yeah cheers paul, i got 'the deal'- pat campbell already...........if u culd think up anymore wuld b much appriciated  ta
claire


Blimey! There's two people in the world that's got this record?!!

In a similar vein (you'll know what I mean...) you could also try 'Five Little Fingers' by Frankie McBride and 'It's You' by British slapstick comedian Freddie Starr (in serious mode...)

And, lest I forget the daddy of 'em all, 'Old Shep' by Red Foley/Elvis Presley...

If any more crop up in my brainbox, I'll let you know...

ta again........i got old shep and 5 little fingers....................will download the freddie atarr on althou am a bit dubiuos on that one  ;D

thanx
claire

ta again........i got old shep and 5 little fingers....................will download the freddie atarr on althou am a bit dubiuos on that one  ;D

thanx
claire


Well, no need to be dubious - because he does play it 'straight', if slightly overblown...good luck with finding that one, it's a bit obscure...

I always thought "At Seventeen" was so depressing. There's a ton of sad songs from the 60s and 70s -I'm surprized that there hasn't been more response to this.

"Run Joey Run" by David Geddes,1975

"Run Joey Run" by David Geddes,1975


Hey, good one...don't forget his 'Blind Man In The Bleachers' either...

thanx paul.yet again

tell u a couple of songs i am lookin for:-

one is about a guy taking a girl to a prom dance, he lends her his sweater and agrees to retrieve it in the morning, then finds out the next day she is dead and finds his sweater on her grave

the other is about a solider that died in the war and directs all the other soldiers around a field full of land mines

sorry i can't b more descriptive  as they r 4 my dad and thats the only description he has told me

i ain't old enough to remember em lol

thanx claire

thanks ktelqueen.am downloadin it now  :)

Claire
x

any time  :)

tell u a couple of songs i am lookin for:-

one is about a guy taking a girl to a prom dance, he lends her his sweater and agrees to retrieve it in the morning, then finds out the next day she is dead and finds his sweater on her grave

That song's called 'Laurie (Strange Things Happen)' by a guy called Dickey Lee, who also did another good story song called 'Patches'...

the other is about a solider that died in the war and directs all the other soldiers around a field full of land mines

Possibly 'Camouflage' by Stan Ridgway? Mind you, this was from 1986...

i ain't old enough to remember em lol

Think how I feel, sweetheart...!!

thank u yet again lol, this is gettin to b a habit now lol...........i don't think camouflage is the 1 as its from the 80s but will try d/loadin it anyway

ta claire x

hi..i just thought of two more:

(The) Last Kiss by J. Frank Wilson
        and
Brandy by Looking Glass

thanx..will try and find em to download......any more ideas will b appriciated  ta claire x

I don't know if these are the type you're looking for but how about...

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot (1976)
A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash (1969)
Uneasy Rider - Charlie Daniels (1973) (actually more funny than sad)

???

Two  Little Boys - Rolf Harris
Teen Angel -??
Tell Laura I Love Her - Ray Peterson
Leader Of The Pack - Shangra-Las
Ebony Eyes - The Everly Brothers
Hello, This Is Joanie - Paul Evans
Billy Don't Be A Hero - Paper Lace

Teen Angel
Big Bad John

Two  Little Boys - Rolf Harris
Teen Angel -??
Tell Laura I Love Her - Ray Peterson
Leader Of The Pack - Shangra-Las
Ebony Eyes - The Everly Brothers
Hello, This Is Joanie - Paul Evans
Billy Don't Be A Hero - Paper Lace

Mark Dinning did Teen angel,as well as another sad one called the Pickup.Ebony Eyes was a hit around the time the U.S. figure skating team got killed.

hi..i just thought of two more:

(The) Last Kiss by J. Frank Wilson
        and
Brandy by Looking Glass
:oLast Kiss was written by wayne cochran,who also recorded it,but his version wasn't a national hit.Leader of the laundromat by the Detergents and I Want My baby back by Jimmy Cross are humorous tragedy songs.Cheers!

