The saddest song you've ever heard (page 10)

Erich

Nights in white satin (Moody Blues)

Georgia on my Mind (Ray Charles)

I believe to my soul (Ray Charles)

Its all over now, baby blue (Version: Van Morrison)

E.

Rod P

I get sad for different reasons, and by different songs (like pretty well everyone else, I suppose. So here are a few that just get to me:

"Little Rosa" by Red Sovine.

This is a story about a poor man whose little girl has just died. He went into a flower shop to get a rose, but he couldn't afford one. He begged the florist for a rose for his "little Rosa". The florist said that if he told his story, then maybe he could help him. He told the story, and in the end, the florist gives him the biggest and brightest red rose in the store so the man could place it on his daughter's grave....Nobody can listen to this song and not be deeply moved!

"Teddy Bear" by Red Sovine

This is the story about a little crippled boy who has lost his daddy in death, who was a trucker. The little boy would be at home, playing with his dad's short wave CB radio and microphone, talking to all the truckers on the road, using the lingo of the truckers and his daddy. His mommy had to work, and they were poor, and the mother could not really replace the dad in this little crippled boy's life. So he would love to talk to truckers on the radio. In the song, this trucker was listening to the little boy, and asked him "What's your handle" and he replied "Teddy Bear". He explained how he and his mom were alone since daddy passed away. And he acknowledged just how busy all those truckers were....Too busy to listen to a little kid like him...But if he could just have a ride in one of them rigs, like he used to when his daddy was alive........

The song goes on the describe how this trucker decided to take a detour to give this little boy a ride in his rig. As he rounded the corner, he discovered all these trucks lined up for blocks, waiting to give this little boy a ride, and how this little boy was in his glory, as each one in turn, gave him a ride. Momma Teddy Bear came on the CB and thanked all those truckers for what they did for her son....I defy you to listen to that song and not be moved!

Amazing Grace

I don't care if you are religious or not, this song can get to anyone. There is an amazing history behind this song, and how it came to be written. No-one could possibly write such a song unless they had been there. I don't have the words in front of me, but most people know it already. It hits me whenever I attend a funeral service, and the song is played or sung, or both. Bagpipes accentuate the atmosphere, which goes right thru me, being of Scottish descent.

Candles in the Wind- by Elton John

I mention this one, because the world was deeply moved at the funeral of Princess Diana, at which Elton John sang and played this song of his own composition. Originally this was meant for someone else, but the words fit so appropriately about a woman who was taken before her time.

bebu

Tears in Heaven moves me to tears anywhere!

I am not familiar with The Living Years, but those lyrics are haunting!!!!! Makes me tear up reading them...

And of course, Everything I Own by Bread... written by the singer in memory of his father.

You sheltered me from harm
Kept me warm, Kept me warm
You gave my life to me
Set me free, Set me free
The finest years I ever knew,
We're all the years I had with you

And I will give everything I own,
I'll give my life, my heart, my home
I will give everything I own
Just to have you back again.

You taught me how to love,
What its all, all above
You never said too much
But still you showed the way
In my new, I'm watching you
Nobody else will ever know
The part of me that can't let go

I will give anything I own
I'll give up my life, my heart, my home
I will give everything I own
Just to have you back again

Is there someone you know
You're loving them so
But taking them all for-granted
You may lose them one day
Someone takes them away
And they don't hear the words you long to say

I would give anything I own,
I'll give up my life, my heart, my home,
I will give everthing I own
Just to have you back again
Just to touch you once again

bebu

prophecor

Earth Wind & Fire / Burning Bush What does it take to show an illustration
Of the hurt and the pain of a nation.
One glowing look upon a ragged canvas
Tells the story of our past and present situation

That old bush just keeps on burning
Nobody seems to show they're learning
That old bush just keeps on burning.
I wonder will we ever feel the flame.

Our way of life on total exhibition
Shows the way in which we live of an
Imperfect nation.
This tree of life so far from perfeciton
Share a little love to improve our situation.

That old bush just keeps on burning
Share the hope for future learning
I wonder will we ever feel the flame

Flow of light could really stand a listen
Bring the dark to the light, show us
What we've been missing.
Not many men are satisfied
Without no light, there ain't no pride

There's gonna come a time,
Things that are on your mind.
Trust and you will find
Everything in your mind
True love is here to find
Simple as number 9
Multiply you will find
Peace and love all the time

tijkmo

diary--bread

tell me theres a heaven--chris rea

somewhere only we know--keane

wires--athlete

northern lad

1000 oceans--tori amos

at 17--janis ian

song of bernadette--leonard cohen..sung by jennifer warnes

lost for words--pink floyd

run--snow patrol

black and blue

i'm not sleeping--counting crows

splintering heart

invisible man

fantastic place

your gone

nowshe'll never know

house

beyond you

kayleigh

falling from the moon

when i meet god--marillion

born again--starsailor

dosed--red hot chilli peppers

the voice within--christina

already over me

out of tears--rolling stones

inconsolable--jonatha brooke

i shall believe--sheryl crow

giveme back my heart--phil collins

happiness will get you in the end--embrace

bring me to life--evanescence

freedom--david gray

if all else fails--richard page

cannonball--damien rice

stronger than dirt--tom mcrae

belfast child--simpleminds

i'm about to come alive--train

you're so cruel--u2

goodbye blue sky--pink floyd

with one more look at you--barbara striesand

Chia

I didn't know "Everything I Own" was written about his father. I always thought it was a beautiful song, but now it takes on a new meaning for me.

Golden Girl

Flying High and Bebu..you did it!

You win in my eyes!

Snoozy....

ps..Those were beautiful!..

Low-Key Lysmith

"Passive" by A Perfect Circle-

Dead as dead can be

or so the Doctor tells me

I just can't believe him

ever the optimistic one

I'm sure of your ability to become

my perfect enemy

Wake up and face me

don't play dead 'cause maybe

some day I'll walk away and say

you dissapoint me maybe you're better off this way

seeing you here

cold and catatonic

I catch a brief reflection

of what you could and might have been

it's your right and your ability

to become my perfect enemy

wake up and face me

don't play dead 'cause maybe (because maybe)

some day I'll walk away and say

you f**cking disappoint me

maybe you're better off this way

I know that you can hear me

why can't you turn and face me

you f**cking dissapoint me

passive agressive bullshit

gumby

Daddys need to grow up too, the O'Kanes.

Kentucky Rain, Elvis

Daddy don't you walk so fast, Charlie Rich (and everyone else)

I Should Have Been True, the Mavericks

Gumby

ivy

This post has made me terribly depressed, but I have to thank some of you for reminding me of songs that I had forgotten. "Wildfire" was a favorite of mine as a kid, and "Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word" has collected dust inside of my ipod.

Love "Passive" too, but maybe we need a angriest song post.

In the movie "Mulholland Dr." there is a version of the Roy Orbison classic "Crying" done acapella in Spanish by Rebekah Del Rio. It tears me up. I would have to give it the "Saddest song in the world" vote.

Other runners up include:
Patti Smith - Pissing in a River
Ani Difranco - Dilate
Alison Krauss & Union Station - It Doesn't Matter
Stereophonics - Rainbows and Pots of Gold
Tears for Fears - The Hurting (The whole album)

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