Boo-hoo songs

[mommaU4]

What song just gets you every time? The minute you hear it you know you're gonna be bawling....

This is the one I cannot make it through without a tissue:

The Christmas Shoes by Bob Carlisle

It was almost Christmas time, there I stood in another line
Tryin' to buy that last gift or two, not really in the Christmas mood
Standing right in front of me was a little boy waiting anxiously
Pacing 'round like little boys do
And in his hands he held a pair of shoes

His clothes were worn and old, he was dirty from head to toe
And when it came his time to pay
I couldn't believe what I heard him say

Chorus:
Sir, I want to buy these shoes for my Mama, please
It's Christmas Eve and these shoes are just her size
Could you hurry, sir, Daddy says there's not much time
You see she's been sick for quite a while
And I know these shoes would make her smile
And I want her to look beautiful if Mama meets Jesus tonight

He counted pennies for what seemed like years
Then the cashier said, "Son, there's not enough here"
He searched his pockets frantically
Then he turned and he looked at me
He said Mama made Christmas good at our house
Though most years she just did without
Tell me Sir, what am I going to do,
Somehow I've got to buy her these Christmas shoes

So I laid the money down, I just had to help him out
I'll never forget the look on his face when he said
Mama's gonna look so great

Sir, I want to buy these shoes for my Mama, please
It's Christmas Eve and these shoes are just her size
Could you hurry, sir, Daddy says there's not much time
You see she's been sick for quite a while
And I know these shoes would make her smile
And I want her to look beautiful if Mama meets Jesus tonight

Bridge:
I knew I'd caught a glimpse of heaven's love
As he thanked me and ran out
I knew that God had sent that little boy
To remind me just what Christmas is all about

Repeat Chorus

 

[mtblujeans]

"Love, Me" sung by Collin Raye makes me cry....

"I read a note my grandma wrote back in nineteen twenty-three.
Grandpa kept it in his coat, and he showed it once to me. He said,
'Boy, you might not understand, but a long, long time ago,
Grandma's daddy didn't like me none, but I loved your Grandma so.'

We had this crazy plan to meet and run away together.
Get married in the first town we came to, and live forever.
But nailed to the tree where we were supposed to meet, instead
Of her, I found this letter, and this is what it said:

If you get there before I do, don't give up on me.
I'll meet you when my chores are through;
I don't know how long I'll be.
But I'm not gonna let you down, darling wait and see.
And between now and then, till I see you again,
I'll be loving you. Love, me.

I read those words just hours before my Grandma passed away,
In the doorway of a church where me and Grandpa stopped to pray.
I know I'd never seen him cry in all my fifteen years;
But as he said these words to her, his eyes filled up with tears.

If you get there before I do, don't give up on me.
I'll meet you when my chores are through;
I don't know how long I'll be.
But I'm not gonna let you down, darling wait and see.
And between now and then, till I see you again,
I'll be loving you. Love, me.
Between now and then, till I see you again,
I'll be loving you. Love, me"

 

[simba928]

Somebody's Hero by Jamie O'Neal makes me cry occasionally. There really aren't any songs that always make me cry, though. The book The Christmas Shoes made me cry, but I am OK with the song.

 

[Sparx]

Don't take the girl. I'll cry every single time.

 

[disneymcgraw]

Don't take the girl. I'll cry every single time.

Hey Sparx, that's my Tim. I knew you had good taste. The song that gets me every time is Concrete Angel by Martina McBride. When I hear it come on, I have to switch it off.

 

[Blueeyes101817]

all those mentioned..i get teary every time!

 

[Sparx]

Hey Sparx, that's my Tim. I knew you had good taste.

lol. just thinking about it is getting me all teary!
(and I am listening to aerosmith now, so crying through My Girl is saying something)

 

[florida-again]

This one gets me every time....


Another summer day
Has come and gone away
In Paris and Rome
But I wanna go home
Mmmmmmmm

Maybe surrounded by
A million people I
Still feel all alone
I just wanna go home
Oh I miss you, you know

And I’ve been keeping all the letters that I wrote to you
Each one a line or two
“I’m fine baby, how are you?”
Well I would send them but I know that it’s just not enough
My words were cold and flat
And you deserve more than that

Another aeroplane
Another sunny place
I’m lucky I know
But I wanna go home
Mmmm, I’ve got to go home

Let me go home
I’m just too far from where you are
I wanna come home

And I feel just like I’m living someone else’s life
It’s like I just stepped outside
When everything was going right
And I know just why you could not
Come along with me
But this was not your dream
But you always believed in me

Another winter day has come
And gone away
And even Paris and Rome
And I wanna go home
Let me go home

And I’m surrounded by
A million people I
Still feel alone
Oh, let me go home
Oh, I miss you, you know

Let me go home
I’ve had my run
Baby, I’m done
I gotta go home
Let me go home
It will all be allright
I’ll be home tonight
I’m coming back home


I have this on my MP3 player and listen to it on my way to lectures, I can usually make it about 3 doors down from my house before I have to turn it off!

