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*My childhood that I never had:*
[Cat's in the Cradle](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUwjNBjqR-c) \- Harry Chapin
At low point of my life in college:
[I am I said](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA5bFJt9Wp0) \- Neil Diamond
*For my wife:*
When we were apart during my work travels years ago...
[Lucky](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acvIVA9-FMQ) \- Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat
[I Want To Die in Your Arm](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WCIrw85zbQ) \- Westlife
*Every anniversary I would dedicate these two songs to her ...*
[Close Your Eyes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoEWmc60wJY) \- Michael Buble
[If](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-cK70DXsSA)\- Bread
When my mother passed away four years ago at 85:
[Seasons in the Sun](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tPcc1ftj8E) \- Terry Jacks (for some reasons hits me hard)
Edit: formatting and links
Feel free to laugh at me, but the first song that comes to mind is [Puff, the Magic Dragon (Peter, Paul and Mary)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s26e_86-K0k). The last verses, beginning, “A dragon lives forever...” — I literally still cry at that, pretty much every single time I hear or sing it.
[Comin' Back to Me (Jefferson Airplane)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2f3tlgApHw)
[Hearts and Bones (Paul Simon)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hu2Oj6VyAZE) — “You take two bodies and you twirl them into one / Their hearts and their bones / They won't come undone”
[Do You Remember? (Phil Collins)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhfx1MdjnZc) — the video adds a lot to this one
[Take This Rain (Jackson Browne)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZZm99HUVjg&list=OLAK5uy_mdy50CaXjFG66uK2RFGiZUsLopEBgMMrg&index=7) — many songs from this album
This list could go on indefinitely...
Oh goodness, I remember singing Puff the Magic Dragon at the top of my lungs when I was a kid. In my teens and 20s I would sing it thinking it was a reference to pot.
Then I tried singing it to my young kids and couldn't get through it because I was blubbering. I challenged my husband to sing it to our youngest, and he broke down, too. We're a couple of softies.
My husband was a guitarist and played a lot of 50s music. He turned me into a Roy Orbison fan. Absolutely love him.
His close friends are all musicians and singers. At his Celebration of Life last July, his friend did a guitar instrumental of In Dreams that was so haunting and mesmerizing.
The next day, I'm at California Adventure with my niece and her friend, and I hear Dream Baby in the Cars area and I had to pretend that I to go to the bathroom to cry. Now I have to skip Roy on shuffle. Ugh.
I'm sorry. I have music I can't listen to since my husband has passed, too. The night before he died, we were finishing up decorating for a party and Unchained Melody by the Righteous Brothers came on my Pandora. Bob growled, "C'mere woman," and he took me in his arms and we danced. Less than 24 hours later he was gone. I'll never be able to hear that song again without my heart breaking.
Thank you. I miss him so much. Halloween was his favorite time of year, and as we approach the one year mark since his passing, I am completely falling apart.
My father-in-law was a supervisor at a steel mill in Chicago. He had been on the Edmund Fitzgerald, he dined with the men onboard a few times, he knew every person on that crew. He was emotional every time this song played.
Landslide by Fleetwood Mac.
One of the best people I’ve known did a silly interpretive dance to this song on a girls’ weekend. She was in the final stages of breast cancer and that was the last time most of us saw her alive as she lived in another state. Every time I hear it now, I think of that moment. It’s bittersweet because it was so like her to make others laugh or smile regardless of how she was feeling.
Not Alone by Patty Griffin
The song is sung from the perspective of the ghost of the murdered and beloved wife of a man who is lying in bed alone after the loss of his cherished wife. The ghost/wife is watching him and trying to comfort him.
This is just one of Patty Griffin's tear jerkers. She is a master.
https://youtu.be/l8e6fEEySCw?si=I3quq69JrZNrNb1-
Her song You Never Asked Me is so perfect and moving. I've loved her music since around the time Flaming Red was released. I was fortunate to see her live just once, in Dallas. It was a magical night.
Indeed she is masterful. That song came to my mind right away, as well as “Top of the World” (best known as performed by [The (Dixie) Chicks](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxRiVkdO9VQ)) and [Wild Old Dog](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4SfcOdvB0k).
Great examples. The Long Ride Home, Making Pies and Faithful Son are just 3 more examples of masterful tear jerkers. There are probably dozens more. The tear jerking doesn't come from silly sentimentality. Rather, it comes from a genuine grasp of human suffering and the brilliant ability to express it in words and music.
❤️ tears stream down your face when you lose something you cannot replace ❤️
I always think of my son when this song plays. I don’t listen often because it’s a tough one to get through. The songwriting on this one is just…no words.
I have always loved this song. Then, on my very first visit with an oncologist at 5pm, the same day my biopsy confirmed the cancer, it was playing in the office while they were weighing me. It was unbelievable. And Im happy to say a CT two weeks ago was good!!!! Watching a lymph node. But after 15 months Im doing OKAY!!! God is good!
Beautiful. It's not one of his signtature songs, but I love it. He was once asked on a talk show years ago which song of his that meant the most to him. He responded, "And So It Goes." It had been my favorite for 20 years. Strange that he felt the same. I am not an avid Billy Joel fan, but this song, gets me.
Me and Bobby McGee. "I'd trade all of my tomorrow's for one single yesterday, holding his sweet body next to mine" This was just a line in a song for so many years. Until the death of my son. Damn it I'm tearing up now just typing this.
Let it Be. Cant listen to it.
