier and Robbie O'Connell & Finbar Clancy/Kilkelly Ireland

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[Annie Moosee]

30. Hate me - Blue October(?)

Counting Cars

How to save a life

True Colors

A little fall of rain; Dreamed a dream; On my own; Bring him home ( les Mis)

Wishing you were somehow here again (Phantom)

Memory (Cats)

Candle on the water (Pete's Dragon)

[lucca18]

31. Imagine.......John Lennon

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion, too

Imagine all the people
Livin' life in peace

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one

I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

[Annie Moosee]

32. also "Remember Me"

From Coco. 💔

eta: Castle on a cloud (les Mis)

[LudwigPastorius]

33. ?

[leftwingnut1]

34. This one still makes tears come

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[Iggo]

35. The older I get, the longer the list.

[LogDog75]

38. The biggest tearjerker ever

Honey, by Bobby Goldsboro.

[sestina]

39. Lee Ann Womack - I Hope You Dance

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[sestina]

40. Adele - Someone Like You

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[OldBaldy1701E]

42. Okay, mine is a weird one.

But I always tear up whenever I hear 'Figure Eight' from Schoolhouse Rock.

The song itself is just beautiful.

[LudwigPastorius]

50. That's Blossom Dearie singing.

[Niagara]

43. The Sound of Silence by Simon & Garfunkel

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[malthaussen]

44. Pretty vague. But I'll suggest "Wildflower," Skylark's version.

Enough to make a grown man cry.

-- Mal

[Aristus]

45. "Forever Young" by Alphaville.

Also covered by Laura Branigan.

Both of them very tragically moving.

[Upthevibe]

46. discntnt_irny_srcsm........

[Celerity]

47. Bauhaus - Crowds (1980)

[Hotler]

48. If I Had Any Pride Left At All, Etta James

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[applegrove]

51. There Were "Seasons In The Sun", Terry Jacks

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Never listened to the words just that it was about good byes.

[Raven123]

52. Danny Boy

[rampartd]

53. these do it

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[Kali]

54. "Christmas in the Trenches" by John McCutcheon

And as several others have mentioned, Kathy Mattea's "Where Have You Gone"

[subterranean]

55. Luka - Suzanne Vega

Already One - Neil Young
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot

[Ptah]

56. Ball and Chain - Janis Joplin

[sestina]

57. SYML - Where's My Love

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[MorbidButterflyTat]

58. Love songs always make me cry

Queen: Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)

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On "A Day At The Races" album


Followed by: Tie Your Mother Down

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[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

59. Thank you so much everyone.

Many of these hurt to listen to. You folks are great to take the time replying and sharing.

I'm updating the OP to include the one I was trying to find.