Hope this thread doesn't make me come across as emo, but I just heard Bread's "Everything I Own", which I haven't heard in awhile. A song not necessarily about the loss of a romantic partner, but could be anybody in your life. Anyway, I felt like crying when I was listening to it. I've decided to share other songs that give me the sniffles:

All By Myself--Eric Carmen
Days Go BY--Dirty Vegas
In the Ghetto--Elvis Presley
The Kids Aren't Alright--Offspring (I know this one sounds a little weird but I find it a little heartbreaking listening to how those kids became failures)
Scarborough Fair--Simon and Garfunkel
The Scientist--Coldplay (reminds me of that last scene in Wicker Park)

I'm sure there are other songs that I forgot to list, but I think Bread's takes the cake.

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Platinum Blonde: Somebody Somewhere

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Tears For Fears: Woman In Chains (This is because of my less than ideal childhood which was the same as Roland's less than ideal childhood.)

Wow, I can think of so many here that fits the thread.

Terry Jacks ~ If you go away
Genesis ~ Ripples
King Crimson ~ Epitaph
Gilbert O’Sullivan ~ Alone Again Naturally
Janis Ian ~ At Seventeen
Eric Clapton ~ Tears in heaven
10CC ~ I'm not in love
Bread ~ If
Harry Nilsson ~ Without you.


In fact Harry had other lesser known sad songs. They are:

Remember.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIeLeIwwpHc

Living without you (Yes, a different song than "Without you")

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J42xEFB18n4

Agree with most... I'd add

Sad Eyes - Robert John
Don't Go - KC & the Sunshine band
Diary - Bread
In the Living Years - Mike and the Mechanics
Reflections of My Life - The Marmalades (a great song)

Come Back by (The Mighty) Wah!
A hit from 1984.  I initially misunderstood the lyrics to this song years ago, and the lyrics I thought were there, I found quite sad, and ever since, I still find this song sad.  I still love it though!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVWA_nw7oc4

Carry Me by The Stampeders
A hit from 1971.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnjaIri_aKk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6qxMP3deU8

Air Supply-Goodbye!  :(

Puff the Magic Dragon - Peter, Paul & Mary

Dance Away - Roxy Music is one long heartbreak

Kansas-Dust In The Wind

Changes - Phil Ochs.  :(

Dance Away - Roxy Music is one long heartbreak



I forgot about that one.  Very sad indeed. 

Nights in white satin -The Moody Blues

Michael Jackson- Gone Too Soon

The Long and Winding Road by the Beatles.  It gets me every damned time!  I had to fight back tears in line at the Pharmacy once when it was playing on the store's radio  ;D

Promise you won't laugh?

Bobby Goldsboro: Honey

Hey, you promised you wouldn't laugh!
>:(

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Lionel Ritchie: Ballerina Girl

This is a song that he wrote for his daughter Nicole Ritchie after her mother died.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG07WSu7Q9w

Simply Red- Holding Back The Years

Everybody Hurts-R.E.M. Makes me cry every time I hear it.

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If you go this time by Platinum Blonde.  I almost always cry whenever I hear this one. 

Fast car by Tracy Chapman. This is the saddest song I have ever heard. Last time I listened to this song I nearly choked on my tears! :\'( It's the lyrics they get to me every time I listen to it.

Brothers in arms ~ Dire straits
Songbird ~ Fleetwood Mac
Don't forget me ~ Harry Nilsson
I will remember you ~ Sarah McLachlan
Yesterday ~ Beatles
She's leaving home ~ Beatles

Promise you won't laugh?

Bobby Goldsboro: Honey

Hey, you promised you wouldn't laugh!
>:(


;D ;D ;D  OH NO YOU DI'UNT

Goodbye My Friend--Linda Ronstadt (reminds me of that Wonder Years episode with the math teacher)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gn1zpAWbC6Q

You'll probably be laughing at this one but I actually find it personally a little sad...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVC_4LfzWgI

I knew I was forgetting a song! (gets me choked up every time I hear it)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KP8NpPcVgBA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKAtM9xS-fA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKAtM9xS-fA


A little off topic, but her voice is so emotionally beautiful in this song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU-dKoFZT0A

My Mother finds this song sad, it made her think of my brother. :\'(

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This one is particularly sad to me just because I keep expecting Mark Holmes to shout out "KENNY MACLEAN ON BASS GUITAR!"

Not a song per se, rather a piece of prose (it may have been recorded, I'm not sure)...

But here is a genuine song and a pretty devastating one at that...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdPR8gq3NsA

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I don't know why but this one makes me cry.  :)

Bee Gees ~ Lonely Days

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50vA6O9otjw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y39Nn-2JdQ0

Boz Scaggs- We're All Alone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulhoKujT2G8

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So if you're lost and on your own
you can never surrender
And if your path won't lead you home
you can never surrender

And when the night is cold and dark
you can see; you can see light
cause noone can take away your right
to fire.  To never surrender.