 

[arkansas mom]

Rainbow, sniff, Connection, snif sniff.
Not because the song itself is so moving--have you really paid attention to the words--kinda freaky. But because I have a very clear memory of my Mom singing it to me one day as a little girl and hearing it just takes me back to that moment. sniff. sniff.

 

[monkeyboy]

National Athem

 

[Steamboat Girlie]

I am not sure, but I think it is by John Michael Montgomery. Not sure of the title either, "Letters from Home", I think. About the military and getting letters from loved ones. I have to change the channel. DH laughs at me because we don't even know anyone in the armed forces.

 

[dmslush]

Seasons In the Sun By Terry Jacks. It makes me think of my dad and how bad it must have been for him if suicide was the only answer that he could come up with.


Goodbye to you my trusted friend
We ve known each other since we
Were nine or ten
Together we ve climbed hills and trees
Learned of love and abc s
Skinned our hearts and
Skinned our knees

Goodbye my friend it s hard to die
When all the birds are singing
In the sky
Now that spring is in the air
Pretty girls are everywhere
Think of me and I ll be there

We had joy we had fun we had
Seasons in the sun
But the hills that we climbed were
Just seasons out of time

Goodbye papa please pray for me
I was the black sheep of the family
You tried to teach me right from wrong
Too much wine and too much song
Wonder how I got along

Goodbye papa it s hard to die
When all the birds are singing in the sky
Now that the spring is in the air
Little children everywhere
When you see them I ll be there

We had joy we had fun we had
Seasons in the sun
But the wine and the songs like the
Seasons have all gone
We had joy we had fun we had
Seasons in the sun
But the wine and the song like
The seasons have all gone

Goodbye michelle my little one
You gave me love and helped
Me find the sun
And every time that I was down
You would always come around
And get my feet back on
The ground

Goodbye michelle it s hard to die
When all the birds are singing in
The sky
Now that the spring is in the air
With the flowers everywhere
I wish that we could both be there

We had joy we had fun we had
Seasons in the sun
But the hills that we climbed were
Just seasons out of time

We had joy we had fun we had
Seasons in the sun
But the wine and the song like the
Seasons have all gone

We had joy we had fun we had
Seasons in the sun
But the wine and the song like the
Seasons have all gone

We had joy we had fun we had
Seasons in the sun
But the wine and the song like the
Seasons have all gone

 

[rnd4life]

Kenny Chesney's new song called Who You'd Be Today makes me cry anytime I hear it.

 

[Twinkles6892]

Don't take the girl. I'll cry every single time.

Ugh. I just had to download that because you suggested it. And now I'm bawling

 

[Sparx]

Ugh. I just had to download that because you suggested it. And now I'm bawling

Had you never heard it before? Its a great song, but I can't listen to it.

 

[simba928]

I just remembered two that make me cry. And now I forget. LOL.
ooooo, I remember now
How do you get that lonely by Blaine Larsen and the ending song in Ladder 49. I can't think of what its called, but its the one that they play for the last few minutes of the movie during his funeral. I always cry when I hear it.

 

[agotta]

I cry at EVERYTHING, but this one gets me lately.

Somebody's Hero
Jamie O'Neal


She's never pulled anyone from a burning building
She's never rocked Central Park to a half a million fans, screaming out her name
She's never hit a shot to win the game
She's never left her footprints on the moon
She's never made a solo hot air balloon ride, around the world,
No, she's just your everyday average girl (but)

She's somebody's hero
A hero to her baby with a skinned up knee
A little kiss is all she needs
The keeper of the cheerios
The voice that brings Snow White to life
Bedtime stories every night
And that smile lets her know
She's somebody's hero

She didn't get a check every week like a nine-to fiver
But she's been a waiter, and a cook and a taxi driver
For twenty years, there at home, until the day her girl was grown
Giving all her love to her was her life's ambition
But now her baby's movin' on, and she'll soon be missin' her
But not today, those are tears of joy runnin' down her face

She's somebody's hero
A hero to her daughter in her wedding dress
She gave her wings to leave the nest
It hurts to let her baby go down the aisle she walks right by
Looks back into her mother's eyes
And that smile lets her know
She's somebody's hero

Thirty years have flown right past
Her daughters' starin' at all the photographs
Of her mother, and she wishes she could be like that
Oh, but she already is

She's somebody's hero
A hero to her mother in a rockin' chair
She runs a brush through her silver hair
The envy of the nursing home
She drops by every afternoon
Feeds her mama with a spoon
And that smile lets her know
Her mother's smile lets her know
She's somebody's hero

 

[mommaU4]

Don't take the girl. I'll cry every single time.

I'd never heard this before but I just read the lyrics and now I've got tears in my eyes!

 

[Blondie]

Amazing Grace gets me choked up every time I hear it.

 

[TheBellhop]

Me and a Gun by Tori Amos. It's so sad...I can't listen to it at all.