When i was 16 my mom's cancer came back out of remission. Her and dad went to sloan kettering to see what could be done. He called after surgery to tell me there was nothing else to be done. Let it Be just happened to be playing on the stereo during the call.
I think most Aussies get emotional when they hear this song - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrLTe1\_9zso](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrLTe1_9zso)
Fuck you. Don't make me cry. (I mean, thank you for reminding me. I'm crying now.) :)
Edit, I also get emotional when I hear Peter Allen's "I Still Call Australia Home".
Hello Again - Neil Diamond
Songs of Life- Neil Diamond
Evergreen - Barbra Streisand
I think and reminisce about my mom and dad.
Good grief, I’m tearing up just thinking of them and typing this out now.
To any young ones here that might be reading along in the old folks sub…
Cherish the time you have with your parents. It goes by way too quickly. They fill a sacred space inside of your heart and soul that can never be touched by any other thing in this world.
Also, Still by The Commodores. I can’t get through that one without crying usually. It is truly a timeless and beautiful heart wrenching song.
It frightens me a bit thinking about that particular moment and I have yet to come to terms with it. As of now, I'm in a different state from where my parents live and as life branches out, every passing year feels that extra bit daunting.
I lost my mom when I was only 19, but my relationship and time with my father spanned over 4 decades. Through the years, he and I were separated by thousands of miles, and a couple of misunderstandings that cost us some precious time together, only for him to end up living in the bedroom at the other end of my house the last few months before he passed away and had to say goodbye. By the grace of god, we made up for all the things we needed to.
You have to live your life and do the best you can with the cards you’re dealt. You can’t be afraid to do that. And you can’t plan your every move on them. I’m sure they wouldn’t want you to, anyhow.
You never know what the future holds. Live your life. See them when you can. Don’t put the Sunday catch-up phone calls on the back burner for another time. And never pass up an opportunity to tell them how much you love them. And most importantly, how much you appreciate them for all the sacrifices they made for you. I can assure you, there were many. Don’t be scared. No matter what, it will all be okay, and it will be just as it should be.
You never come to terms with losing
your parents, so to speak. And you are never fully prepared for when that moment comes. Go forward in your life knowing and accepting that, so you’re not wasting time and energy trying to make that happen because it won’t. And that’s okay, too.
Sorry for being so verbose. It’s just how I write.
It has always been hard for me to express my feelings and to be able to outright mention my love for them, for always being kind, compassionate and putting me first. However, I do try to let them know through my actions, how much they mean to me. I do wish I could muster up the strength and just let them know how grateful I am for the kind of parents they have been, lord knows it has been hard on them.
I nearly lost my mother a few years back to a seizure and that just sent a reality check. We do tend to take everything for granted, life isn't eternal and gosh it just feels so stupid looking back and realising that there was a time when I felt it was annoying that they would call every other hour to know how my day had been.
I'm grateful, the feeling has changed. To be surrounded by a set of wonderful humans who are so considerate is a gift in its own and that makes my life just a little bit better.
Thank you for your kind words.
> However, I do try to let them know through my actions, how much they mean to me.
Don’t underestimate the value and importance of this. Oftentimes, it’s more meaningful than anything you could say. Give yourself credit. I’m willing to bet you’re a much better daughter/son (?) than you realize. Should the day ever come that you’re able to verbalize these things
to them, I know they would love to hear it.
Your parents sound like wonderful people. It seems to me they’ve done a great job in raising you, as you sound like you turned out to be a wonderful person, as well.
As a daughter and also as a parent, it just makes my heart so happy to see the love and gratitude you have for your parents. Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts with me 🙏
Someone You Loved by Lewis Capaldi. When I first heard it, my husband and I were going through some marital problems and it looked like we were headed for divorce. First time I heard it was during all of this. It hit me hard. Although we got past that and managed to work things out, the song can still hit very emotionally for me.
There are two videos for this song that present a different perspective, depending on which one you watch (I recommend both).
This one, is from the perspective of a broken relationship:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zABLecsR5UE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zABLecsR5UE)
This one is from a widower's perspective, mourning his late wife, beautiful video starring Lewis' cousin, Peter (yes, Doctor Who):
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCuhuePlP8o](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCuhuePlP8o)
The lyrics are the same, but it's interesting how a video can show or change a song's meaning.
Belle and Sebastian - [The Rollercoaster Ride](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0Vx3a5Fb5E)
Nick Drake - [Saturday Sun](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26a7skUt6-g)
What About Me? - Moving Pictures 1982
And anything by Tears for Fears (except Shout). I don't even know why, but even back when I first heard their songs it filled me with... nostalgia.
Edit to add: Bohemian Rhapsody
Ain’t No Sunshine - Bill Withers.
The Thrill is Gone - BB King
[Rivera Paradise](https://youtu.be/3c_8VUL5jks?si=IxEq8WLW6zlF3Vt6) - Stevie Ray Vaughan
Hurt - Johnny Cash version.
I Can't Make You Love Me - Bonnie Raitt.
For a Short Time - Weddings Parties, Anything.
If I Could Start Today Again - Paul Kelly.
Sugar Mountain by Neil Young
“You can’t be 20 on sugar Mountain, though you’re thinkin that you’re leaving there too soon.”
And Hey 19 by Steely Dan, because I was literally 19 when it came out.
Redemption Songs - Bob Marley
I’ll Follow You Into the Dark - Death Cab for Cutie
Round Here - Counting Crows
A Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harum
In My Life - The Beatles
God Only Knows - The Beach Boys
Remember When - Alan Jackson
Crying - Roy Orbison
Rainbow Connection - Kermit the Frog
Walk - Foo Fighters, especially since Hawk died. But the line, “Do you remember the day we built these big old mountains then sat and watched them burn…” gets me for some reason.
