Songs That Make You Cry

Pretty much the whole Ghost of Tom Joad Springsteen album. Especially Sinaloa Cowboys. I think it's a really underrated record. Some of his finest work.

 

"Someone Saved My Life Tonight" - Elton John
"The Living Years" - Mike + The Mechanics
"Evidence of Autumn" - Genesis
"Please Don't Ask" - Genesis
"We Said Hello, Goodbye" - Phil Collins
"B'Bye" (From "Children of Sanchez" soundtrack) - Chuck Mangione

 

A Modern Myth by 30 Seconds to Mars used to make me sad, but considering recent realizations it actually cheers me up now. I know that makes no sense, but hey, it's a good song and one to sing loudly in the car when no one is aorund to hear.

 

Fenian: you better explain to some of the younger folks what a single and the fact that music is on vinyl.

 

Not that this is such a great song, but for some reason "Touched By An Angel" by Stevie Nicks chokes me up but good.

And when she walked in the room
After so many years,
He looked up and saw her
He was standing at the crossroads
She was moving in slow motion
Everything was the same,
Except that everything was different

In that very moment, everyone was silent
And everyone was friendly,
For the first time in years,
Everyone was smiling
Though their pain was apparent
and the floor was wet and slippery
With the tracks of their tears

And then I see someone standing
At the side of the stage
Not standing in the shadows
I see her face
Glowing in the darkness
In her own angel way
"I have come to make you better,
I have come to take you away."

No one slipped and fell
This time, everyone was steady
Someone held my arm so that
I would not fall
For the first time, in a long time
Everyone was ready
No one said a word
And that simply said it all

And then I see someone standing
At the side of the stage
Not standing in the shadows
I see her face
Glowing in the darkness
In her own angel way
"I have come to make you better,
I have come...to take you away."
I’ll make you better

Walking through the room together
In suspended animation...
No one saw us go... no one said goodbye
But in my heart, I leave
Great expectations
That you will find the answers
to your questions
And that life will once more...
be a celebration...
and that you will be touched by an Angel
and that you will be touched by an Angel
and that you will be touched by an Angel

Celebration
Someday
Someday, Someday
Celebration

The bolded lines are the hardest ones for me to deal with without my eyes getting moist...

 

Just got some new tunes ... probably will be more melancholy moments.

 

Page 7 and no mention of REM's "Everybody hurts"?

Too obvious? Too sappy? I was in HS when this song came out. It seemed like every time there was a sad moment in any TV show the opening notes of that song came in.

As sappy it might have been, Michael Stipe singing "So hold on, hold on..." was reassuring.

 

Chet Atkins - I Still Can't Say Goodbye (

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The video comes with tears already furnished!

 

For me, it's the latter. Having said that, the idea of me crying is normally about as likely as Wilford Brimley getting rid of Diabeetus.

 

Damnit, I said I was going to stay off this thread... But I just thought of a couple of songs that make me turn off the radio immediately.
"Don't Take the Girl" -- Tim McGraw (Sorry, sportschick!)
"Holes in the Floor of Heaven" -- Steve Wariner

And a couple of others that I can usually listen to, though they definitely make my stomach do evil things...
"Groovy Kind of Love" -- Phil Collins
"Angel Eyes" -- Jeff Healey Band
"This is Not Goodbye" -- Melissa Etheridge (aka the chemotherapy song)

 

The New Amsterdams - Hanging On For Hope

 

'boots of spanish leather' - bob dylan
'sweetest song i sing' - tim o'brien
'bee's wing' - richard thompson
'in the sun' - joseph arthur
'you were there for me' - peter rowan and tony rice
'so many roads' and 'reuben and cherise' - grateful dead/jerry garcia
'indian sunset' - elton john

there are many more.
some are tears of joy, some are tears of sadness.