:\'( :\'(

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So if you're lost and on your own
you can never surrender
And if your path won't lead you home
you can never surrender

And when the night is cold and dark
you can see; you can see light
cause noone can take away your right
to fire.  To never surrender.

:\'( :\'(


Always saw it as a song about perseverance.

Always saw it as a song about perseverance.


That's how I see it too. Isn't it great how people can hear the same piece of music and it strikes different emotions within us?

Always saw it as a song about perseverance.


That's why it's sad to me.  I cry everytime I hear it.  :)


That's how I see it too. Isn't it great how people can hear the same piece of music and it strikes different emotions within us?


Absolutely warped.  I always found this song to be a bit sad because he's portraying someone who's homeless and jobless.  :)

"Better In Time" by Leona Lewis
"Trouble" by Coldplay

...although I don't mind listening to them when I'm feeling depressed about something.

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Shined by Platinum Blonde for Kenny MacLean.  :\'(

A couple here:

The Rolling Stones ~ Wild Horses

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yE2B_kCfvss

Bruce Springsteen ~ Point Blank

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0DjrXDBJnU

Love Is Blue-Paul Mauriat. I can't even bear to listen to it, any version.
I Go To Sleep-Pretenders.
My Love My Life-Abba.
Bla Bla Kanslor-Tomas Ledin.
Do You Know Where You're Going To?-Diana Ross.

Bla Bla Kanslor-Tomas Ledin.


Tomas Ledin...now there's a name I haven't heard in a while! Although I only know him from his duet with Agnetha Fältskog, to be honest. (Speak of sad songs!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYtOwJzYbpg

Thank YOU, Henk! I love both of them.

It is Tomas on my avatar. I have been madly in love with him since March 1980 when I saw his picture in a fan magazine of Abba.

His records are unavailable in Britain so I have to download them from online. His music is as good as his looks. And he still looks good now at 61. His parents are both still alive, they are former teachers (in fact his father was a principal).

You, sir, have made my day.

Thank YOU, Henk! I love both of them.

It is Tomas on my avatar. I have been madly in love with him since March 1980 when I saw his picture in a fan magazine of Abba.

His records are unavailable in Britain so I have to download them from online. His music is as good as his looks. And he still looks good now at 61. His parents are both still alive, they are former teachers (in fact his father was a principal).

You, sir, have made my day.


And you just made mine! :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6MpKd_BUBM

Even now when I have come so far, I wonder where you are
I wonder why it's still so hard without you
Even now
When I come shining through, I swear I think of you, and how I wish you knew
Even now

Anytime Justin Bieber opens his mouth, a tiny piece of me dies.  ;)

But seriously, I cannot listen to "Gone too Soon" by Michael Jackson. I physically cannot. Not because he died, I cried when he was still kicking and married to Lisa Marie over this. It's so sad, melancholy and morose and he chokes up at the end...I can't. Like that's what I play when I need to whip up tears for any reason. Even when MJ Radio plays it, I pull OUT my ear buds.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1uhuQwnAEs
Live at Bill Clinton's inauguration. Damn...I miss Clinton.

Anytime Justin Bieber opens his mouth, a tiny piece of me dies.  ;)


I feel that way whenever wacko jacko opened his mouth too.

Anyways.

Fleetwood Mac ~ Songbird

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTi19MPOvDw

Very touching and sad song.

Anytime Justin Bieber opens his mouth, a tiny piece of me dies.  ;)

But seriously, I cannot listen to "Gone too Soon" by Michael Jackson. I physically cannot. Not because he died, I cried when he was still kicking and married to Lisa Marie over this. It's so sad, melancholy and morose and he chokes up at the end...I can't. Like that's what I play when I need to whip up tears for any reason. Even when MJ Radio plays it, I pull OUT my ear buds.


Live at Bill Clinton's inauguration. Damn...I miss Clinton.


I don't think My Mother can listen to it either, she chokes up too.

A Canadian song from 1973

The Bells ~ He Was Me, He Was You

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd_B_MMinrk

Whistledog would know this one.

One of my favorite songs from a band I love.
Three Days Grace - Never Too Late
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL2ZwXj1tXM&list=FL37H8RZl5TSoQ_-VjNl0UxA&index=22

A Different Corner by George Michael.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZf3rintTqM



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMHRq7yGdkA


Both of these ALWAYS makes me cry.


Cat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZf3rintTqM



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMHRq7yGdkA


Both of these ALWAYS makes me cry.


Cat

These songs are touching.

Wake Me Up,When September Ends by Green Day does something to me. It's a very poingnant tune and kind of off-base with what you'd hear from a rock band. But this was like my cry-my-eyes-out anthem when I went through my rock/metal phase.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVO8sUrs-Pw

Kelly Clarkson seemed to be singing directly to me in so many of her songs. One song that resonated with me was Hear Me. That song was written for folks like me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kD_m3ojlVJk&feature=player_detailpage&list=PLB5EB9D9F2487A9CC

Clay Aiken's I Survived You, is a good one too, with a good message about picking up the pieces of your life after a bad blow. I gave a friend links to a bunch of his songs and they made her feel better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHwB85hK0bU

(I was really into American Idol, back when it was good.)
That's all I can think up for now.

