Saddest Song You Know?

[kimmar067]

"Last Kiss"

 

[Praying Colonel]

The singer/writer (Mindy Smith) wrote this about wanting her dying mother to stay with her. I cannot hear this without turning into a puddle of tears.

 

[texaslover]

"Monsters" by James Blunt

 

[citruscurtis]

Eleanor Rigby

Old thread but still relevant!

Old lyric but still relevant

 

[tony67]

Kilkelly Ireland - Mick Moloney
This song is based on letters from the time of the famine when going to America pretty much meant you were never coming home

 

[leebee]

I can't listen to Clapton's "Tears in Heaven" at all. It just destroys me. I hope that little boy wasn't afraid, the he thought he was flying...

Carly Simon's "You Belong to Me." Full of heartbreak and confusion.

You Belong to Me​

Song by​

Carly Simon
Why'd you tell me this?
Were you looking for my reaction?
What do you need to know?
Don't you know I'll always be your girl
You don't have to prove to me you're beautiful to strangers
I've got lovin' eyes
Of my own
(You belong to me)
Tell her, tell her you were foolin'
(You belong to me)
You don't even know her
(You belong to me)
Tell her that I love you
(You belong to me)
You belong to me
Can it be honey, that you're not sure
You belong to me
Thought we'd closed the book
Locked the door
You don't have to prove to me that you're beautiful to strangers
Well I've got lovin' eyes of my own, of my own
And I can tell, I can tell darlin'
Tell her (You belong to me)
Tell her that I love you (You belong to me)
You belong, you belong, you belong to me
(You belong to me)
Tell her you were foolin'
(You belong to me)
Tell her she don't even know you
Tell her (You belong to me)
Tell her you were foolin'
(You belong to me)
I know you from a long time ago, baby
(You belong to me)
Don't leave me to go to her now (You belong to me)
(You belong to me)
(You belong to me)
Baby I really love you (You belong to me)
Tell her, tell he,r tell her she belong to me (You belong to me)
You belong to me
(You belong to me)
(You belong to me)
'Cause you belong to me (You belong to me)
(You belong to me)
You belong, you belong, you belong to me (You belong to me)
Oh-oh, oh, baby
(You belong to me)
You belong, you belong, you belong to me (You belong to me)
Oh oh-no oh-no baby
(You belong to me)
Don't go to her darling I love you so
(You belong to me)
(You belong to me)
(You belong to me)

 

[citruscurtis]

I can't listen to Clapton's "Tears in Heaven" at all. It just destroys me. I hope that little boy wasn't afraid, the he thought he was flying...

It's the ending song played when grieving parents released balloons after a holiday or summer gathering hosted by compassionate friends...an organization I discovered in 1993

 

[BayTower2010]

Some one has to put a little humor: You're Breaking My Heart by Harry Nilsson

You're breakin' my heart
You're tearin' it apart
So f--- you
All I want to do
Is have a good time
Now, I'm blue
You want boogaloo
Run down to Tramps
Have a dance or two, oo-oo
You're breaking my heart
You're tearin' it apart
But f--- you
You're breakin' my heart
You're tearin' it apart, oo-oo
You stepped on my a--
You're breaking my glasses, too
You wanna drive my car
Buy a lot of stuff
I've had enough
Of you, oo
I'm goin' insane
There's no one to blame
So f--- you
You've gotta have your way
There's nothin' left to say
There's nothin' left to do, oo-oo
You're breakin' my heart
You're tearin' it apart
So f--- you
You've gotta have your way
There's nothin' left to say
There's nothin' left to do, oo-oo
You're breakin' my heart
You're tearin' it apart
But I love you

 

[team bradfield]

holding back the years by Simply Red

 

[TippyThomas]

Seasons In The Sun by Terry Jacks.

 

[nj disney family]

 

[gmi3804]

“Little Green,” from her masterwork Blue, was Joni Mitchell’s mystery song from that LP, as no one knew what it meant for decades until she finally divulged that she’d given her newborn girl up for adoption in order to pursue her music career instead of staying married to an abusive man and falling into the trap that so many girls her age did. It was always a brilliant song, but the meaning behind it reveals new levels and heartbreak. You can hear it in her vocals and signature chord progressions. Years later the two did meet, they have a beautiful relationship, and Joni even has a grandchild.