The saddest song of all time

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Ronan, by Taylor Swift. As the family member of an ailing child, it makes me cry every time.

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Anonymous wrote:Ronan, by Taylor Swift. As the family member of an ailing child, it makes me cry every time.

Wow. I just read the lyrics and i am in tears. Wishing the best for your little one, PP.

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Anonymous wrote:How has no one mentioned Tim McGraw's "Live Like You Were Dying"? It's about his dad (former Phillies player Tug McGraw) becoming diagnosed with the cancer that eventually killed him.

I don;t cry but embrace life with that song- enjoy everything while you can. Oh God I think I have blown through so much of my life with stupid things.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ronan, by Taylor Swift. As the family member of an ailing child, it makes me cry every time.

Wow. I just read the lyrics and i am in tears. Wishing the best for your little one, PP.

Same here0 just read the lyrics- I am not a Taylor Swift fan- but she got this right,

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Bonnie Raitt - I Can't Make You Love Me

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Amazing Grace, if you count songs that aren't inherently sad but are so co-opted for sad things that they become so.

Even though I think it's a beautiful song, it's so associated with funerals that it makes me cry. I tried to rescue it for myself by singing it to my kids when they were babies. Didn't work.

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Anonymous wrote:Bonnie Raitt - I Can't Make You Love Me

+ 1. Also, Phil Collins, Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)
Bette Midler, Wind Beneath my Wings

[Anonymous]

There is a song from the movie The Piano that makes me want to cry (no words) so gripping and passionate.

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Anonymous wrote:There is a song from the movie The Piano that makes me want to cry (no words) so gripping and passionate.

is it this song? (one of my favorites)

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"The Price I Pay" by Billy Bragg
"You Don't Love Me" by Matthew Sweet
"She's Out Of My Life" by Michael Jackson
"For the Driver" by Ron Sexsmith
"I Was Only Joking" by Rod Stewart

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Agree with "Yesterday" (Beatles). Devastating

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This is sad but sweet. An oldie covered by a dozen artists over the years; Sinatra, Bobby Darin, Tony Bennett, et al
Might have been listed here already but here is the link with a great montage of Lucy and Desi (I said it was an oldie, but a goodie).

Once Upon a Time
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ca8F5NJGCI

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Anonymous wrote:Saddest by far is Clapton's Tears in Heaven.

Yes, very sad and the facts behind it with the loss of his child unbelievably sad.

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Anonymous wrote:
In a bit of a different vein, any of you ever heard the song "Kilkelly, Ireland"? It is based on actual letters written between a father and one of his sons who left Ireland during the potato famine to find work in America. It's really lovely, but I always end up sobbing at the end.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N76kAivCb20

Made me cry. Sigh.

A very moving song and probably true events for a lot of families.

[Anonymous]

George Jones singing "He Stopped Loving Her Today"

(Even if you think you don't like country music, you should listen to the entire song if you haven't before.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VExw77xJsBQ