SADDEST Song of all time.

[UdoKier]

What song moves you to tears every time?

(Not because of your own experiences associated with a song - just by the lyrics and mood of the melody)


Mine would be "That's my Job" by Conway Twitty

and "If You Don't Know me by Now" by Simply Red.

[elperromagico]

1. "Mama Loved The Roses" by Elvis Presley.

Don't ask me why.

[Norbert]

15. Another Elvis song. Don't Cry Daddy

[JohnnyRingo]

2. "Bell Bottom Blues" Derek and the Dominos

"I would drag myself across the floor for you"

[poppabear36]

38. I second that

"Do you really want to see me crawl across the floor for you
Do you really want to see me beg you to take me back
I'd gladly do it
Cause I don't want to fade away..."
Brings tears to my eyes every time.

[JohnnyRingo]

41. Yeah...that was it.

I couldn't remember the exact lyrics...Thanx.

[Leilani]

3. I m so Lonesome I Could Cry

Elvis version

[alphafemale]

11. I'm partial to the Hank Williams version...

(You can hear the heartbreak in his voice)

But yeah...good song.

[Leilani]

35. Hank wrote the song.....so he deserves most of the credit.

Did you ever see a robin weep,

when the leaves begin to die

it means he s lost the will to live,

I m so lonesome I could cry.

[tkmorris]

4. "After You're Gone" by Iris DeMent (nt)

[non sociopath skin]

21. Agreed: Our Town and Infamous Angel also do it for me.

The Skin

[ornotna]

60. Our Town

Definitely a sad song.

[maveric]

5. Eleanor Rigby

Just a sad song.

[UrbScotty]

36. What is it with Eleanor Rigby and marching bands?

The lyrics are sad, but a lot of high school marching band directors seem to like it. Heck, we played it a few years ago in my marching band.

:shrug:

[slutticus]

70. Yes. I like this one too.

Very sad.

[alphafemale]

6. "We're All Alone" (Learn How to Pretend) - Can do it to me on a rainy day.

Some of John Denver's stuff.

"Home Again"

"Annie's Song"



And there's also "My Girl" (since It is forever locked in my mind with the death of a child since the movie of the same name)

[Spinzonner]

7. Some ties

"Since I Fell For You" Lenny Welch

"Wishing On a Star" Rose Royce

[OneBlueSky]

8. Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor On The Bedpost Overnight? . . .

gets me every time . . .

[MrPrax]

9. Don't Need A Reason by Beth Orton

It seems to bring a tear everytime I hear it
...even angels can't help us

[King Coal]

10. I love her so much I can't shit.

[Baja Margie]

12. Roy Orbison's

songs of lost loves, like "Dreams".

And, just about all of Madame Butterfly.


xxxooo

[JVS]

17. Who did that one?

[Ruffhowse]

13. "Ordinary World" by Duran Duran and...

"Wichita Lineman" by Glenn Campbell

[wildwww2]

14. I don`t know if it`s the saddest. But I like. 'Blue Valentine"- Tom Waits

Kentucky Avenue on the Blue Valentine album will put a tear down your cheek for sure.
Peace
Wildman
Al Gore is My President

[fudge stripe cookays]

16. "I Can't Make You Love Me if You Don't"- Bonnie Raitt

Made me sad anyway, just hearing it, words and melody.

Then it came true, and now it turns me into a hunk of jelly.

FSC

[KeepItReal]

57. George Michael's and Chante Moore/Will Downing versions are good too!

That is a beautiful song. Unfortunately it hits too close to home sometimes.

[RivetJoint]

104. GREAT choice!!!

[Briarius]

18. Hurt done by Jonny Cash

The video is a heartbreaker too

[alphafemale]

74. You're right. He was so obviously devasted at the loss of June.

After his hell-raisin' ways it probably never once entered his mind that she might "leave" first.

[MrScorpio]

19. Alone again, naturally

Now that's sad

[kodi]

20. Fields of Gold. Sting.

.

[non sociopath skin]

22. The Band Played Waltzing Matilda

... a song about the First World War by the Scots-Australian singer-songwriter Eric Bogle, for me the best song ever written about the horror and futility of war.