cheers, zcito, jaytee,bj26 and marion.....................if u think of anymore they would b appriciated ta

claire
x

That song's called 'Laurie (Strange Things Happen)' by a guy called Dickey Lee, who also did another good story song called 'Patches'...

cheers paul thats the one..................any look on thinkin of the 1 about the solider as it ain't camouflague

i have finally managed to get that freddie starr one too

thnx
claire
x







Think how I feel, sweetheart...!!

any look on thinkin of the 1 about the solider as it ain't camouflague

Sadly, no...must be a bit of an obscure one, that...

i have finally managed to get that freddie starr one too

thnx
claire
x


Incredibly well done...! I thought you'd have trouble with that...

the other is about a solider that died in the war and directs all the other soldiers around a field full of land mines

"War" Edwin Starr?  ???




Howard

:oThere's also  "Down in the Willow garden",?"Put my Little shoes Away"  and "LIghtning Express" by the Everly brothers.Cheers!

Claire, I don't remember who sang it, but this goofy song had people crying in the fifties...

                                "Running Bear"...he lost his "Little White Dove"

Hot Wax

Paul Simon is a master at his-  How about "The Boxer" "Lincoln Duncan" "Bridge over Troubled Waters"
"Old Friends" :\'(

Paul Simon- Me And Julio



Howard

Claire, I don't remember who sang it, but this goofy song had people crying in the fifties...

                                 "Running Bear"...he lost his "Little White Dove"

Hot Wax
;)Actually,Running Bear drowned too,so he didn't really lose her ;) :D ;DThey went to the happy hunting ground.Cheers!

hi and thank u yet again, but it wasn't camouflage, but something very similar ( well so dad says)

and do u no if anyone other than dickie lee sang Laurie as he says its the right words but its too upbeat

let me no

ta
Claire
x

Abraham, Martin, and John

American Pie

hi and thank u yet again, but it wasn't camouflage, but something very similar ( well so dad says)

Sadly none the wiser - I even did a collective pick of the minds in the office earlier today, but they all came up with 'Camouflage'...as I said, it must be a pretty obscure one...

and do u no if anyone other than dickie lee sang Laurie as he says its the right words but its too upbeat

let me no

ta
Claire
x


Once again, no joy...Dickie Lee's is the only version that I know...

Try picking the collective brains on http://www.oldiesmusic.com/bbs/ (Marian will be very familiar with it...!!) - there's some very knowledgable people there, but careful with the 'Laurie' question - it's one of the most asked questions on there...!!

Let us know how you get on...all the best for now...

Sadly none the wiser - I even did a collective pick of the minds in the office earlier today, but they all came up with 'Camouflage'...as I said, it must be a pretty obscure one...



Once again, no joy...Dickie Lee's is the only version that I know...

Try picking the collective brains on http://www.oldiesmusic.com/bbs/ (Marian will be very familiar with it...!!) - there's some very knowledgable people there, but careful with the 'Laurie' question - it's one of the most asked questions on there...!!

Let us know how you get on...all the best for now...
;D :DYou'reroght about the song "Laurie".It seems someone asksabout it like every month.Also asked'about a lot is "Sukiyaki" by Kyu Sakamoto.Cheers!

;)Actually,Running Bear drowned too,so he didn't really lose her ;) :D ;DThey went to the happy hunting ground.Cheers!


Marian, you're right on that, I forgot he drowned also. Really, the only thing I liked about the song was drums and the guys who sang the "humba chukka humba chukka" back ground on it.

Do remember a song that was about a father telling his son" please don't go down by the Indians or something like that ? because he was afraid his son would find a girl down there and fall in love with her only to find out that maybe the girl could be his sister because of a love affair the father had with an Indian girl and had a baby with then left them both and kept it a secret...Does this sound familiar to you? do you know the title or who sang that screwed up song?