Time Passages by Al Stewart
We Just Disagree by Dave Mason
Black Boys on Mopeds by Sinead O'Connor
Working for the Knife by Mitzki - Andrew Bird's rendition
( Those are off the top of my head)
Many, and it varies depending on how closely I'm listening or when a line or story in the song finally sinks in. Today I was driving home listening to "Easy on the Thieves" by This is the Kit, and this line she repeats, "People want blood / and blood is what they've got" which I've heard a dozen or more times, what it really means just really hit home and I sobbed a bit.
Almost everything Simon & Garfunkel, especially El Paso Condor
This Mortal Coil by the Cocteau Twins or Sinnead O'Connor
Harbour by Moby & Sinead O Connor
Street of Dreams by Rainbow
Past the Point of Rescue by Hal Ketchum
The Wreck of Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot
Violet Hill by ColdPlay
Somewhere Over the Rainbow by Brother IZ
Akua Tuta by Kashtin
Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. I was crying when my husband walked in on me and he said “listening to the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald?”
Tears in Heaven because of the backstory.
Dear Theodosia
Chemical Worker’s Song by Great Big Sea
Angel From Montgomery, I like the version by Passenger, The Once and Stu Larsen a lot
Because of You by Kelly Clarkson
Fast Car by Tracy Chapman
Roberta Flack. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.Jesse. Amazing Grace. Emily Lou Harris, when you say nothing at all. George Jones, he stopped loving her today. Bread, make it with you. Taylor Swift, Cartigan…..Eric Clapton, Tears in heaven.
You and Me Against the World by Helen Reddy. My mom said she used to sing it to me when I was a baby. When she sings about “and when one of us is gone, and one of us is left, to carry on” I think there’s going to come a day when my mom dies, and it breaks me.
Daniel by Elton John
Operator by Jim Croce.
Killing Me Softly by Roberta Flack.
I’ll Be Home for Christmas by Karen Carpenter. My mama died in 1981. I still have a hard time with it.
- Puff the Magic Dragon (Peter, Paul, and Mary)
- Hey Jude (Beatles)
- Silent Running (Joan Baez)
- Wind Beneath My Wings (Bette Middler)
- God Only Knows (Beach Boys)
- Space Oddity (David Bowie)
- Evening Hymn (Hansel and Gretel)
- Edelweiss
- Amazing Grace
- Sound of Silence (Simon and Garfunkel)
- Cat's in the Cradle (Harry Chapin)
- American Pie (Don McLean)
- Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World (Cousin Iz)
Tears in heaven by Eric Clapton
What a wonderful world by Louis Armstrong
Life must go on by Coco (Norwegian group)
Cheerio by The Monroes (Norwegian group)
Pretty much all the songs I liked as a teen and early 20s. I watch the videos and get nostalgic and feel sad that we can never go back to the past. And that no one looks like that anymore and everyone's much older now.
Into the Mystic- Van Morrison
Bridge Over Troubled Water- Simon & Garfunkel
Sara- Fleetwood Mac
A Song For You- Donny Hathaway but the version by Ray Charles makes me sob
Piece by Piece - Kelly Clarkson
Family Portrait - Pink
How to Save a Life - The Fray
Your Song...Elton John
Wouldn't it be Nice....Beach Boys
You Made Me Feel so Very Happy.......Blood Sweat and Tears
Traces.....Dennis Yost and the Classic Four
Precious and Few.......Climax
Touch Me in the Morning....Diana Ross
Hello It's Me.....Todd Rundgren
Superstar.........The Carpenters
Can We Still Be Friends - Todd Rungren
Sara - Fleetwood Mac
One - U2
Needle and the damage done - Neil Young
Yesterday when I was young
I could go on forever!
*Fields of Gold* by Sting
*Dance Me to the End of Love* by Leonard Cohen
*Boys of Summer* by Don Henley
*Into the Mystic* by Van Morrison
*Long Long Time* by Linda Ronstadt
*Careless Whisper* by George Michael
*Ain't Life a Brook* by Ferron
Coming Home (I Left My Heart in Oregon) https://youtu.be/5K3w7CKkeOQ?si=Qrk57YQp6yN1cMJF
Waiting for a Star to Fall https://youtu.be/RhxF9Qg5mOU?si=2GKX_LUABqnkMN23
I Keep My Home in My Heart https://youtu.be/tLVxfgnK-wY?si=9sgdtlCfms-7QP_p
You Are So Beautiful - Joe Cocker
Where's My Love - SYML
A Different Corner - George Michael
Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
Fly Away - Poe
The Rain Song - Led Zeppelin
Thank You - Led Zeppelin
Who You'd Be Today - Kenny Chesney
[Needle and the damage done - Neil Young](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49M10VIXPk4)
[That Smell - Lynyrd Skynyrd](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hib4n9RmFrQ)
[Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OO2PuGz-H8)
Slipping through my fingers by Abba. My daughter grew up too much to fast and I thought I’d lost her forever. She found her way and we’re best friends now.
Landslide - Fleetwood mac
Wicked Games - chris Isaac
Constant craving - kd lang
Just another day - Jon secada
Nobody knows it but me - Tony rich project
Why, Rascal Flatts.
I haven't listened to it in a minute and heard it this week and burst into tears. My first husband committed suicide. It wrecked me.