"All cried out", the song just break my heart.

Here is Allure's version from 1997:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb39yTEURc0

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Lying in my bed
hearing the clock tick
can't think of you
caught up in circles
confusion is nothing new

Flash back to warm nights
almost left behind
suitcase around me
time after sometimes you'll picture me
I'm walking too far ahead
you're calling to me I can't hear
what you said.

Then you said go slow
I'll fall behind
the second hand unwinds

If you're lost you can look
and you will find me
time after time
If you fall I will catch you
I'll be waiting
time after time

After my picture stands
in darkness I started to cry
watching through windows
you're wondering if I'm okay?

Secrets stolen
from deep inside
the drum beat
sounds of time

If you're lost you can look
and you will find me
time after time
If you fall I will catch you
I'll be waiting time after time

You said go slow
I'll fall behind
the second hand unwinds

If you're lost you can look
and you will find me
time after time
If you fall I will catch you
I'll be waiting
time after time

If you're lost you can look
and you will find me
time after time
If you fall I will catch you (I will be waiting)
time after time
time after time
time after time
time after time
time after time

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True Colors is another one of those tearjerkers of hers.  :)

You with the sad eyes
Don't be discouraged
Oh I realize
It's hard to take courage
In a world full of people
You can lose sight of it all
And the darkness inside you
Can make you feel so small

But I see your true colors
Shining through
I see your true colors
And that's why I love you
So don't be afraid to let them show
Your true colors
True colors are beautiful,
Like a rainbow

Show me a smile then,
Don't be unhappy, can't remember
When I last saw you laughing
If this world makes you crazy
And you've taken all you can bear
You call me up
Because you know I'll be there

And I'll see your true colors
Shining through
I see your true colors
And that's why I love you
So don't be afraid to let them show
Your true colors
True colors are beautiful,
Like a rainbow

m83-Teen angst

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZnJciiFIYI&list=PL7CZ4TImzrFmXUWstahnolcSdVNyPD-uq


    :\'(

I don't know why, but this song makes me cry when I hear it. I mean I'm not really from Texas as I only lived there for 3 years, but there's something about it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLYhLHkKa9M

The story of my life  :\'(
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6Kspj3OO0s

The story of my life  :\'(
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6Kspj3OO0s


I love that song. The only thing I find sad about it, is that I miss the 90s...

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Lying in my bed
hearing the clock tick
can't think of you
caught up in circles
confusion is nothing new

Flash back to warm nights
almost left behind
suitcase around me



These lyrics are kinda wrong, but you probably just found them on the net - no biggie.

These lyrics are kinda wrong, but you probably just found them on the net - no biggie.


Why are they wrong?

Lying in my bed
hearing I hear the clock tick
can't And think of you
caught up in circles
confusion is nothing new

Flash back to warm nights
almost left behind
suitcase around me of memories

There are probably more but I didn't go through the whole lot.  :D

Yes there's more...

After my picture stands fades
in and darkness I started to cry has turned to gray
watching through windows
you're wondering if I'm okay?

Secrets stolen
from deep inside
the drum beat(s)
sounds out of time

"You Raise Me Up" is a song that was originally composed by Secret Garden's Rolf Løvland and the lyrics by Brendan Graham. In 2003, David Foster decided to produce the song after being introduced to it by Frank Petrone of peermusic, the song's publisher. He chose the up-and-coming Josh Groban to record the song, which was accompanied by the great tenor Craig Von Vennik of the Establishment. Groban's version made it to #1 on the Billboard adult contemporary chart in early 2004 and remained there for six weeks. This version also peaked at #73 on the Billboard Hot 100, his first single to do so, and was nominated for a 2005 Grammy award. The song was written by and for Løvland himself and performed for the very first time at the funeral of Løvland's mother.

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I knew I was forgetting a song! (gets me choked up every time I hear it)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KP8NpPcVgBA


Yep good choice. I'm gonna add any slow track by Karen Carpenter - her voice just had that melancholic feel; and also the early Whitney Houston ballads from her first two albums.

Oh and this by Toni Braxton - kinda sappy but at the time it was good...

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Time In A Bottle-Jim Croce.
WOLD-Harry Chapin
Taxi-Harry Chapin


Cat

Everybody Hurts-R.E.M. Makes me cry every time I hear it.

I used to feel that way about it at first; however, I do find it rather touching.

Seasons in the sun - Terry Jacks
Don't let the sun catch you crying - Gerry and the Pacemakers
Cats in the cradle - Jim Croce
The Times of your life (the old Kodak film commercial song from the 70s)

"Zombie" by The Cranberries