Bogle's own version is excellent: there are also good versions by the Pogues and the folk singer June Tabor.

Try to listen to it if you haven't heard it.

The Skin

[electricmonk]

26. Beat me to it

The Pouges' version was going to be my choice though.

[timtom]

23. Let There Be Peace on Earth

I'm a Vietman veteran (USMC). On the Veteran's Day just following our vicious and cynical invasion of Iraq, I was in the church choir. Our anthem was "Let There Be Peace on Earth". After singing two words I choked up so badly I couldn't sing for the rest of the song. In fact, I am getting choked up just writing this.

[alittlelark]

54. I've had similar reactions

:hug:

[Tom_Foolery]

ALL of Toby Keith's songs make me cry...

because they SUCK!!!!

[flamingyouth]

24. "War Or Hands Of Time," by the Masters Apprentices (1967)

It's about how war affects everyday people. It's a great anti-war song from an Australian band. I've been listening to it a lot over the past year.

Sad thing is, their main songwriter had a massive nervous breakdown not long after writing that song and had to be committed and he stopped making music.

[newsguyatl]

25. either

"last goodbye" by jeff buckley

or "kissing you" desiree

[Martin Eden]

27. "To the Last Whale" by Crosby & Nash

There are plenty of sad songs about what people do to each other, but what we are doing to our planet and the beautiful creatures that inhabit it just breaks my heart.

To the Last Whale
by David Crosby and Graham Nash

Over the years you have been hunted
by the men who throw harpoons
And in the long run he will kill you
jus to feed the pets we raise,
put the flowers in your vase
and make the lipstick for your face.

Over the years you swam the ocean
Following feelings of your own
Now you are washed up on the shoreline
I can see your body lie
It’s a shame you have to die
to put the shadow on our eye

Maybe we’ll go,
Maybe we’ll disappear
It’s not that we don’t know,
It’s just that we don’t want to care.
Under the bridge
Over the foam
Wind on the water,
Carry me home.

[screwfacecapone]

28. Mambo number 6 - lou bega

Becuase when I found out my girl was cheating on me, this was playing in the cafe at the time.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

29. Roberta Flack - Making Love

Maybe the all time tear jerker for me would be the old Irish folksong the Londonderry Aire (aka Danny Boy).

A more recent tune would be "Making Love". I don't like too many pop tunes, as I prefer jazz and blues. But this one exception, written by Burt Bacharach kind of got to me. It's about someone reflecting on an old love, how one goes on when it's over, but still remembers.

Making Love - Roberta Flack

Here close to our feelings we touch again
We love again
Remember when we thought
Our hearts would never mend
And we're all the better for each other

There's more to love I know
Than making love

Here no more confusion we see our lives
We live our lives
Remember when we thought
We never would survive
But now neither one of us is breaking

There's more to love I know
Than making love

Some things never change
Some things sometimes do
And now I'm feeling strong enough to let you in
And now neither one of us is breaking
Now we know there's more to love
Than making love
And I'll remember you and making love
And I'll remember you

[bobthedrummer]

30. "I'd Rather Go Blind" by Etta James always gets to me

there's some others too...

[TryingToWarnYou]

66. Ooo, good song.... Etta rocks.

[argyl]

31. "In My Dreams" Emmylou Harris.

[kariatari]

32. "No Surprises" by Radiohead

[MrSandman]

33. "He Stopped Loving Her Today"...n/t

[Ron Green]

52. Yep, you got that one right.

[MrSandman]

114. Where is Seal Rock?

I worked a summer near Zigzag.:hi:

[yvr girl]

34. It's a really old song

Mr. Bojangles by Sammy Davis Jr. My parents had a SDJ album when I was a kid that I loved. This song always made me cry. But then again, I am a bit of a drama queen. There are several commercials that make me cry too.

[markus]

37. Desperados Waiting For a Train (Guy Clark)

Absolute, hands-down winner.

[IconoclastIlene]

39. Can't live, if living is without you....I can't give.....I can't give

anymore.....Harry Nillson....especially on a cold dreary snowy day or something....I could go to pieces.