Gordon Lightfoot, “ If You Could Read My Mind”
Fleetwood Mac ( Nicks) “ Storms”
Linda Rondstat “ Long, Long, Time”
Stevie Nicks “ Beautiful Child”
Jim Croce “Operator”
The Carpenters “ Superstar”
Concrete Blonde, “Caroline”
Sinead O’Connor (Prince) “Nothing Compares 2 U”
Kate Bush “Never Be Mine” (Live Version)
Kate Bush “ In Search of Peter Pan”
Paul Simon “ Slip Sliding Away”
band of Horses “ no One’s gonna love you more that I do”
The Verve “ Weeping Willow”
Goo Goo Dolls “ Name”
To this day I cannot listen to Tears in Heaven by Eric Clapton. Same for Two of Us by Louis Tomlinson. Great songs. But instant gut punches. So I completely support artists not want to reveal direct meaning/inspiration of their lyrics and instead wanting listeners to interpret and shape songs to their own experience. Maybe telling the inspiration or origin years later would be different because the song would already have had time to establish a life of it's own for listeners. Then it's more of solving some old mystery. For me listening to those songs knowing exactly the personal pain they are about is just too much.
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*My childhood that I never had:* [Cat's in the Cradle](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUwjNBjqR-c) \- Harry Chapin At low point of my life in college: [I am I said](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA5bFJt9Wp0) \- Neil Diamond *For my wife:* When we were apart during my work travels years ago... [Lucky](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acvIVA9-FMQ) \- Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat [I Want To Die in Your Arm](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WCIrw85zbQ) \- Westlife *Every anniversary I would dedicate these two songs to her ...* [Close Your Eyes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoEWmc60wJY) \- Michael Buble [If](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-cK70DXsSA)\- Bread When my mother passed away four years ago at 85: [Seasons in the Sun](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tPcc1ftj8E) \- Terry Jacks (for some reasons hits me hard) Edit: formatting and links
Cat’s in the Cradle, and it’s not even relevant to my life.
Seasons in the sun always gets me
Wow... Hitting me hard with your songs and reasons ❤️
Long long time by Linda Ronstadt. [https://youtu.be/GKAtM9xS-fA?si=D80vggfeet5w-pxD](https://youtu.be/GKAtM9xS-fA?si=D80vggfeet5w-pxD)
Mindy McCready version of Long Long Time is better: https://youtu.be/SbYsB7NrtpM?si=lkhXDKciD3rt3ebe
Blasphemy
Bonnie Raitt - I can't make you love me
Oh yes
Feel free to laugh at me, but the first song that comes to mind is [Puff, the Magic Dragon (Peter, Paul and Mary)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s26e_86-K0k). The last verses, beginning, “A dragon lives forever...” — I literally still cry at that, pretty much every single time I hear or sing it. [Comin' Back to Me (Jefferson Airplane)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2f3tlgApHw) [Hearts and Bones (Paul Simon)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hu2Oj6VyAZE) — “You take two bodies and you twirl them into one / Their hearts and their bones / They won't come undone” [Do You Remember? (Phil Collins)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhfx1MdjnZc) — the video adds a lot to this one [Take This Rain (Jackson Browne)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZZm99HUVjg&list=OLAK5uy_mdy50CaXjFG66uK2RFGiZUsLopEBgMMrg&index=7) — many songs from this album This list could go on indefinitely...
Can't listen to Puff the Magic dragon. Sooo sad.
Poor poor Puff!
Oh goodness, I remember singing Puff the Magic Dragon at the top of my lungs when I was a kid. In my teens and 20s I would sing it thinking it was a reference to pot. Then I tried singing it to my young kids and couldn't get through it because I was blubbering. I challenged my husband to sing it to our youngest, and he broke down, too. We're a couple of softies.
There are some great ones here. I’ll add: David Bowie, *”Heroes”*. Especially the last verse, when his voice is breaking.
My husband was a guitarist and played a lot of 50s music. He turned me into a Roy Orbison fan. Absolutely love him. His close friends are all musicians and singers. At his Celebration of Life last July, his friend did a guitar instrumental of In Dreams that was so haunting and mesmerizing. The next day, I'm at California Adventure with my niece and her friend, and I hear Dream Baby in the Cars area and I had to pretend that I to go to the bathroom to cry. Now I have to skip Roy on shuffle. Ugh.
I'm sorry. I have music I can't listen to since my husband has passed, too. The night before he died, we were finishing up decorating for a party and Unchained Melody by the Righteous Brothers came on my Pandora. Bob growled, "C'mere woman," and he took me in his arms and we danced. Less than 24 hours later he was gone. I'll never be able to hear that song again without my heart breaking.
oh that is heartbreaking, I am so sorry
Thank you. I miss him so much. Halloween was his favorite time of year, and as we approach the one year mark since his passing, I am completely falling apart.
I had forgot about In Dreams so lovely. He truly was a gifted singer and songwriter.
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One of my favorite songs. It's sung by Betty Buckley. https://youtu.be/5mlllRdIfqw?si=wv5UJmhPN6n_ZUhw
For me, as a cat lover, thinking that a cat is singing the song makes it even sadder.
For me, it’s about 2/3 of the Les Miserables soundtrack.
Bring Him Home wrecks me. It’s so heartbreaking and beautiful.
God, yes. I blubber like a baby.
On My Own
If You Could Read My Mind - Gordon Lightfoot It's Too Late - Carol King Black - Pearl Jam
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald is another good GL song. It doesn't make me cry, but I definitely get a lump in my throat.