Hot Wax

The Night Chicago Died by Paper Lace

tell u wot marian i think i must of bin dreamin that other version of laurie  :-\\.................as i can't seem to find, but me not bein 1 to b put off i will keep tryin lol :)

Do remember a song that was about a father telling his son" please don't go down by the Indians or something like that ? because he was afraid his son would find a girl down there and fall in love with her only to find out that maybe the girl could be his sister because of a love affair the father had with an Indian girl and had a baby with then left them both and kept it a secret...Does this sound familiar to you? do you know the title or who sang that screwed up song?

Hot Wax


Rex Allen- "Don't go near the Indians" 

;D :DYou'reroght about the song "Laurie".It seems someone asksabout it like every month.Also asked'about a lot is "Sukiyaki" by Kyu Sakamoto.Cheers!



Sukiyaki was also sung by Taste Of Honey back in the late 1970's.


Howard

Kiss And Say Goodbye Manhattans



Howard

Hang Down Your Head Tom Dooley - sung by the Deltones in Australia.

"Give Us Your Blessings" by The Shangri-Las is a teen-tragedy song that got to #29 (U.S.) in 1965.

DEAD MAN'S CURVE :o

Marian, you're right on that, I forgot he drowned also. Really, the only thing I liked about the song was drums and the guys who sang the "humba chukka humba chukka" back ground on it.

Do remember a song that was about a father telling his son" please don't go down by the Indians or something like that ? because he was afraid his son would find a girl down there and fall in love with her only to find out that maybe the girl could be his sister because of a love affair the father had with an Indian girl and had a baby with then left them both and kept it a secret...Does this sound familiar to you? do you know the title or who sang that screwed up song?

Hot Wax
I like the sonfg "Running Bear'.I don't remember the other one,though.Cheers!

hi,
   can anyone help me find sad/story tellin songs from the 60's & 70's..such as 'teddy bear/Teddy bears last ride- Red sovine.

would love any help u could offer
thanx


How about "Image of My Baby" by the Legendary Rinaldo Brothers?

----it's a train wreck, there's a heart break down the line, and she was mine -----

Their website is www.rinaldobrothers.com

Here's a couple....

Sylvia's Mother - Dr Hook
Living Next Door To Alice - Smokie

Lucille - Kenny Rogers

Tell Laura I Love Her

I'm not sure if these are exacly what you're looking for but here are some more from the '60s and '70s...

Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles
Taxi - Harry Chapin
Vincent (Starry Starry Night) - Don McLean
Wildfire - Michael Martin Murphy
Alone Again (Natually) - Gilbert O' Sullivan

:)

(or should I say... :(  :\'( )

thanx paul.yet again

tell u a couple of songs i am lookin for:-

one is about a guy taking a girl to a prom dance, he lends her his sweater and agrees to retrieve it in the morning, then finds out the next day she is dead and finds his sweater on her grave

the other is about a solider that died in the war and directs all the other soldiers around a field full of land mines

sorry i can't b more descriptive  as they r 4 my dad and thats the only description he has told me
Paul, The first one is "Laurie" or "Lori" Strange things happen in this world.

i ain't old enough to remember em lol

thanx claire

Claire, I don't remember who sang it, but this goofy song had people crying in the fifties...

                                 "Running Bear"...he lost his "Little White Dove"

Hot Wax


Johnny Preston did "Running Bear"

hi,
   can anyone help me find sad/story tellin songs from the 60's & 70's..such as 'teddy bear/Teddy bears last ride- Red sovine.

would love any help u could offer
thanx


Red Sovine had several. Giddy-up-go, Phantom 309, Little Joe, Little Rosa. That's all I have right now by him.

I like the sonfg "Running Bear'.I don't remember the other one,though.Cheers!


The second song was done by The Browns but I can't remember the name of it.

hi,
   can anyone help me find sad/story tellin songs from the 60's & 70's..such as 'teddy bear/Teddy bears last ride- Red sovine.

would love any help u could offer
thanx


A great tearjerker by The Browns was "The Three Bells"

hi,
   can anyone help me find sad/story tellin songs from the 60's & 70's..such as 'teddy bear/Teddy bears last ride- Red sovine.

would love any help u could offer
thanx

cheers wayne...............but if u can remember the title of that one about the solider it would b much appriciated.............as its still doin my head in tryin to find it

thanx alot
Claire

Johnny Preston did "Running Bear"


Thanks waynerbabe, didn't Preston do other novelty songs like that? I'll have to look him up on the net.

