Saddest Song You Know?

[wvjules]

Supermarket Flowers

YES! I was going to say that one and also Go Rest High on that Mountain by Vince Gill and Please Remember Me by Tim McGraw.

 

[TexasErin]

Three by The Beatles….She’s Leaving Home, Golden Slumbers, and The Long and Winding Road

 

[Gramingo]

Always got me as a kid and still does

 

[tvguy]

I'm afraid I'll get flamed by someone who disagrees. Happened to me last week when I commented about a song on these boards.

 

[EMom]

Basically,, most country music...especially old time country music from George Jones etc.

He Stopped Loving Her Today by George Jones is the saddest song ever. Ever.

 

[penn19]

That’s the Way I Always Heard it Should Be-Carly Simon
Cats in the Cradle-Harry Chapin
Alone Again (Naturally) as mentioned above.

 

[John VN]

LUKA by Suzanne Vega

ALSO Glenn Cambell's -- I'm Not Gonna Miss You

 

[Gary M]

"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"-B J Thomas

 

[BlueStarryHat]

I Will Carry You- Selah. About a woman carrying a baby she know she's going to lose.

 

[georgina]

So many sad songs on this thread! This one, while not technically a sad song, always makes me cry (and since Nanci Griffith just passed last week, even sadder).

 

[Micca]

99 Bottles Of Beer On The Wall -- The song begins with so much beer, plenty for everyone. But as the song progresses the beer bottles begin to dwindle and you start to realize there is not going to be enough beer at some point. As someone drinks the final beer, the party has ended and everyone is leaving, the wall is barren,the singing has ceased.

 

[here757]

Basically,, most country music...especially old time country music from George Jones etc.

Play it backwards.. wife comes home. Dog comes home. Get the job back lol

 

[ShirikiUtundu]

Full of Grace (Sarah McLachlan)
Dark Places (The Gaslight Anthem)
The Last Song (Elton John)
A bunch of Counting Crows songs like A Long December, Anna Begins, and Round Here

ETA I just remembered a ridiculous song that I used to listen to when I was really little called Me and Little Andy (Dolly Parton). Now that is up there with the Christmas shoes!

 

[Procrastinate]

The Escape Club‘s I’ll Be There

Don't be afraid, oh my love
I'll be watching you from above
And I'd give all the world tonight,
To be with you
Because I'm on your side,
And I still care
I may have died,
But I've gone nowhere

 

[bcla]

 

[Dan Murphy]

Morningside--Neil Diamond

 

[Feralpeg]

When the Party's Over by Billie Eilish. I'm not particularly a Billie Eilish fan.. I really dislike the breathy way she sings, but I think this song is beautiful. I first heard it when LeAnn Rimes sang it on the Masked Singer.

Don't you know I'm no good for you?
I've learned to lose you, can't afford to
Tore my shirt to stop you bleedin'
But nothin' ever stops you leavin'
Quiet when I'm comin' home and I'm on my own
I could lie, say I like it like that, like it like that
I could lie, say I like it like that, like it like that
Don't you know too much already?
I'll only hurt you if you let me
Call me friend but keep me closer (call me back)
And I'll call you when the party's over
Quiet when I'm comin' home and I'm on my own
And I could lie, say I like it like that, like it like that
Yeah, I could lie, say I like it like that, like it like that
But nothin' is better sometimes
Once we've both said our goodbyes
Let's just let it go
Let me let you go
Quiet when I'm comin' home and I'm on my own
I could lie, say I like it like that, like it like that
I could lie, say I like it like that, like it like that

 

[nene0182]

Thought of another one

 

[TippyThomas]

I'm afraid I'll get flamed by someone who disagrees. Happened to me last week when I commented about a song on these boards.

You've never struck me as a person afraid of disagreement. I've always noted you diving in head first most of the time.

 

[OhDannyBoy]

Yes, this one.

One of my grandfathers was a Johnny Cash fan. I listened to this on repeat for weeks. You’d think I’d be numb to it, but it’s such a raw, painful song.

This is actually a cover of a Nine Inch Nails song. It was a song about self harm and heroin addiction.

When Trent Reznor (basically all of Nine Inch Nails) heard Johnny Cash's version, he said it was no longer his song, it now belonged to Johnny.