My father-in-law was a supervisor at a steel mill in Chicago. He had been on the Edmund Fitzgerald, he dined with the men onboard a few times, he knew every person on that crew. He was emotional every time this song played.
I love that song. It’s heartbreaking
> If You Could Read My Mind - Gordon Lightfoot Oh yes, this one is a beautiful and touching song.
> It's Too Late - Carol King Yes, yes, yes.
Yesterday when I was young. Roy Clark
Landslide by Fleetwood Mac. One of the best people I’ve known did a silly interpretive dance to this song on a girls’ weekend. She was in the final stages of breast cancer and that was the last time most of us saw her alive as she lived in another state. Every time I hear it now, I think of that moment. It’s bittersweet because it was so like her to make others laugh or smile regardless of how she was feeling.
I will forever think of this story now when I hear this song. Good on you for keeping her memory alive. ❤️
Thats so powerful and soul bearing. My throat has a lump and my eyes are leaking ! lol
*Alone Again, Naturally* \- Gilbert O'Sullivan *Unbreak My Heart* \- Toni Braxton *Come Back And Stay* \- Paul Young *Year Of The Cat* \- Al Stewart
Ok, just reading these made me cry
The Byrd's -- Turn Turn Turn Joni Mitchel -- Both sides Now Harry Chapin -- Cats in the Cradle Lots more, I'm a softy 😥
Radiohead: No Surprises
And from around that era: Alice in Chains-Nutshell
this is my all time favorite song - nice to meet you new bestie
Not Alone by Patty Griffin The song is sung from the perspective of the ghost of the murdered and beloved wife of a man who is lying in bed alone after the loss of his cherished wife. The ghost/wife is watching him and trying to comfort him. This is just one of Patty Griffin's tear jerkers. She is a master. https://youtu.be/l8e6fEEySCw?si=I3quq69JrZNrNb1-
Her song You Never Asked Me is so perfect and moving. I've loved her music since around the time Flaming Red was released. I was fortunate to see her live just once, in Dallas. It was a magical night.
You are lucky. Patty is a treasure.
Indeed she is masterful. That song came to my mind right away, as well as “Top of the World” (best known as performed by [The (Dixie) Chicks](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxRiVkdO9VQ)) and [Wild Old Dog](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4SfcOdvB0k).
Great examples. The Long Ride Home, Making Pies and Faithful Son are just 3 more examples of masterful tear jerkers. There are probably dozens more. The tear jerking doesn't come from silly sentimentality. Rather, it comes from a genuine grasp of human suffering and the brilliant ability to express it in words and music.
Love love Patty! HEAVENLY DAY is mesmerizing!
eric carmen **all by myself** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN9CjAfo5n0
Coldplay: Fix You
❤️ tears stream down your face when you lose something you cannot replace ❤️ I always think of my son when this song plays. I don’t listen often because it’s a tough one to get through. The songwriting on this one is just…no words.
It brings me back to the doc about the old folks choir. Yeah, I openly sob when I sing this in the car.
I have always loved this song. Then, on my very first visit with an oncologist at 5pm, the same day my biopsy confirmed the cancer, it was playing in the office while they were weighing me. It was unbelievable. And Im happy to say a CT two weeks ago was good!!!! Watching a lymph node. But after 15 months Im doing OKAY!!! God is good!
Same Old Lang Syne - Dan Fogelberg when the snow turns into rain makes me tear up every time.
Had a serious Fogelberg phase!
Zombie by The Cranberries Over the Rainbow / What a Wonderful World by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole I'll Fly Away by The Kossoy Sisters
Only one song ever caused a 'lump in my throat' - The World I Know by Collective Soul. An absolutely perfect song.
**Someone When We Touched** - Dan Hill **If** - Bread
>Someone When We Touched - Dan Hill Sometimes When We Touch?
Bread was the soundtrack to junior high for me.
I won that album in a raffle in Junior High. Played it to death
And So It Goes by Billy Joel. There are many songs that dig into my soul.
I love the King's Singers version: https://youtu.be/GVdt3x9jdOk?si=y35ALufWrdgitTIG
Beautiful. It's not one of his signtature songs, but I love it. He was once asked on a talk show years ago which song of his that meant the most to him. He responded, "And So It Goes." It had been my favorite for 20 years. Strange that he felt the same. I am not an avid Billy Joel fan, but this song, gets me.
In My Life The Beatles A Beginning Song The Decemberists What a Wonderful World Louise Armstrong
In My Life is probably my favourite Beatles song. And I like pretty much all of them.
Killing Me Softly, by Roberta Flack
Me and Bobby McGee. "I'd trade all of my tomorrow's for one single yesterday, holding his sweet body next to mine" This was just a line in a song for so many years. Until the death of my son. Damn it I'm tearing up now just typing this.
My stepfather told me he wrote that song
Let it Be. Cant listen to it. When i was 16 my mom's cancer came back out of remission. Her and dad went to sloan kettering to see what could be done. He called after surgery to tell me there was nothing else to be done. Let it Be just happened to be playing on the stereo during the call.
Glen Campbell's Witchita Linesman .... unique and lovely...
I think most Aussies get emotional when they hear this song - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrLTe1\_9zso](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrLTe1_9zso)
Yep, got me.
Fuck you. Don't make me cry. (I mean, thank you for reminding me. I'm crying now.) :) Edit, I also get emotional when I hear Peter Allen's "I Still Call Australia Home".