Hot wax

Watchin' Scotty Grow..Bobby Goldsboro

Watchin' Scotty Grow..Bobby Goldsboro


Was that one a sad song? Don't you mean his "Honey" song ?
???

Was that one a sad song? Don't you mean his "Honey" song ?
???



well, perhaps it was more heartwarming than sad.

Anyone say Please Mr. Custer yet?

also, Ode to Billy Jack (One Tin Soldier)
Johnny Reb

cheers wayne...............but if u can remember the title of that one about the solider it would b much appriciated.............as its still doin my head in tryin to find it

thanx alot
Claire



Claire, I've been beating more poor decrepid old brain on the soldier one and can't come up with it. Not too many of the late 50's and all of the 60's I don't remember something of, but can't recollect that one.

                                                                                                     Sorry,
                                                                                                     Wayne

Not sure if it was that era but it alwys got to me...Walter Brennans' "Mule River" or Old Mule river.
Remember?

I think it was just called Old Rivers.
                    "..that mule, Old Rivers, and me.."

Does anyone remember 'PATCHES' sung by Clarence Carter,'Billy Don't Be a Hero' by Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods,'Same Old Auld Lang Syne' by Dan Fogelberg, or "The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald' by Gordon Lightfoot?

Does anyone remember 'PATCHES' sung by Clarence Carter,'Billy Don't Be a Hero' by Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods,'Same Old Auld Lang Syne' by Dan Fogelberg, or "The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald' by Gordon Lightfoot?
Yes Patches by Clarence Carter is correct written by Gen. Johnson of Chairmen of the Board of "Give Me Just A Little More Time" fame. But don't forget the other "Patches" by Dickie Lee. Now that's really a sad song.  Later, sherman]

Was this mentioned already?

Ode to Billy Joe

Tanya

Does anyone remember 'PATCHES' sung by Clarence Carter,'Billy Don't Be a Hero' by Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods,'Same Old Auld Lang Syne' by Dan Fogelberg, or "The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald' by Gordon Lightfoot?

All of the above,Tony20fan4ever  ;)
I've only heard Patches by George Jones though,not by Clarence Carter.I still have my Billy Don't Be A Hero 45 and I'm a fan of Dan Fogelberg and Gordon Lightfoot  :)

Here's a real sad one from 1971...

http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php/topic,3632.0.html

:\'(

lots of great sad songs here, Mr. Bojangles if no one's said it yet.

How about Fire & Rain by James Taylor.
Me & Mrs. Jones-Billy Paul
Kiss & say Goodbye-The Manhattans

sniff..

Laurel

Abraham, Martin & John

Does anyone remember 'PATCHES' sung by Clarence Carter,'Billy Don't Be a Hero' by Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods,'Same Old Auld Lang Syne' by Dan Fogelberg, or "The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald' by Gordon Lightfoot?


I remember all of those.  Just recently got a CD that has Billy Don't Be a Hero. 
What about Seasons in the Sun and one I only heard once but will never forget called Angels, Roses, and Rain.  It's about a man and a little girl, the mom died and he tells her "So, darlin' when you hear your mama's name think of angels, roses, and rain. 
Also, there's one I think the name of it is I Need Somebody to Talk To, (maybe I Just Need Somebody to Talk To) it's about a little girl who lives in an orphanage. 

Oh, another good one is "The Deck of Cards" about a soldier who has no Bible but his deck of cards is his Bible,  the queen being Mary; jack, Jesus...etc.

Down in the boondocks - Billy Joe Royal

hi,
   can anyone help me find sad/story tellin songs from the 60's & 70's..such as 'teddy bear/Teddy bears last ride- Red sovine.

would love any help u could offer
thanx

teddy bears last ride was done (Diana Williams)
my name is mike I'm also looking that song maybe we can help each other

How about "Tell Laura I Love Her"

Angelo by (I think) Brotherhood Of Man???