[poppabear36]

40. "Perfect Day" by Lou Reed

I seconded "Bell Bottom Blues" above but I'll add this one too.
"Just a perfect day
You made me forget myself
I thought I was - someone else,
Someone good."

[HEyHEY]

42. Puff the magic dragon

[ScreamingMeemie]

43. "Honey"...go ahead and laugh...my whole family does.

Also "A New Day" by Celine Dion. It makes me think of my little miracle son. :hi:

[FDRrocks]

44. "If It Takes Forever" by Connie Frances

[Lindsey]

45. With or Without you -U2

...and you give yourself away, and you give yourself away, and you give, and you give, and you give yourself away...

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

46. "Martha", Tom Waits.

[salinen]

59. "All I had was you

and all you had was me"

[JohnKleeb]

47. thats mighty tough

Hard to say, amazing grace always gets me though.

[Gryffindor_Bookworm]

48. I Can't Cry Hard Enough by the Williams Brothers

I'm going to live my life
Like every day's my last
Without a simple good-bye
It all goes by so fast



And now that you're gone
I can't cry hard enough
No I can't cry hard enough
For you to hear me now



I'm going to open my eyes
And see for the first time
I've let go of you like
A child letting go of his kite

There it goes up in the sky
There it goes beyond the clouds
For no reason why
I can't cry hard enough
No I can't cry hard enough
For you to hear me now



I'm going to look back in vain
And see you standing there
When all that remains
Is just an empty chair



And now that you're gone
I can't cry hard enough
No I can't cry hard enough
For you to hear me now

[politicat]

49. Tie: Gloomy Sunday (various) and My Immortal (Evanescence)

Sucker for suicide songs, I guess.

Pcat

[enigmatic]

50. Here's a few:

"Holocaust"- Big Star
"Closing Time"- Tom Waits
"Western Sky"- American Music Club
"French Inhalor"- Zevon
The Entire "Devotion+Doubt" Album- Richard Buckner
"Tonight I Will Retire"- Damiem Jurado
"Steal The Crumbs"- Uncle Tupelo

Not a sad song, but I had to give props to the person who mentioned Gutterball's "When You Make Up Your Mind" on another thread; we may be the only 2 people in North America that has that CD outside of fanatical fans of The Dream Syndicate, The Long Ryders, The Silos, and Houise Of Freaks" (which I am of all those bands..); cheers!

[Elidor]

51. Who Let the Dogs Out? Woot-woot, woot!

[alittlelark]

53. "Will you know my Name" by Eric Clapton

gets me every time.

Wind beneath My Wings by Bette Midler does it too.

[Amaya]

55. Guess I'm Doing Fine by Beck

Talk about depressing

[WindRavenX]

65. "Seachange" is the all time greatest breakup album

BTW, check out Track 13- availible only on Japanese version CDs. It's possibly the most depressing song of all time.
When I called you in the morning
you were struggling for sense
you were journeying through memories so vicious you made all your dying wishes come true
but I know you’re gonna try
to live without love, by and by
but that’s not living, that’s just dying
going by...
going by...my love
Now that ship in the bottle
has got no place to sail
You see waves getting darker every hour
the stars have lost their power in the sky
but I know you’re gonna try
to live without love, by and by
but that’s not living
that’s just dying
going by...
going by...my love

That's EXACTLY how I felt when my BF and I broke up...:cry: :cry: :cry:

[AngryLizard]

56. St. Swithin's Day by Billy Bragg

I'm tearing up just thinking about it. Also, "Nobody's Crying" by Patty Griffin.

[shawmut]

58. "Last Song" Elton John

[The Great Escape]

61. "Mother's Pride" by George Michael......

Mothers pride
Just a boy
His country's eyes
He's a soldier waving at the shore
And in her heart the time has come
To lose a son

[ornotna]

62. Kilkelly by Moloney, O'Connell & Keane

Kilkelly Ireland.

Kilkelly Ireland, eighteen and sixty, my dear and lovin' son John
Your good friend the Schoolmaster Pat McNamara, so good as to write these words down.
Your brothers have all gone to find work in England, the house is so empty and sad,
The crop of potatoes is sorely affected, a third to a half of them bad.
And your sister Bridget and Patrick O'Donnell, are goin' to be married in June,
Your mother says not to work on the railroad, and be sure to come on home soon.