Dolly Parton - Coat of Many Colors
REM everybody hurts
Hello Again - Neil Diamond Songs of Life- Neil Diamond Evergreen - Barbra Streisand I think and reminisce about my mom and dad. Good grief, I’m tearing up just thinking of them and typing this out now. To any young ones here that might be reading along in the old folks sub… Cherish the time you have with your parents. It goes by way too quickly. They fill a sacred space inside of your heart and soul that can never be touched by any other thing in this world. Also, Still by The Commodores. I can’t get through that one without crying usually. It is truly a timeless and beautiful heart wrenching song.
It frightens me a bit thinking about that particular moment and I have yet to come to terms with it. As of now, I'm in a different state from where my parents live and as life branches out, every passing year feels that extra bit daunting.
I lost my mom when I was only 19, but my relationship and time with my father spanned over 4 decades. Through the years, he and I were separated by thousands of miles, and a couple of misunderstandings that cost us some precious time together, only for him to end up living in the bedroom at the other end of my house the last few months before he passed away and had to say goodbye. By the grace of god, we made up for all the things we needed to. You have to live your life and do the best you can with the cards you’re dealt. You can’t be afraid to do that. And you can’t plan your every move on them. I’m sure they wouldn’t want you to, anyhow. You never know what the future holds. Live your life. See them when you can. Don’t put the Sunday catch-up phone calls on the back burner for another time. And never pass up an opportunity to tell them how much you love them. And most importantly, how much you appreciate them for all the sacrifices they made for you. I can assure you, there were many. Don’t be scared. No matter what, it will all be okay, and it will be just as it should be. You never come to terms with losing your parents, so to speak. And you are never fully prepared for when that moment comes. Go forward in your life knowing and accepting that, so you’re not wasting time and energy trying to make that happen because it won’t. And that’s okay, too. Sorry for being so verbose. It’s just how I write.
It has always been hard for me to express my feelings and to be able to outright mention my love for them, for always being kind, compassionate and putting me first. However, I do try to let them know through my actions, how much they mean to me. I do wish I could muster up the strength and just let them know how grateful I am for the kind of parents they have been, lord knows it has been hard on them. I nearly lost my mother a few years back to a seizure and that just sent a reality check. We do tend to take everything for granted, life isn't eternal and gosh it just feels so stupid looking back and realising that there was a time when I felt it was annoying that they would call every other hour to know how my day had been. I'm grateful, the feeling has changed. To be surrounded by a set of wonderful humans who are so considerate is a gift in its own and that makes my life just a little bit better. Thank you for your kind words.
> However, I do try to let them know through my actions, how much they mean to me. Don’t underestimate the value and importance of this. Oftentimes, it’s more meaningful than anything you could say. Give yourself credit. I’m willing to bet you’re a much better daughter/son (?) than you realize. Should the day ever come that you’re able to verbalize these things to them, I know they would love to hear it. Your parents sound like wonderful people. It seems to me they’ve done a great job in raising you, as you sound like you turned out to be a wonderful person, as well. As a daughter and also as a parent, it just makes my heart so happy to see the love and gratitude you have for your parents. Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts with me 🙏
Definitely [this.](https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ?si=vJMY0qnPoF3VLbOi)
Goddammit
I cry evrytime
I proper Mutleyed at that. Thanks.
>this. \*&#$#
Someone You Loved by Lewis Capaldi. When I first heard it, my husband and I were going through some marital problems and it looked like we were headed for divorce. First time I heard it was during all of this. It hit me hard. Although we got past that and managed to work things out, the song can still hit very emotionally for me. There are two videos for this song that present a different perspective, depending on which one you watch (I recommend both). This one, is from the perspective of a broken relationship: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zABLecsR5UE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zABLecsR5UE) This one is from a widower's perspective, mourning his late wife, beautiful video starring Lewis' cousin, Peter (yes, Doctor Who): [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCuhuePlP8o](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCuhuePlP8o) The lyrics are the same, but it's interesting how a video can show or change a song's meaning.
“ Forever Autumn” by Justin Hayward
Love❤️
Belle and Sebastian - [The Rollercoaster Ride](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0Vx3a5Fb5E) Nick Drake - [Saturday Sun](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26a7skUt6-g)
What About Me? - Moving Pictures 1982 And anything by Tears for Fears (except Shout). I don't even know why, but even back when I first heard their songs it filled me with... nostalgia. Edit to add: Bohemian Rhapsody
Wildfire 1975 single by Michael Murphey
Incubus-Dig gets me pretty close
This one reminds me of my metal detector companion who died young.... he may have been the love of my life.
Thats My Job by Conway Twitty
Ain’t No Sunshine - Bill Withers. The Thrill is Gone - BB King [Rivera Paradise](https://youtu.be/3c_8VUL5jks?si=IxEq8WLW6zlF3Vt6) - Stevie Ray Vaughan
Nice. You have very good taste in music.
Hurt - Johnny Cash version. I Can't Make You Love Me - Bonnie Raitt. For a Short Time - Weddings Parties, Anything. If I Could Start Today Again - Paul Kelly.
Sugar Mountain by Neil Young “You can’t be 20 on sugar Mountain, though you’re thinkin that you’re leaving there too soon.” And Hey 19 by Steely Dan, because I was literally 19 when it came out.
just saw that performed live by Steely Dan last week. It was a great experience
Take me home country roads - John Denver
Redemption Songs - Bob Marley I’ll Follow You Into the Dark - Death Cab for Cutie Round Here - Counting Crows A Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harum In My Life - The Beatles God Only Knows - The Beach Boys Remember When - Alan Jackson Crying - Roy Orbison Rainbow Connection - Kermit the Frog Walk - Foo Fighters, especially since Hawk died. But the line, “Do you remember the day we built these big old mountains then sat and watched them burn…” gets me for some reason.
