The saddest song of all time

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Patty Loveless 'how can I help you say goodbye'

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Yesterday - Beatles

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Alone Again Naturally- O'Sullivan

In a little while from now
If I'm not feeling any less sour
I promise myself to treat myself
And visit a nearby tower
And climbing to the top
Will throw myself off
In an effort to
Make it clear to whoever
What it's like
When you're shattered
Left standing in the lurch at a church
Were people are saying, My God, that's tough
She stood him up
No point in us remaining
We may as well go home
As I did on my own
Alone again, naturally

To think that only yesterday
I was cheerful, bright and gay
Looking forward to who wouldn't do
The role I was about to play
But as if to knock me down
Reality came around
And without so much as a mere touch
Cut me into little pieces
Leaving me to doubt
Talk about, God in His mercy
Oh, if he really does exist
Why did he desert me
In my hour of need
I truly am indeed
Alone again, naturally

It seems to me that
there are more hearts
Broken in the world
that can't be mended
Left unattended
What do we do
What do we do
Alone again, naturally

Looking back over the years
And whatever else that appears
I remember I cried when my father died
Never wishing to hide the tears
And at sixty-five years old
My mother, God rest her soul
Couldn't understand why the only man
She had ever loved had been taken
Leaving her to start
With a heart so badly broken
Despite encouragement from me
No words were ever spoken
And when she passed away
I cried and cried all day
Alone again, naturally
Alone again, naturally

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Anonymous wrote:jolene by Dolly Parton is super sad.

Beautiful creepy song!

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That song by the beach boys always makes me cry (god only knows what I'd be without you).

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Anonymous wrote:

Remember this?

Personally, I prefer the original country version by Kevin Sharp.

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Anonymous wrote:can't listen to Harry Chapin's "Cats in the Cradle" about a dad being blown off by his son, because that's what dad did while the kid was growing up. TOO SAD and I change the channel every time!

All of Harry Chapin's songs are depressing and sad:
On the Road to Kingdom Come - a young man is barred from seeing his girlfriend only to find out at the end that it is because she is his half-sister
Taxi - Two former lovers meet accidentally and find out that neither achieved their dreams and both are living empty lives
Corey's Coming - story about an old man who tends the nearly abandoned railroad station. No one befriends him until one young man listens to his stories but is told all his stories including the one about the woman, Corey, who comes to visit him on the train are false. When he dies, the young man is the only visitor at his grave site until Corey shows up. The one positive is that the young man now tends the railroad station and Corey comes to visit him.
Flowers are Red - a little boy has his active imagination crushed by a horrific teacher and turns into a drone without imagination

I could go on, but Harry Chapin writes the most depressing and sad songs ever.

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Anonymous wrote:Alone Again Naturally- O'Sullivan

In a little while from now
If I'm not feeling any less sour
I promise myself to treat myself
And visit a nearby tower
And climbing to the top
Will throw myself off
In an effort to
Make it clear to whoever
What it's like
When you're shattered
Left standing in the lurch at a church
Were people are saying, My God, that's tough
She stood him up
No point in us remaining
We may as well go home
As I did on my own
Alone again, naturally

To think that only yesterday
I was cheerful, bright and gay
Looking forward to who wouldn't do
The role I was about to play
But as if to knock me down
Reality came around
And without so much as a mere touch
Cut me into little pieces
Leaving me to doubt
Talk about, God in His mercy
Oh, if he really does exist
Why did he desert me
In my hour of need
I truly am indeed
Alone again, naturally

It seems to me that
there are more hearts
Broken in the world
that can't be mended
Left unattended
What do we do
What do we do
Alone again, naturally

Looking back over the years
And whatever else that appears
I remember I cried when my father died
Never wishing to hide the tears
And at sixty-five years old
My mother, God rest her soul
Couldn't understand why the only man
She had ever loved had been taken
Leaving her to start
With a heart so badly broken
Despite encouragement from me
No words were ever spoken
And when she passed away
I cried and cried all day
Alone again, naturally
Alone again, naturally

I feel sort of sick after reading that.

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If you don't know me by now - Simply Red

This song killed me as a kid wondering why my parents could not find a way to love one another. My DH knows if this song comes on the radio he needs to turn that dial FAST.

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Detachable Penis.

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There's an Irish song about a young guy who leave his family to move to NY. On his way over, the police officer uncle who was to take care of him is killed. His dad tells him to stay. Later the dad dies. The guy builds a life in NY but always thinks of home. Breaks my heart every time I hear it.

http://www.irishsongs.com/lyrics.php?Action=view&Song_id=346

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Alone Again Naturally - I really like that song, but only knew bits and pieces of the lyrics. I had no idea they were that sad.

[Anonymous]

The song that always makes me cry is "midnight train to Georgia"

Saddest album ever is Beck's Sea Change

[Anonymous]

Another Auld Lang Syne, by Dan Fogelberg

Sort of like the "Taxi" song by Chapin. Two former lovers meet up in the grocery store on Christmas Eve and try to rekindle memories, realizing both have had their dreams crushed and are unbearably lonely. Yeah, good times.