Kilkelly Ireland, eighteen and seventy, my dear and lovin' son John
Hello to your missus and to your four children, that they may grow healthy and strong
Michael has got in a wee bit of trouble, I suppose he never will learn
Because of the dampness there's no turf to speak of and now we have nothing to burn.
And Bridget is happy you named the child for her, although she's got six of her own
You say you've found work, but you don't say what kind, or when you'll be comin' home.


Kilkelly Ireland, eighteen and eighty, dear Michael and John my sons
I'm sorry to give you the very sad news that your dear old mother has gone.
We buried her down at the church in Kilkelly, your brothers and Bridget were there,
You don't have to worry, she died very quickly, remember her in your prayers.
And it's so good to hear that Michael's returning with money he's sure to buy land
For the crop has been poor and the people are selling, for any price that they can.


Kilkelly Ireland, eighteen and ninety, my dear and lovin' son John
I suppose that I must be close on eighty, it's thirty years since you've gone
Because of all of the money you sent me, I'm still living' out of my own
Michael has built himself a fine house, and Bridget's daughters have grown
And thank you for sendin' your family picture, they're lovely young women and men
You say you might even come for a visit, what a joy to see you again.


Kilkelly Ireland, eighteen and ninety two, my dear brother John,
I'm sorry I didn't write sooner, to tell you that father has gone.
He was living with Brigid, she said he was cheerful and healthy right down to the end
And you should have seen him play with the grandchildren, of Pat McNamara your friend.
And we buried him alongside of mother, down at Kilkelly churchyard
He was a strong and a feisty old man, considering that life is so hard.
And it's funny the way he kept talkin' about you, he called for you at the end
And why don't you think about comin' to visit, we'd all love to see you again



http://www.kilkelly-ireland.com/index.php/2

[opihimoimoi]

63. Waltzing Matilda by the Irish Tenors and Green Green Grass of Home

[enigmatic]

69. "And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda" by The Pogues

n/m

[opihimoimoi]

72. Aye, tis a sad one, tells of a wounded mate coming home never to

walk again... the horrors of war.....sad indeed.

[BrotherBuzz]

64. Shake Sugaree

by Elizabeth Cotten. If it ain't the saddest song, it's at least the most haunting and loneliest song I've ever heard. It takes me to the edge everytime I hear it.

Got a little secret
I ain't gonna tell
I'm going to heaven
In a ground pea shell

Oh lordie me
Didn't I shake sugaree

Everything I got is down in pawn
Pawned my watch
Pawned my chain
Pawned everything that was in my name

Oh lordie me
Didn't I shake sugaree

I'm going sailing
In a wooden shoe
Looking for a star
I can tell my troubles to

Oh lordie me
Didn't I shake sugaree

I pawned my horse
Pawned my plow
Pawned everything
Even my old milk cow

Got a little secret
I ain't gonna tell
I'm going to heaven
In a ground pea shell

Oh lordie me
Didn't I shake sugaree
Everything I got is down in pawn
Everything I got is down in pawn

[TryingToWarnYou]

67. "These Days" by Gregg Allman (yes, I know Jackson Browne wrote it)

Gregg does a fine job with it

[bloodyjack]

68. "I Know It's Over" by THE SMITHS

Also possibly "You Will Miss Me When I Burn" by Palace Music/Brothers/________

[slutticus]

71. "Nutshell"

Alice In Chains

[REP]

73. "Un Bel Di"

"Un Belle Di" from Madame Butterfly is heartbreaking - whether you know the story/understand Italian or not.

"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" is also pretty damn sad. The Dandy Warhols do a good cover (B side, 4:36) and one that kinda sucks (Black, 9:08). It's even more dirge-like than the Lightfoot original (which I also like).

[auburngrad82]

75. Mama Hated Diesels by Commander Cody

[Jim__]

76. Sunrise, Sunset - n/t

[FunBobbyMucha]

77. Chet Baker's version of "Almost Blue."

But I'm taking the circumstance (CB died soon after) and the performance (like a cry for help in a room full of smug yuppies) into the equation here. There's probably sadder songs out there, but this one works for me.

