The saddest song of all time

[Anonymous]

My friend in college drowned in the tidal basin. I was very sad. I listened to this song, particularly the lyrics:

"Like a clown, I put on a show. The pain is real, even if nobody knows. I'm crying inside and nobody knows it but me."

[Anonymous]

This one makes me so sad- it hit me really hard since we had so many miscarriages and these parents were so blessed with a child..

John Michael Montgomery- the little girl
"The Little Girl"

Her parents never took the young girl to church
Never spoke of His Name
Never read her His Word
Two non-believers walkin' lost in this world
Took their baby with them, what a sad little girl

Her Daddy drank all day and Mommy did drugs
Never wanted to play, or give kisses and hugs
She'd watch the TV, and sit there on the couch
While her Mom fell asleep, and her Daddy went out
And the drinking and the fighting just got worse every night
Behind their couch she'd be hiding, oh what a sad little life

And like it always does, the bad just got worse
With every slap and every curse
Until her Daddy, in a drunken rage one night
Used a gun on her Mom, and then took his life
And some people from the city took the girl far away
To a new Mom and a new Dad
Kisses and hugs everyday

Her first day of Sunday school, the teacher walked in
And a small little girl stared at a picture of Him
She said, I know that man there on that cross
I don't know His name, but I know He got off
Cause He was there in my old house
And held me close to His side
As I hid there behind our couch
The night that my parents died

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

It's sappy but it makes me cry..

[Anonymous]

Ode to Billy Joe

(The movie was, yes, depressing.)

[Anonymous]

Ghost, by the Indigo Girls

This bitter pill I swallow
Is the silence that I keep
It poisons me I can't swim free
The river is too deep
Though I'm baptized by your touch
I am no worse than most
In love with your ghost

Gets me every time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

Ah!! I love that song! Until it jumps the shark at the end with the saxophone...

[Anonymous]

Anyone remember these:

Billy Don't be a Hero

Seasons in the Sun

Cheezy 1970's songs, but highly depressing nontheless.

[Anonymous]

Saddest by far is Clapton's Tears in Heaven.

[Anonymous]

I Can't Make You Love Me, by Bonnie Raitt

[Anonymous]

how about the coward of the county?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My friend in college drowned in the tidal basin. I was very sad. I listened to this song, particularly the lyrics:

"Like a clown, I put on a show. The pain is real, even if nobody knows. I'm crying inside and nobody knows it but me."

That's the song in the original post!

My friend swallowed pills with vodka the summer after graduating high school and they played "Carry On, Wayward Son" at his funeral. Can't listen to it to this day.

[Anonymous]

Wildfire - Michael Martin Montgomery
Travelling Soldier - Dixie Chicks
Exit Song - Radiohead

[Anonymous]

Over the Rainbow
To Sir with Love
Where have all the flowers gone?
Reflections of my life (The Marmalade)
He Ain't Heavy, He's my Brother
Teach Your Children
End of the Innocence (Don Henley)
That's Just the Way it Is (Bruce Hornsby)

[Anonymous]

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

Yes. His poor little son.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Detachable Penis.

haha. I find this song absolutely hilarious....and am glad I'm not the only person in the world who knows it exists

As for my pick, I think that recent song "Say Something" is so incredibly sad. It could be that it came out when I was struggling with a decision to stay or leave my husband, but those lyrics make me cry pretty much every time I hear it.