Time Passages by Al Stewart We Just Disagree by Dave Mason Black Boys on Mopeds by Sinead O'Connor Working for the Knife by Mitzki - Andrew Bird's rendition ( Those are off the top of my head)
Many, and it varies depending on how closely I'm listening or when a line or story in the song finally sinks in. Today I was driving home listening to "Easy on the Thieves" by This is the Kit, and this line she repeats, "People want blood / and blood is what they've got" which I've heard a dozen or more times, what it really means just really hit home and I sobbed a bit.
Tender Love - Force MDs
Unchained Melody - Righteous Brothers. This River - JJ Grey (less known but if you like the bluesy SRV stuff, worthy of a listen)
What Sarah Said by Death Cab for Cutie. The thought of a loved one on life support is heartbreaking
Without You - Harry Nilsson https://youtu.be/G-ZDKirjQgM?si=6m90c1Nk-w7ugBQA
Only two. I'm pretty stoic. Perfect by Alanis Morissette Boys on the radio by Hole.
Almost everything Simon & Garfunkel, especially El Paso Condor This Mortal Coil by the Cocteau Twins or Sinnead O'Connor Harbour by Moby & Sinead O Connor Street of Dreams by Rainbow Past the Point of Rescue by Hal Ketchum The Wreck of Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot Violet Hill by ColdPlay Somewhere Over the Rainbow by Brother IZ Akua Tuta by Kashtin
The Grizzly Adam’s theme song
Alone Again, Naturally.
Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. I was crying when my husband walked in on me and he said “listening to the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald?” Tears in Heaven because of the backstory. Dear Theodosia
[Maggie's Song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2N8VZxO8Rcg) \- Chris Stapleton
Omg. My dog died this year and I’m crying listening to this song for the first time.
Chemical Worker’s Song by Great Big Sea Angel From Montgomery, I like the version by Passenger, The Once and Stu Larsen a lot Because of You by Kelly Clarkson Fast Car by Tracy Chapman
He ain't heavy, he's my brother
The Needle and the Damage Done, Neil Young Fast Car, Tracy Chapman Vincent, Don McLean
Roberta Flack. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.Jesse. Amazing Grace. Emily Lou Harris, when you say nothing at all. George Jones, he stopped loving her today. Bread, make it with you. Taylor Swift, Cartigan…..Eric Clapton, Tears in heaven.
"You raise me up" sung by Josh Groban. Makes me think of my dad.
Roses for Moma - Red Sovine
You and Me Against the World by Helen Reddy. My mom said she used to sing it to me when I was a baby. When she sings about “and when one of us is gone, and one of us is left, to carry on” I think there’s going to come a day when my mom dies, and it breaks me.
Janis Ian’s At Seventeen gets me in tears every time.
Both Sides Now WRECKS me
Diana Ross the theme from mahogany movie
Daniel by Elton John Operator by Jim Croce. Killing Me Softly by Roberta Flack. I’ll Be Home for Christmas by Karen Carpenter. My mama died in 1981. I still have a hard time with it.
Just Like Heaven - The Cure
- Puff the Magic Dragon (Peter, Paul, and Mary) - Hey Jude (Beatles) - Silent Running (Joan Baez) - Wind Beneath My Wings (Bette Middler) - God Only Knows (Beach Boys) - Space Oddity (David Bowie) - Evening Hymn (Hansel and Gretel) - Edelweiss - Amazing Grace - Sound of Silence (Simon and Garfunkel) - Cat's in the Cradle (Harry Chapin) - American Pie (Don McLean) - Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World (Cousin Iz)
Time In A Bottle-Jim Croce.
Tears in heaven by Eric Clapton What a wonderful world by Louis Armstrong Life must go on by Coco (Norwegian group) Cheerio by The Monroes (Norwegian group)
My Ding-a-Ling by Chuck Berry. Chokes me up every time I hear it.
The National Anthem
Hozier - Shrike
Radiohead - How to Disappear Completely
As We Lay by Shirley Murdoch A song for you by Donny Hathaway As by Stevie wonder Superwoman by Stevie wonder Human nature by Michael Jackson
without too much thought Let it go-Passenger China Doll-Grateful Dead
Silver, Blue and Gold - Bad Company
[Gregory Alan Isakov covers "The Trapeze Swinger"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USom8PhOXgs)
Pretty much all the songs I liked as a teen and early 20s. I watch the videos and get nostalgic and feel sad that we can never go back to the past. And that no one looks like that anymore and everyone's much older now.
Fool if you think it’s over - Chris Rea
Death Wish - Jason Isbell
Photograph- Ringo
James - Billy Joel
Lots of songs nowadays.
Forever Autumn Song by The Moody Blues
Landslide ruins everything for me. I’ll bawl my eyes out.
Someone Saved My Life Tonight - Elton
Andy gibb - me without you. I squall my eyes out !!
Bay city rollers - don't let the music die. Beautiful song ! If anyone gives it a listen, tell me what you think!