[redqueen]

97. Okay is this the song that goes

Not all good things come to an end
Now it is only a chosen few
I have seen such an unhappy couple
Almost me
Almost you
Almost blue

?

I've only heard Elvis Costello's version of this, but I LOVE it.

[phillybri]

78. "Angel" by Sarah MacLachlan

:cry:

[YellowRubberDuckie]

87. I never really thought about that as sad before...

But now that I think about it, it is a little sad.
Duckie

[unfrigginreal]

79. "Without You" Nilsson

[arwalden]

80. I Honestly Love You ("there you are with yours, and here I am with mine")

... so I guess we'll just be leaving it at this.

[MissMillie]

81. Written by Jimmy Webb

I like Shawn Colvin's version... the song is "If These Walls Could Speak"

[Magrittes Pipe]

82. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

"Oh, yeah. Go ahead and enjoy the holidays with your family. I don't care, 'cause I'll be over here opening up a fucking vein."

[YellowRubberDuckie]

86. Do you need a family?

I don't really have one either.
Duckie

[Magrittes Pipe]

89. Oh, no, my family's great.

That song is just fucking depressing.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

91. Well, ok, then.

You're hilarious.
Duckie

[Aristus]

83. "Under The Bridge" by The Red Hot Chili Peppers.

'I gave my life away.....' is one of the saddest lyrics ever written.

[Surf Cowboy]

84. WHITER SHADE OF PALE

for crying out loud...

[YellowRubberDuckie]

85. One More Day

It's a country song by Diamond Rio.


ONE MORE DAY:
Last night I had a crazy dream
a wish was granted just for me
it could be for anything
I didn't ask for money
or a mansion in Malibu
I simply wished for one more day with you!

One more day, one more time
one more sunset, maybe I'd be satisfied
but then again, I know what it would do
Leave me wishing still for one more day with you
one more day...........

First thing I'd do is pray for time to crawl
I'd unplug the telephone and keep the t.v off
I'd hold you every second
say a million I love you's
that's what I'd do with one more day with you

One more day, one more time
one more sunset maybe I'd be satisfied
but then again I know what it would do
leave me wishing still for one more day with you

one more day, one more time
one more sunset maybe I'd be satisfied
but then again I know what it would do
leave me wishing still for one more day
leave me wishing still for one more day
leave me wishing still for one more day with you.
****

I honestly think about my sister every time I hear this song, and it makes me cry my eyes out.
Duckie

[derby378]

88. "There's a World" by Neil Young

Off of the HARVEST album. Very touching. I get choked up just thinking about it.

[DebinTx]

90. "Dust in the Wind" by Kansas

Really lets us all know that we're just a tiny tiny bit of life.

[BigBrother]

92. "I am Stretched on your Grave"..

by Kate Rusby the words are from an anonymous Irish poet.
I won't type out the whole song but the chorus is
"I am stretched on your grave
and I'll lie here forever.
If your hands were in mine
I'd be sure they neve would sever.
My apple tree my brightness,
it is time we were together,
For I smell of the earth
And I'm worn by the weather."

The other song would be
"There were Roses"

[Jeff in Cincinnati]

93. "Hail to the Chief"

Every time I see Bush walking up to the podium...

[Norbert]

94. Long, Long Time by Linda Ronstadt

written by Gary B. White
Universal MCA Music (ASCAP)


"Love will abide, take things in stride
Sounds like good advice but there's no one at my side
And time washes clean love's wounds unseen
That's what someone told me but I don't know what it means.

Cause I've done everything I know to try and make you mine
And I think I'm gonna love you for a long long time

Caught in my fears
Blinking back the tears
I can't say you hurt me when you never let me near
And I never drew one response from you
All the while you fell all over girls you never knew
Cause I've done everything I know to try and make you mine
And I think it's gonna hurt me for a long long time

Wait for the day
You'll go away
Knowing that you warned me of the price I'd have to pay
And life's full of flaws
Who knows the cause?
Living in the memory of a love that never was
Cause I've done everything I know to try and change your mind
and I think I'm gonna miss you for a long long time
Cause I've done everything I know to try and make you mine
And I think I'm gonna love you for a long long time."


