Swede Posted January 23, 2008 Posted January 23, 2008 My Sweet Annette - Drive-By Truckers Me and my Annette, we was as fond as we could be We was set to marry in October 33 I set my sights on courtin’ her, as fine as she could be I never ever noticed her best friend Marilee Took a job at the saw mill and I bought my girl a ring, Had a pre-wedding party, close friends and family Everything was fine, eatin’ homemade ice cream I swear I never noticed maid of honor, Marilee My Sweet Annette was left standing at the alter My Sweet Annette was left standing at the alter Marilee was taken ill, it was several miles from home Back then it wasn’t fittin’ for a girl to leave alone Sweet Annette, she asked me to walk her to the door As innocent as children back before the war My Sweet Annette was left standing at the alter My Sweet Annette was left standing at the alter Lord have mercy for what we done, Lord have mercy when to people get alone Neither one of us had done anything like that you see By the next sunset, I had eloped with Marilee By the next sunset, I had eloped with Marilee By the next sunset, I had eloped with Marilee My Sweet Annette was left standing at the alter Quote
The Rover Posted January 23, 2008 Posted January 23, 2008 (edited) If you've lived long enough to go through a break-up, then this song can really get to you. It was in the aftermath of a break-up I experienced at 19 that this song really tore me up . "BABY I'M-A WANT YOU" ~~ Bread Baby, I'm-a want you Baby, I'm-a need you You're the only one I care enough to hurt about Maybe I'm-a crazy But I just can't live without... Your lovin' and affection Givin' me direction Like a guiding light to help me through a darkest hour Lately I'm a-prayin' That you'll always be a-stayin' beside me Used to be my life was just emotions passing by Feeling all the while and never really knowing why... Lately I'm a-prayin' That you'll always be a-stayin' beside me. Used to be my life was just emotions passing by Then you came along and made me laugh And made me cry... You taught me why... Baby, I'm-a want you Baby, I'm-a need you Oh, it took so long to find you, baby Baby, I'm-a want you Baby, I'm-a need you Edited January 23, 2008 by The Rover Quote
dragster Posted January 23, 2008 Posted January 23, 2008 This one always get me!!!! Ghost of Tom Joad.... Men walkin' 'long the railroad tracks Goin' someplace there's no goin' back Highway patrol choppers comin' up over the ridge Hot soup on a campfire under the bridge Shelter line stretchin' round the corner Welcome to the new world order Families sleepin' in their cars in the southwest No home no job no peace no rest The highway is alive tonight But nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goes I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light Searchin' for the ghost of Tom Joad He pulls prayer book out of his sleeping bag Preacher lights up a butt and takes a drag Waitin' for when the last shall be first and the first shall be last In a cardboard box 'neath the underpass Got a one-way ticket to the promised land You got a hole in your belly and gun in your hand Sleeping on a pillow of solid rock Bathin' in the city aqueduct The highway is alive tonight But where it's headed everybody knows I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light Waitin' on the ghost of Tom Joad Now Tom said "Mom, wherever there's a cop beatin' a guy Wherever a hungry newborn baby cries Where there's a fight 'gainst the blood and hatred in the air Look for me Mom I'll be there Wherever there's somebody fightin' for a place to stand Or decent job or a helpin' hand Wherever somebody's strugglin' to be free Look in their eyes Mom you'll see me." The highway is alive tonight But nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goes I'm sittin' downhere in the campfire light With the ghost of old Tom Joad Quote
dragster Posted January 23, 2008 Posted January 23, 2008 WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE words and music by Pete Seeger performed by Pete Seeger and Tao Rodriguez-Seeger Where have all the flowers gone? Long time passing Where have all the flowers gone? Long time ago Where have all the flowers gone? Girls have picked them every one When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn? Where have all the young girls gone? Long time passing Where have all the young girls gone? Long time ago Where have all the young girls gone? Taken husbands every one When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn? Where have all the young men gone? Long time passing Where have all the young men gone? Long time ago Where have all the young men gone? Gone for soldiers every one When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn? Where have all the soldiers gone? Long time passing Where have all the soldiers gone? Long time ago Where have all the soldiers gone? Gone to graveyards every one When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn? Where have all the graveyards gone? Long time passing Where have all the graveyards gone? Long time ago Where have all the graveyards gone? Covered with flowers every one When will we ever learn? When will we ever learn? Quote