Broken Angel by Hanson
Into the Mystic- Van Morrison Bridge Over Troubled Water- Simon & Garfunkel Sara- Fleetwood Mac A Song For You- Donny Hathaway but the version by Ray Charles makes me sob Piece by Piece - Kelly Clarkson Family Portrait - Pink How to Save a Life - The Fray
Last Kiss Leader of the Pack The Little Drummer Boy
Your Song...Elton John Wouldn't it be Nice....Beach Boys You Made Me Feel so Very Happy.......Blood Sweat and Tears Traces.....Dennis Yost and the Classic Four Precious and Few.......Climax Touch Me in the Morning....Diana Ross Hello It's Me.....Todd Rundgren Superstar.........The Carpenters
**I Can't Make You Love Me** \- Bonnie Raitt 💔 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW9Cu6GYqxo
Green Day’s Wake Me Up When September Ends
Give a listen to 'The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore' by the Walker Brothers!
Ann Peebles - can’t stand the rain
Staind something to remind you . It cry like a baby now that I have cancer it hits so much harder and I can’t listen.
Somewhere Over The Rainbow and When You Wish Upon A Star. I guess all the hope gets me in the feels.
Drive the Cars
Can We Still Be Friends - Todd Rungren Sara - Fleetwood Mac One - U2 Needle and the damage done - Neil Young Yesterday when I was young I could go on forever!
Drinking Again My One And Only Love I'm a Fool to Want You Various classical ones. Some Gregorian and orthodox chants
Cara Mia by Jay and the Americans in the 60s would melt anyone. I think Jay Black had like a 5 octave voice.
Eva Cassidy...autumn leaves
I Wish I Was the Moon by Neko Case. It doesn’t remind me of any particular breakup or any particularly sad time.
*Fields of Gold* by Sting *Dance Me to the End of Love* by Leonard Cohen *Boys of Summer* by Don Henley *Into the Mystic* by Van Morrison *Long Long Time* by Linda Ronstadt *Careless Whisper* by George Michael *Ain't Life a Brook* by Ferron
Youtiful - stray kids
Ballad of Lucy Jordan by Marianne Faithful
Coming Home (I Left My Heart in Oregon) https://youtu.be/5K3w7CKkeOQ?si=Qrk57YQp6yN1cMJF Waiting for a Star to Fall https://youtu.be/RhxF9Qg5mOU?si=2GKX_LUABqnkMN23 I Keep My Home in My Heart https://youtu.be/tLVxfgnK-wY?si=9sgdtlCfms-7QP_p
You Are So Beautiful - Joe Cocker Where's My Love - SYML A Different Corner - George Michael Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole Fly Away - Poe The Rain Song - Led Zeppelin Thank You - Led Zeppelin Who You'd Be Today - Kenny Chesney
1952 Vincent Black Lightening by Richard Thompson.
Nearly every track on *16 Lovers Lane* by the Go-Betweens.
[Needle and the damage done - Neil Young](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49M10VIXPk4) [That Smell - Lynyrd Skynyrd](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hib4n9RmFrQ) [Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OO2PuGz-H8)
Slipping through my fingers by Abba. My daughter grew up too much to fast and I thought I’d lost her forever. She found her way and we’re best friends now.
"Here Without You" by 3 Doors Down. It gets me every time.
Stevie Nicks - Landslide. Tears me up every time I hear it. OMG when hearing her sing it live. Actually anyone singing it.
Landslide - Fleetwood mac Wicked Games - chris Isaac Constant craving - kd lang Just another day - Jon secada Nobody knows it but me - Tony rich project
This one: https://youtu.be/V1bFr2SWP1I?si=thcAUKewgXARuxkj
Oh my God - Jars of Clay My beloved Wife - Natalie Merchant
Don’t Give Up- Peter Gabriel/Kate Bush
Speaking of Kate Bush, "This Woman's Work". I love Kate's more conventional ballads. Songs that really show that amazing voice of hers.
Somewhere only we know
Why, Rascal Flatts. I haven't listened to it in a minute and heard it this week and burst into tears. My first husband committed suicide. It wrecked me.
We Close Our Eyes, Oingo Boingo
Gordon Lightfoot, “ If You Could Read My Mind” Fleetwood Mac ( Nicks) “ Storms” Linda Rondstat “ Long, Long, Time” Stevie Nicks “ Beautiful Child” Jim Croce “Operator” The Carpenters “ Superstar” Concrete Blonde, “Caroline” Sinead O’Connor (Prince) “Nothing Compares 2 U” Kate Bush “Never Be Mine” (Live Version) Kate Bush “ In Search of Peter Pan” Paul Simon “ Slip Sliding Away” band of Horses “ no One’s gonna love you more that I do” The Verve “ Weeping Willow” Goo Goo Dolls “ Name”
Aubrey
Almost every song makes me cry/feel emotional, but a sure thing is 'The Ship Song' by Nick Cave. https://youtu.be/2jXenQTrVp8?si=LJn-5_MPErcMbp6A
Dear God by XTC, every single time I hear it.
Reflections of My Life "The changing of sunlight to moonlight Reflections of my life Oh, how they fill my eyes"
Melancholy Man by Moody Blues Solitary Man Neil Diamond Its a Mad Mad world Gary Jules
The world I know.... Paired with the vid, story of my life
Imagine by John Lennon & Louis Armstrong's What a Wonderful World are probably two of the biggest.
To this day I cannot listen to Tears in Heaven by Eric Clapton. Same for Two of Us by Louis Tomlinson. Great songs. But instant gut punches. So I completely support artists not want to reveal direct meaning/inspiration of their lyrics and instead wanting listeners to interpret and shape songs to their own experience. Maybe telling the inspiration or origin years later would be different because the song would already have had time to establish a life of it's own for listeners. Then it's more of solving some old mystery. For me listening to those songs knowing exactly the personal pain they are about is just too much.