This was not a big national hit for her. Linda's solo career was not getting much traction at the time. In our local top 40 station this song came close to being number one, nationally it peaked at #25.

You can hear the pain and dispair in her voice. God, this lady can sing a torch song like no other.

[bo44]

95. He stopped loving her (long pause) today by George Jones

Not to tears but the first time I heard the song it moved me.

[RivetJoint]

106. Really Good Choice

[redqueen]

96. Pachebel's Canon in D

Always sounded kind of sad to me, but I heard it on the way home from the hospital after the birth of my first child, and I broke down in tears. Ever since then I get choked up when I hear it.

[IcyPeas]

98. Song to the Siren - This Mortal Coil (Liz Fraser)

[markses]

99. Iris Dement, "Our Town"

(You really have to hear it acoustic)

And you know the sun's settin' fast,
And just like they say, nothing good ever lasts.
Well, go on now and kiss it goodbye,
But hold on to your lover,
'Cause your heart's bound to die.
Go on now and say goodbye to our town, to our town.
Can't you see the sun's settin' down on our town, on our town,
Goodnight.

Up the street beside that red neon light,
That's where I met my baby on one hot summer night.
He was the tender and I ordered a beer,
It's been forty years and I'm still sitting here.

But you know the sun's settin' fast,
And just like they say, nothing good ever lasts.
Well, go on now and kiss it goodbye,
But hold on to your lover,
'Cause your heart's bound to die.
Go on now and say goodbye to our town, to our town.
Can't you see the sun's settin' down on our town, on our town,
Goodnight.

It's here I had my babies and I had my first kiss.
I've walked down Main Street in the cold morning mist.
Over there is where I bought my first car.
It turned over once but then it never went far.

And I can see the sun's settin' fast,
And just like they say, nothing good ever lasts.
Well, go on now and kiss it goodbye,
But hold on to your lover,
'Cause your heart's bound to die.
Go on now and say goodbye to our town, to our town.
Can't you see the sun's settin' down on our town, on our town,
Goodnight.

I buried my Mama and I buried my Pa.
They sleep up the street beside that pretty brick wall.
I bring them flowers about every day,
but I just gotta cry when I think what they'd say.

If they could see how the sun's settin' fast,
And just like they say, nothing good ever lasts.
Well, go on now and kiss it goodbye,
But hold on to your lover,
'Cause your heart's bound to die.
Go on now and say goodbye to our town, to our town.
Can't you see the sun's settin' down on our town, on our town,
Goodnight.

Now I sit on the porch and watch the lightning-bugs fly.
But I can't see too good, I got tears in my eyes.
I'm leaving tomorrow but I don't wanna go.
I love you, my town, you'll always live in my soul.

But I can see the sun's settin' fast,
And just like they say, nothing good ever lasts.
Well, go on, I gotta kiss you goodbye,
But I'll hold to my lover,
'Cause my heart's 'bout to die.
Go on now and say goodbye to my town, to my town.
I can see the sun has gone down on my town, on my town,
Goodnight.
Goodnight.

[Caution]

100. Big Bottom - Spinal Tap

The bigger the cushion, the sweeter the pushin
That's what I said.
The looser the waistband, the deeper the quicksand
Or so I have read.
My baby fits me like a flesh tuxedo.
I love to sink her with my pink torpedo.

Big bottom
Big bottom
Talk about bum cakes,
My gal's got 'em.
Big bottom,
Drive me out of my mind.
How can I leave this behind?

I saw her on monday, twas my lucky bun day
You know what I mean.
I love her each weekday, each velvety cheekday
You know what I mean.
My love gun's loaded and she's in my sights
Big game's waiting there inside her tights

Big bottom
Big bottom
Talk about mud flaps
My gal's got 'em.
Big bottom
Drive me out of my mind.
How can I leave this behind?

[SoFlaJet]

101. Why

Annie Lennox

[SoFlaJet]

102. Also,You Were Always On My Mind

lately has been killin me

[Bluzmann57]

103. "Down to Seeds and Stems Again"

not really sure who wrote it, but Commander Cody performed it. Really sad stuff. "Saturday Night, Sittin' Alone, Watchin' the late late show", etc. "And I'm Down to Seeds and Stems Again Too". Brings tears every time.