dragster Posted January 23, 2008 Posted January 23, 2008 A very sad song: Sad and funny at the same time!!!! Go M P!!!! Quote
motherhen Posted January 23, 2008 Posted January 23, 2008 Nothing Compares to You--Sinead O'connor. For personal reasons. Quote
wendigo Posted January 23, 2008 Posted January 23, 2008 (edited) On the surface this to you might not seem tear jerky but as a personal song it does as the lyrics use to pull my heart at a particular time in my life along time back .....Duran Duran...Odinary World I totally agree Leddy. It's one of my favourite songs and really does make me emotional. Came in from a rainy Thursday on the avenue thought I heard you talking softly I turned on the lights the TV and the radio but still I can't escape the ghost of you What is happening to me crazy some would say Where is the life that I recognize, gone away And I won't cry for yesterday there's an ordinary world somehow I have to find And as I try to make my way to the ordinary world I will learn to survive Passion or coincidence once prompted you to say pride will tear us both apart Well now pride's gone out the window cross the rooftops runaway Left me in the vaccuum of my heart What is happening to me crazy some will say where is my friend when I need you most gone away But I won't cry for yesterday there's an ordinary world somehow I have to find And as I try to make my way to the ordinary world I will learn to survive Papers in the roadside tell of suffering and grief Fear today forgot tomorrow beside the news of holy war and holy need Our's is just a little sorrowed talk, just blown away And I won't cry for yesterday there's an ordinary world somehow I have to find And as I try to make my way to the ordinary world I will learn to survive Every world is my world (I will learn to survive) Any world is my world (I will learn to survive) Any world is my world, every world is our world, every world Edited January 23, 2008 by wendigo Quote
The Rover Posted January 23, 2008 Posted January 23, 2008 Here's another Bread Heart-Wrencher . . . "DIARY" ~ Bread I found her diary underneath a tree. and started reading about me The words she's written took me by surpise you'd never read them in her eyes. They said that she had found the love she waited for. Wouldn't you know it, she wouldn't show it. When she confronted with the writing there, simply pretended not to care. I passed it off as just in keeping with her total disconcerting air and though she tried to hide the love that she denied, wouldn't you know it, she wouldn't show it. And as I go through my life, I will give to her my wife all the sweet things that I can find. I found her diary underneath a tree. and started reading about me. The words began stick and tears to flow. Her meaning now was clear to see. The love she'd waited for was someone else not me Wouldn't you know it, she wouldn't show it. and as I go through my life, I will wish for her his wife all the sweet things that she can find all the sweet things they can find Quote
dig zoso Posted January 23, 2008 Posted January 23, 2008 Chopin - Etude Op.10 No.3 Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come Queen - Love Of My Life Derek and the Dominoes - Bell Bottom Blues CCR - Long As I Can See The Light LZ - The Rain Song that's what I have off the top of my head... Quote
Evermore Posted January 23, 2008 Posted January 23, 2008 My wife and I have had tearful fights until we'd realize that its just that we had been listening to the old time country music station on cable. A switch to classic rock and its party time again. Here are three that have moved me. The Beatles - If I Fell U2 - Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses Robert Plant, Allison Krauss - Killing the Blues Quote
Idunn Posted January 23, 2008 Posted January 23, 2008 (edited) Billy Austin (Steve Earle) My name is billy austin Im twenty-nine years old I was born in oklahoma Quarter cherokee I'm told Don't remember oklahoma Been so long since I left home Seems like I've always been in prison Like I've always been alone Didn't mean to hurt nobody Never thought I'd cross that line I held up a filling station Like I'd done a hundred times The kid done like I told him He lay face down on the floor Guess I'll never know what made me Turn and walk back through that door The shot rang out like thunder My ears rang like a bell No one came runnin' So I called the cops myself Took their time to get there And I guess I coulda run I knew I should be feeling something But I never shed tear one I didn't even make the papers cause I only killed one man But my trial was over quickly And then the long hard wait began Court appointed lawyer Couldn't look me in the eye He just stood up and closed his briefcase When they sentenced me to die Now my waitins over As the final hour drags by I ain't about to tell you That I dont deserve to die But there's twenty-seven men here Mostly black, brown and poor Most of 'em are guilty Who are you to say for sure? So when the preacher comes to get me And they shave off all my hair Could you take that long walk with me Knowing hell is waitin there Could you pull that switch yourself sir With a sure and steady hand Could you still tell yourself sir That you're better than I am My name is billy austin Im twenty-nine years old I was born in oklahoma Quarter cherokee Im told Edited January 23, 2008 by Idunn Quote