It goes something like:

Running away together
Running away forever
Angelo

Running from every stranger
Hiding from every danger
Angelo


The song is about lovers who cant be together because they are from two different classes. She is rich, upper class and he is poor and (from the way he is discribed in the song) peasant class.


Also, Hello, This Is Joannie by Paul Evans(?) is also known as The Telephone Answering Machine Song.






AN

as tears go buy - Rolling Stones
my Boy - Elvis

and one sure to bring a lump to your throat....
Daddy don't you walk so fast - Wayne Newton  :\'(

I love seeing old threads get bumped, especially since I didn't get to partake when they first came out.

Last Song - Edward Bear

the lyrics are very sad. I remember seeing Edward Bear perform this song live while me and my friends were peaking on #$%#
that pretty much changed this pop one hit wonder sad song into a psychedelic experience at the time  :D  who would have thunk it?

I have sent a copy of Neil Sedaka's, Turning back the hands of time. An English version of Nessum Dorma, cant listen to it without a tear, that is for anyone who has lost their father.

I love seeing old threads get bumped, especially since I didn't get to partake when they first came out.

Last Song - Edward Bear

the lyrics are very sad. I remember seeing Edward Bear perform this song live while me and my friends were peaking on #$%#
that pretty much changed this pop one hit wonder sad song into a psychedelic experience at the time  :D  who would have thunk it?



I always loved Last Song-but as a psychedelic song?  Hmmmm, I guess you had to have been there.  ;)


A few others that weren't mentioned.

That's the Way I Always Thought it Should Be-Carly Simon
WOLD-Harry Chapin
Cats in the Cradle-Harry Chapin (somone already mentioned Taxi)


I know there are a lot more and I will probably think of more later.


Cat

I always loved Last Song-but as a psychedelic song?  Hmmmm, I guess you had to have been there.  ;)


A few others that weren't mentioned.

That's the Way I Always Thought it Should Be-Carly Simon
WOLD-Harry Chapin
Cats in the Cradle-Harry Chapin (somone already mentioned Taxi)


I know there are a lot more and I will probably think of more later.


Cat
Last Song is agreeably not a psychedelic song, but due to circumstances and environmental changes and mind alteration, it became one that one night.  Harry Chapin has some good videos on Youtube, especially Taxi

Last Song is agreeably not a psychedelic song, but due to circumstances and environmental changes and mind alteration, it became one that one night.  Harry Chapin has some good videos on Youtube, especially Taxi



I'm gonna have to check that out. Taxi is probably one of my all-time favorite songs. It brings me back to another place, another time and it reminds me so much of this guy I was dating in h.s. He was taking flying lessons as I was working at a theatre.  :o :o :o



Cat

I'm gonna have to check that out. Taxi is probably one of my all-time favorite songs. It brings me back to another place, another time and it reminds me so much of this guy I was dating in h.s. He was taking flying lessons as I was working at a theatre.  :o :o :o



Cat
here's a good vid of Taxi  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5dwksSbD34

I always thought the accompanying vocalist that sings that very high part was a girl, but it's one of the male musicians

here's a good vid of Taxi  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5dwksSbD34

I always thought the accompanying vocalist that sings that very high part was a girl, but it's one of the male musicians



I knew it was a guy. My sisters saw him in concert (which I didn't  :\'( :\'( :\'( ) and told me.



Cat

I knew it was a guy. My sisters saw him in concert (which I didn't  :\'( :\'( :\'( ) and told me.



Cat
I never knew that and his voice is really really high on that part. how come you didn't get to go with your sisters, that would have been so enjoyable

Oh, another good one is "The Deck of Cards" about a soldier who has no Bible but his deck of cards is his Bible,  the queen being Mary; jack, Jesus...etc.
...but this was first a hit in the fifties.