[nyhuskyfan]

105. Watching The Wheels by John Lennon and...

Tick Tock by Stevie Ray Vaughan (actually the Vaughan Brothers).

Both were released at the exact time as the singer's deaths, so they have an element of sadness to them.

Tears In Heaven by Eric Clapton also has a similar emotion behind it, since it dealt with the tragic death of his son.

[nyhuskyfan]

111. If You See Her, Say Hello...

Bob Dylan. I can't believe I forgot this one on my first post.

[RivetJoint]

107. "Dance with My Father" by Luther Vandross

I can never hear that song without tearing up. God, I hope my parents die at the same time - they'd be lost without each other.

[daisygirl]

108. Paradise, John Prine

When I was a child my family would travel
Down to western Kentucky where my parents were born
And there's a backwards old town that's often remembered
So many times that my memories are worn.

And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County
Down by the Green River where Paradise lay
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking
Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away

Well, sometimes we'd travel right down the Green River
To the abandoned old prison down by Airdrie Hill
Where the air smelled like snakes and we'd shoot with our pistols
But empty pop bottles was all we would kill.

And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County
Down by the Green River where Paradise lay
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking
Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away

Then the coal company came with the world's largest shovel
And they tortured the timber and stripped all the land
Well, they dug for their coal till the land was forsaken
Then they wrote it all down as the progress of man.

And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County
Down by the Green River where Paradise lay
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking
Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away

When I die let my ashes float down the Green River
Let my soul roll on up to the Rochester dam
I'll be halfway to heaven with Paradise waitin'
Just five miles away from wherever I am.

And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County
Down by the Green River where Paradise lay
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking
Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away

[radwriter0555]

109. Streets of Philadelphia, the Boss... and Elton's Last Song...

Both rip me to shreds every single time...

The Last Song


Yesterday you came to lift me up
As light as straw and brittle as a bird
Today I weigh less than a shadow on the wall
Just one more whisper of a voice unheard

Tomorrow leave the windows open
As fear grows please hold me in your arms
Won't you help me if you can to shake this anger
I need your gentle hands to keep me calm

`Cause I never thought I'd lose
I only thought I'd win
I never dreamed I'd feel
This fire beneath my skin
I can't believe you love me
I never thought you'd come
I guess I misjudged love
Between a father and his son

Things we never said come together
The hidden truth no longer haunting me
Tonight we touched on the things that were never spoken
That kind of understanding sets me free

`Cause I never thought I'd lose
I only thought I'd win
I never dreamed I'd feel
This fire beneath my skin
I can't believe you love me
I never thought you'd come
I guess I misjudged love
Between a father and his son

[Purrfessor]

110. Hello In There-----John Prine

We had an apartment in the city,
Me and Loretta liked living there.
Well, it's been years since the kids had grown,
A life of their own, left us alone.

John and Linda live in Omaha,
And Joe is somewhere on the road.
We lost Davy in the Korean war,
And I still don't know what for, don't matter anymore.

Chorus:
Ya know that old trees just grow stronger,
And old rivers grow wilder ev'ry day.
Old people just grow lonesome
Waiting for someone to say, "Hello in there, hello."

Me and Loretta, we don't talk much more,
She sits and stares through the back door screen.
And all the news just repeats itself
Like some forgotten dream, that we've both seen.

Someday I'll go and call up Rudy,
We worked together at the factory.
But what could I say if he asks "What's new?"
Nothing, what's with you? Nothing much to do.

Chorus

[GOPisEvil]

112. "I Can't Make You Love Me" - Bonnie Raitt

[KamaAina]

113. "Hail to the Chief", when played for Bush*

It's supposed to be played for the duly elected President of the United States.

[Beaverhausen]

115. "Company" by Rickie Lee Jones

I'll see you in another life now baby
I'll free you in my dreams
but when I reach across the galaxy
I will miss your company...

:cry:

[Dukkha]

116. "Where is The Love" by Mojave 3

download it and then by it.
You'll see what I mean