andyc Posted January 23, 2008 Posted January 23, 2008 I agree there's an eerie feel to those Queen songs now. I think the same about these three songs. I'm a big hairy arsed bloke and I cried like a babe at the scene in 'Highlander' where the back track was 'Who wants to live forever'. Quote
Idunn Posted January 23, 2008 Posted January 23, 2008 (edited) ^^^^ Let me guess....Country? LOL! Well, the country music industry more or less turned their back on Steve Earle and disowned him...so... I dunno. Edited January 23, 2008 by Idunn Quote
Jahfin Posted January 23, 2008 Posted January 23, 2008 ^^^^ Let me guess....Country? It's by Steve Earle who definitely performs his fair share of country music (he also does a killer rendition of Nirvana's Breed) but it's still a sad song no matter the genre. Country certainly doesn't have the market cornered on "sad". Quote
yahyoubetcha Posted January 23, 2008 Posted January 23, 2008 Also... Billy Austin ~ Steve Earle That's definitely in the top ten. Three more for me would be: Diary - Bread The Grave - Don McLean She's Leaving Home - Beatles Quote
stonefreelee Posted January 23, 2008 Posted January 23, 2008 OHIO by Neil Young..................lest we forget such a sad day in US (and human) history...excellent song... Quote
stonefreelee Posted January 23, 2008 Posted January 23, 2008 one of the most beautiful songs ever, sad or not: "Riviera Paradise" by SRV...he often dedicated this song live to "people suffering, everywhere..." also, Jimi Hendrix "Angel" and Janis, "Farewell Song"... Quote
Aquamarine Posted January 23, 2008 Posted January 23, 2008 I think the Beatles' In My Life is one of the most moving (not sad) songs I know. Quote
zosodude13 Posted January 24, 2008 Posted January 24, 2008 (edited) Hurt- Johnny Cash When you heart that, you can tell he was reaching the end and was ready to "go home" While My Guitar Gently Weeps (LOVE version)- The Beatles As sad a song from The White Album, but the remix on LOVE, done acoustic with a string arrangement... cant help but shead a tear I'm Gonna Crawl- Led Zeppelin So sad sounding, but it really hits home as it was the last song off the last album with the whole gang there are more, but I think I'll leave it at that right now... Edited January 24, 2008 by zosodude13 Quote
stonefreelee Posted January 24, 2008 Posted January 24, 2008 Hurt- Johnny Cash When you heart that, you can tell he was reaching the end and was ready to "go home" While My Guitar Gently Weeps (LOVE version)- The Beatles As sad a song from The White Album, but the remix on LOVE, done acoustic with a string arrangement... cant help but shead a tear I'm Gonna Crawl- Led Zeppelin So sad sounding, but it really hits home as it was the last song off the last album with the whole gang there are more, but I think I'll leave it at that right now... "I'm gonna crawl" is pure class... Quote
Electrophile Posted January 24, 2008 Posted January 24, 2008 "I'm gonna crawl" is pure class... I damn near kicked myself for leaving that off my list. Led Zeppelin never makes me tear up, but this one always does. Sometimes Tea For One will do it too....just thinking about what went behind the writing of the song. Quote
MadScreamingGallery Posted January 24, 2008 Posted January 24, 2008 I think the Beatles' In My Life is one of the most moving (not sad) songs I know. At our request, that song was played at our wedding. We didn't choose it because it was sad or moving but because it was the only song whose lyrics accurately described (and still does) our love for one another. All these years later, in that context, maybe it is moving : In My Life There are places I remember All my life though some have changed Some forever not for better Some have gone and some remain All these places have their moments With lovers and friends I still can recall Some are dead and some are living In my life I've loved them all But of all these friends and lovers There is no one compares with you And these memories lose their meaning When I think of love as something new Though I know I'll never lose affection For people and things that went before I know I'll often stop and think about them In my life I love you more Though I know I'll never lose affection For people and things that went before I know I'll often stop and think about them In my life I love you more In my life I love you more Quote
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