Three songs from the 70s, that tell a sad story:

Streets Of London ~ Ralph McTell
Rock 'N Roll (I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life) ~ Kevin Johnson
Uptown Uptempo Woman ~ Randy Edelman

I never knew that and his voice is really really high on that part. how come you didn't get to go with your sisters, that would have been so enjoyable


Well, I was the little sister they didn't want tagging along.  I missed out on seeing Jethro Tull when they had a DYNAMITE tour in 1979 for the same reason  :\'( :\'( :\'(  (BTW, Carlos & I did go to see Tull a few years and were disappointed. The acoustics were just awful which made the band sound really, really bad.)




Cat

after watching a documentary today, I found this song saddened me

Take Me Home, Country Roads - John Denver, Bill Danoff and Taffy Nivert

after watching a documentary today, I found this song saddened me

Take Me Home, Country Roads - John Denver, Bill Danoff and Taffy Nivert



I agree with you. And that reminds me of another one-Leaving on a Jet Plane (written by John Denver but sung by Peter, Paul, & Mary.)



Cat

I agree with you. And that reminds me of another one-Leaving on a Jet Plane (written by John Denver but sung by Peter, Paul, & Mary.)



Cat
he performed that one today too, and doubly sad and the meaning changed  :\'(

he performed that one today too, and doubly sad and the meaning changed  :\'(



One of my sisters & met him on different occasions. I was on a class trip to the Air & Space museum in Washington D.C. and he was there. I got to shake his hand. OOOOOHHHH And I'm not too sure of the circumstances that my sister met him but she has a photo of herself with him. As another sister describes the photo that it looks like John is trying to look down my sister's shirt.  :o :o :o    :D ;D ;D ;D



Cat

One of my sisters & met him on different occasions. I was on a class trip to the Air & Space museum in Washington D.C. and he was there. I got to shake his hand. OOOOOHHHH And I'm not too sure of the circumstances that my sister met him but she has a photo of herself with him. As another sister describes the photo that it looks like John is trying to look down my sister's shirt.  :o :o :o    :D ;D ;D ;D



Cat
that's cool that you got to meet him and shake his hand. what a neat memory. And check John out, that naughty boy checking out your sister's rack  ;D  boys will be boys.  He sure was as fine a singer/songwriter as there is.  8)

Ebony eyes by the Everly Brothers

Ebony eyes by the Everly Brothers
Was Take A Message To Mary by the Everly Brothers from the 50s?

Carry Me by The Stampeders (1971)

The tale of a guy in the war who is homesick.  Kind of a sad song, but it's also a very beautiful ballad. 

Three songs from the 70s, that tell a sad story:

Streets Of London ~ Ralph McTell
Rock 'N Roll (I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life) ~ Kevin Johnson
Uptown Uptempo Woman ~ Randy Edelman



They were discussing the Ralph McTell song on the radio the other day and they concluded that 30 years on nothing had changed  :\'( Sad thought isn't it!!!

They were discussing the Ralph McTell song on the radio the other day and they concluded that 30 years on nothing had changed  :\'( Sad thought isn't it!!!
Homelessness has improved over the years, but there are still the odd few on the streets.

Here's one from left field....... The Night Chicago Died ~ Paper Lace!!!!

For respectability I'll add .... Time in a Bottle ~ Jim Croce

Yes, John Denver had a few to make you melancholy....

included are:  Sad Song
                    Poems and Prayers and Promises
                    I'm Sorry

Then if you want to call it sad: Paul Revere- Cherokee Nation....(singing of the plight of the Cherokee tribe)

Gilbert O'Sullivan - Alone Again Naturally

Jim Croce- Operator

not sure of the lirttle girl who read/recorded it in the 70's,(for some reason I remember a name of Paula Webb- but may be wayy off) it was a sweet tear jerker, but it was- a Letter to God.

Little Anthony? Tears On my Pillow(or was that the 50's?)

