Those sad sad songs that make you want to cry...

[nyadrn]

We all know them..  those sad sad songs that make us want to cry but that we love to listen to 

[DarcyFarrow]

She's Leaving Home (Beatles):  an emotionally sophisticated and empathic song that looks at family discord from both the parents' and the teenager's perspectives.

[ripvanwinkle96]

"Laugh At Me" * Sonny Bono

Chastity Bono using Dad's record as a statement.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6uDSgyrZds&ab_channel=Naxxseb

[sunluvngal]

The Rest of Mine - Trace Adkins

https://youtu.be/uXUDoRsWYX0

[BobH07]

Tom Dooley:  Kingston Trio

[ripvanwinkle96]

"Jackie Blue" * Ozark Mountain Daredevils

drugs & depression

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2i8jyaS9qcA&ab_channel=Morcaiden

[DarcyFarrow]

Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own (U2)

[ripvanwinkle96]

"Just You" * Sonny & Cher

first love teen angst

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gdfu9p9nfC0&ab_channel=itwebcomputers

[Raynyky]

Empty Garden-Elton 

[ripvanwinkle96]

"Friday's Child" * Nancy Sinatra

dejected & rejected klown.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5KLJNERclM&ab_channel=zedzupa

[DarcyFarrow]

Flying for Me (John Denver)--about the space shuttle Challenger

[ripvanwinkle96]

"In Dreams" * Roy Orbison

Blue Velvet - 86'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B4RedcaSqw&ab_channel=MonsterMontage

[1968Hoya46]

I Dreamed About Mama Last Night: Hank Williams

[DarcyFarrow]

Beauty and the Beast (Stevie Nicks)

[ripvanwinkle96]

"The Great Pretender * The Platters

Tony Williams on lead vocals, released as a single on November 3, 1955. The words and music were created by Buck Ram, the Platters' manager and producer. Reached the number one position on both the R&B and pop charts in 1956. Voted 360th greatest song of all time by Rolling Stone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEzfhclKO8Q&ab_channel=SolracEtnevic

[DarcyFarrow]

Oh, England, My Lionheart (Kate Bush)--about a fighter pilot who's dying

[ripvanwinkle96]

"Opportunity" The Jewels

I wanna tell a story bout a friend I know

He was on top, the star of the show

But he didn't listen to the things that were said

He let success go straight to his head.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1-pGeR089Y&ab_channel=MotMool

[ripvanwinkle96]

"I Shall Be Released" * The Band

Incarceration - B. Dylan composition

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVwBfw0b_No&ab_channel=%23LyricsandChords

[BobH07]

Dry Your Eyes:  Brenda and Tabulations

[ripvanwinkle96]

"Every Little Bit Hurts" * Brenda Holloway

1964 -solo endeaver

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfBXQhJ8yeM&ab_channel=BrendaHolloway-Topic

[DarcyFarrow]

Jackson Browne:  "Song for Adam"

Kate Bush:  "Eider Falls at Lake Tahoe"

[Brightpool]

Okay, just one more. Here's one that is bittersweet and one of my life-time favorites. I can't sing along with this one without tearing up. Sometimes, just thinking about the song gets me verklempt.

"Daisy A Day" by Jud Strunk

[Brightpool]

"Paper Roses" by Marie Osmond

[Brightpool]

"Cat's In the Cradle" by Harry Chapin

[nyadrn]

Drift Off to Dream. Travis Tritt

Sad memories. 

[Brightpool]

This isn't so much a sad song as it is a tug-at-your-heart song:

"The Men In My Little Girl's Life" by Mike Douglas

[ripvanwinkle96]

"All Alone Am I" * Brenda Lee

1962 - reinterpreted Greek pop song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8sSjLRmxq0&ab_channel=m.craft

[ripvanwinkle96]

"Yesterday, When I Was Young" * Roy Clark

youth is wasted on the young.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2zyRcLASpY&ab_channel=Th%C3%A0nhNguy%E1%BB%85n

[BobH07]

Leave Me Alone (Let Me Cry):  Dicky Doo & The Don'ts

[MarybethG691589]

Black. Pearl Jam 

[ripvanwinkle96]

"Mr. Lonely" * Bobby Vinton

64'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pcg7HxYhr0c&ab_channel=DeniseKuo