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

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

 

 

 

Life's a Journey, not a Destination" Aerosmith
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I Miss My Friend-Darrell Whorley

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Almost anything by Hank Williams.   No less than Elvis Presley called I'm So Lonesome I could Cry, the saddest song he had ever heard.     Its just the sights and sounds from his back yard but it packs a punch.   But don't forget These Men With Broken Hearts,  or May You Never Be Alone Like Me, or Lost on the River,  Long Gone Lonesome Blues and many more.   

 

Lefty Frizzell fell into a depressive hole and with his song writing partner Sanger Shaffer wrote "I Never Go Around Mirrors"  It has been said that this song could bring a tear to a statue, especially when Keith Whitley sang it.   This was Whitley's favorite country song and he would sing it at the drop of a hat.     

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@RossM846371  - Have you heard this version of Iโ€™m So Lonesome I Could Cry, by Gary Morris? It gets me every time. ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ A lot of people have covered this song, but no one sings it like he does.

https://youtu.be/ds9r7O79dk8

 

โ€œWhen the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.โ€ - Jimi Hendrix
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its a good one.  

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An incredible talent.

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Autumn Leaves: Sinatra and others, including Bob Dylan and Eric Clapton.

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"Everyday I Have To Cry" * Steve Alaimo {63}

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SR8839CtqY&ab_channel=74sodapop

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The end of the world, Skeeter Davis

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"Sail" * Awolnation

Blame it on my ADD  (Attention Deficit Disorder)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBBhGApcNBM&ab_channel=HaleyBrennan

 

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A Song for..and kathleen by Townes van Zandt.   Both are contemplations of suicide by a brilliant song writer whose own depression was so bad he had to have electroshock therapy.   

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Green Green Grass of Home:  Tom Jones

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Sad eyes, Robert John

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"The Night Life"  {ain't no good life, but it's my life} Rusty Draper 

A song written by Willie Nelson & Roy Orbison!

"Yeah. '63. A smoke, a drink, sitting at the bar. And this song."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdjIvE4By3A&ab_channel=Dimitris004%26daughter-Extrachannel

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If I can dream, Elvis

The message of the song combined with 

the beautiful, soulful way he sings it gives

me chills and makes me cry every time. 
Iโ€™ve actually played it when I need a โ€œgoodโ€

cry ๐ŸŽผ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ˜ข

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Perfectly said!!!!

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What do I tell the man in the mirror? Jim Glaser

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Behind this guitar.. Mo Pitney.  Ive never met the man but he could have written this song about me.. Its like he looked inside of my soul and wrote what he saw..

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"Brown Eyed Woman" {Stay Away Baby} * Bill Medley

Medley's heartfelt ballad to singer Darlene Love.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aexdNAkworw&ab_channel=LoversGoldfromBillysClassics

 

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Iโ€™m Not Gonna Miss You-Glen Campbell

 

Glenโ€™s last recorded song dealing with Alzheimerโ€™s. 

 

There is another version with Elton John and Glen on The lockdown sessions. 

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Forever Yours - Nightwish


My time is yet to come

So Iโ€™ll be forever yours

 

https://youtu.be/8bJIZwRhMWI

 

There are two possible meanings to this song. One is losing the love of your life, and having to carry on without them. But the overall theme of the album is about loss of childhood, loss of innocence, missing home, the love of parents and family; then going out into a cruel world wondering if he will ever find love, or if his music and poetry will be rejected.


The music in this album is magnificent, but it does have a dark theme. 

โ€œWhen the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.โ€ - Jimi Hendrix
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"All You Had To Do Was Tell Me" * Chris Montez & Kathy Young

Teenage angst, we all went through this kind of ordeal, or most of us did.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qDiZd2FFtY&ab_channel=Mr818joker

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Years.. Barbara Mandrell.  Alot of us have that one memory of the person we will love forever.. This song was written for us it seems..

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The Song Remembers When.. Tricia Yearwood

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Ridin my thumb to Mexico.. Johnny Rodriguez

If We Make Through December.. Merle Haggard

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"Disappear" - Dream Theater 

 

 

Very moving sad song about loss of a loved one and the struggle to go on without them. 

 

Live - with lyrics at bottom of screen -

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPoUr3Fjjqg 

 

Putting under last lines thread with last lines.

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@Vexed  Very beautiful, heartfelt, and sad for the one left behind. I like this band, and need to download more of their music. 

โ€œWhen the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.โ€ - Jimi Hendrix
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Last song, Edward Bear

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Me and Bobbie Magee.. Its a story of loss but at the same time it cheers me.. He traveled with the love of his life and eventually lost her. He actually loved her enough to let her go and hope that she somehow found what she was looking for. He didn't lament what he had lost,but more celebrated what he had enjoyed with her and the enrichment she had brought to his life. Proof of sorts that,if we keep our eyes and hearts open,that we can be sad but happy for the same reasons. Great song..

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Storms, Fleetwood Mac

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Helping me get over you.. Travis Tritt w/ Lari White

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