Cryin- Roy Orbison

Where Have All the Flowers Gone(Peter,Paul and Mary)

grab a hankie, bitches!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhR36gV6vW4
"bless the beasts and the children" by karen carpenter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuEBpmkhGss
"wildfire" -- michael murphy

http://youtube.com/watch?v=zvuNwH7kCCA&feature=related
4+20 by steven stills

oh yeah, i'll bum your ass out. dont mess with my mad bummer-soft-rock skillZ.

Oh yeah.... the sickly sweet (but sad) Honey ~ Bobby Goldsborough

Jackie by Scott Walker ?

I looked for it, but I didn't see it in any replies, didn't anyone think Eleanor Rigby was a sad story? I still get an empty feeling when I hear that song.

I'm not sure if these are exacly what you're looking for but here are some more from the '60s and '70s...

Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles
Taxi - Harry Chapin
Vincent (Starry Starry Night) - Don McLean
Wildfire - Michael Martin Murphy
Alone Again (Natually) - Gilbert O' Sullivan

:)

(or should I say... :(  :\'( )





Zcrito, sorry, missed you the first time around with Eleanor...I agree.

I mentioned this on amiright.com for the 'Upbeat yet Depressing' article....

"Different Drum" by Linda Ronstadt
"Both Sides Now" by Judy Collins
"Tears of a Clown" by Smoky Robinson
"My Way" by Frank Sinatra
"Seasons in the Sun" by Terry Jacks
"Goodbye to Love" by the Carpenters

They may not be story-telling songs, but they are really depressing.

A true weepie from 1969  Pat Campbell's The Deal

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot, from 1976.

Patches by Dickey Lee

Ode to Billy Joe by Boobie Gentry

Diary - Bread

I don't believe anyone mentioned Shannon,by Henry Gross, from the 70's about a man who lost his best friend, his dog, to the sea.....Mandy by barry manilow was rumored to also be about man's best friend....Once you understand, by Think in the 50's, is sad because these parents are so strict on the fundamentals of raising their kids they drive them away into another direction.......and one dies of an overdose.  Good song in any time period.

Perhaps the soldier one is "One Tin Soldier?"
 It's a really cool song.. I think the band was called Original Caste..and it is a girl singing (at least, I think its a girl!).

The chorus goes something like:

go ahead and cheat a neighbor..
go ahead and hate a friend..
do it in the name of heaven
you can justify it in the end
something..something..
can't remember..
and then
one tin soldier walks away.

Perhaps the soldier one is "One Tin Soldier?"
 It's a really cool song.. I think the band was called Original Caste..and it is a girl singing (at least, I think its a girl!).

The chorus goes something like:

go ahead and cheat a neighbor..
go ahead and hate a friend..
do it in the name of heaven
you can justify it in the end
something..something..
can't remember..
and then
one tin soldier walks away.


Excellent song-one of my favorites.

Listen, children, to a story
That was written long ago,
'Bout a kingdom on a mountain
And the valley-folk below.

On the mountain was a treasure
Buried deep beneath the stone,
And the valley-people swore
They'd have it for their very own.

Go ahead and hate your neighbor,
Go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of Heaven,
You can justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowing
Come the judgement day,
On the bloody morning after....
One tin soldier rides away.

So the people of the valley
Sent a message up the hill,
Asking for the buried treasure,
Tons of gold for which they'd kill.

Came an answer from the kingdom,
"With our brothers we will share
All the secrets of our mountain,
All the riches buried there."

Go ahead and hate your neighbor,
Go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of Heaven,
You can justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowing
Come the judgement day,
On the bloody morning after....
One tin soldier rides away.

Now the valley cried with anger,
"Mount your horses! Draw your sword!"
And they killed the mountain-people,
So they won their just reward.

Now they stood beside the treasure,
On the mountain, dark and red.
Turned the stone and looked beneath it...
"Peace on Earth" was all it said.

Go ahead and hate your neighbor,
Go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of Heaven,
You can justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowing
Come the judgement day,
On the bloody morning after....
One tin soldier rides away.

Go ahead and hate your neighbor,
Go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of Heaven,
You can justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowing
Come the judgement day,
On the bloody morning after....
One tin soldier rides away.



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