What songs have made you actually cry?

Girls by Death In Vegas

Runaway train By Soul Asylum

One More Day by Diamond Rio....


Last night I had a crazy dream
A wish was granted just for me
It could be for anything
I didn't ask for money
Or a mansion in Malibu
I simply wished, for one more day with you

One more day
One more time
One more sunset, maybe I'd be satisfied
But then again
I know what it would do
Leave me wishing still, for one more day with you

First thing I'd do, is pray for time to crawl
Then I'd unplug the telephone
And keep the TV off
I'd hold you every second
Say a million I love you's
That's what I'd do, with one more day with you

One more day
One more time
One more sunset, maybe I'd be satisfied
But then again
I know what it would do
Leave me wishing still, for one more day with you

Leave me wishing still, for one more day
Leave me wishing still, for one more day


This was a song I picked to have played at my sisters funeral. It still epitomizes the way I feel.

Two, within the last year or two:

Jayhawks: All the Right Reasons (Rainy Day Music)

As I lay upon my bed, I begin dreaming
Of how it's gonna be the day that I am free
Once I settle like the dust upon the table
But then you came along
You helped me write this song

I don't know what day it is,
I can't recall the seasons
And I don't remember how we got this far
All I know is I'm loving you for all the right reasons
In my sky you'll always be my morning star

Like a tired bird flying high across the ocean
I was outside looking in
You made me live again
From the mountains to the prairies little babies
Figures fill their heads
Visions bathed in red

I don't know what day it is,
I can't recall the seasons
And I don't remember how we got this far
All I know is I'm loving you for all the right reasons
In my sky you'll always be my morning star

From the train in Manchester, England
Lightning fills the sky
As I watched you wave goodbye
From the mountains to the prairie little babies
Figures fill their heads
Visions bathed in red

I don't know what day it is,
I can't recall the seasons
And I don't remember how we got this far
All I know is I'm loving you for all the right reasons
In my sky you'll always be my morning star

"My Back Pages" by Bob Dylan. An excerpt:



Pretty tune too.

... and Brian Webb: Top of the World

I wish I were smarter
I wish I were stronger
I wish I'd love Jesus
The way my wife does
Wish it have been easier
Instead of any longer
I wish I could have stood
The way you would have been proud
But it won't happen now
It won't happen now

There's a whole lotta singing
That's never gonna be heard
Disappearing from a surface
With so much as a word
Somehow
I htink I broke the wings
Of that little song bird
She's never gonna fly
To the top of the word now

I don't have to answer
Any of these questions
I don't have no guide
To teach me no lessons
I come home in the evening
And sit in my chair
Now they call me for supper
But I didn't come
I just stay right there
In my chair

There's a whole lotta singing
That's never gonna be heard
Disappearing from a surface
With so much as a word
Somehow
I htink I broke the wings
Of that little song bird
She's never gonna fly
To the top of the word now
Top of the world

I wish I had known you
I wish I had shown you
All of the things I
Was on the inside
But I pretended I'm sleeping
You come home in the morning
All the whisper good bye
Go to work in the rain
I don't know why
Don't know why

Everybody's singing
We just wanna be heard
Disappearing every day
Without so much as a word
Somehow
I wanna grab a hold of that
Little song bird
Take her for a ride to the
Top of the world right now
To the top of the world...

Crap, depending on what stage of life I was in and what my mental clarity was at the time, anything from a commercial tune to the latest popular song.

I am a very emotional person.

You and me both, Bella Dea.

Okay, this is really embarrassing, but the song, "Drops of Jupiter," by that band, Train...do you remember that song? It was a big hit at some point during the late 90's. Here are a few of the lyrics...

Tell me did the wind sweep you off your feet
Did you finally get the chance to dance along the light of day
And head back toward the Milky Way
Tell me did you sail across the sun
Did you make it to the Milky Way to see the lights all faded
And that heaven is overrated
Tell me, did you fall for a shooting star
One without a permanent scar
And did you miss me while you were looking for yourself out there...

And did you finally get the chance to dance along the light of day
And did you fall for a shooting star
Fall for a shooting star
And are you lonely by yourself out there...

Now, I know this is a song about a couple, but my brother absolutely loved this song when it came out, and those lyrics in particular could easily be questions he'd ask of me. We were very close as kids, and still are pretty close, actually, but after we grew up, we made different choices. He stayed in Rochester and started a family, while I went off on my own journey, looking for something else for my life.

One time while I was visiting my brother for the holidays or something, I remember hearing it at his house. He turned it up as loud as it could go, and when that line came, "Did you miss me while you were looking for yourself out there?", he looked right at me, with this smile that gave me goosebumps, and said probably much more to me than he ever even intended.

Anyway, this songs gets me everytime. Even now, just thinking about these things, I'm getting a little misty-eyed. My baby brother...

I heard that song this morning Kicky

Ah, kicky, that was tender.

Generally it's not sad songs that make me cry, it's the powerful, beautiful ones. Too many to name, I guess.

Yeah? I heard it last week while I was driving around in another state, once again, "looking for myself out there." It was so funny, me driving around with tears running down my face. But it actually felt good too...what a sentimental goofball I'm becoming in my old age.

That's a great story, kickycan.

I like that song and now I like it even more.

I think the only song that ever made me cry is "Mr. Blue Sky" by ELO. It sounds crazy because it's such a happy song (okay, the last verse isn't so happy) but I used to sing it to a little person I know...

Then one day that little person disappeared.

During that time I heard the song on the radio and I was incapacitated for the rest of the day. Maybe longer.

The little person showed back up about two weeks later but I still can't hear that song without getting a bit teary and panicky.

Isn't it amazing how music can bring back a memory or feeling we'd long forgotten?

ohhh lord..
there was only one song that made me cry
it was in 1996 when my grandmother died.
Idont even know what song it was and I dont care to.
My aunt, at the time , was living with me and my mother & brother to help take care of their mom ( all in the same house mind you) and my aunt got into the habit of turning on the radio to some silly top 40 station.. every day .. all day
my gramma was bed ridden the last 6 months of her life and the radio was always on for her and so was a small tv. The day she died my mother and I were out in the yard, raking dog poop and my aunt was inside taking care of gramma.
We heard her calling us over the intercom and my mom and i just stood really still for a while and hugged.
We spent some time in grammas room with her before we called hospice , and the morgue. And that stupid song came on the radio and for a week i could not get it out of my head. Its corny lyrics were some what appropriate at the time.
I heard that song about 6 months after gramma died. I was driving in my truck with my boyfriend at the time. And I just started wailing. We pulled over and I got out of my truck and just stood on the side of the street crying. Poor Brian was totally confused, but he hugged me all the same and a few minutes later he got into the driver saide and me in the passenger side and he took me home.
I dont think he finally went home until about 2 am. I never told him what sprung those tears because i was embarassed at crying over a stupid song, but he knew my gramma and I am sure he knew that is where it came from.
That was so embarassing and it pissed me off so bad that I have never turned to radio for music again. Very rarely.. will i turn on the radio. I typically only use CD's at this point.

I had a very difficult relationship with my father,
so "Cat's in the Cradle" and "Slip-sliding Away."

And I know a father who had a son
He longed to tell him all the reasons for the things he'd done
He came a long way just to explain
He kissed his boy as he lay sleeping
Then he turned around and he headed home again

cats in the cradle is one for me for the same reason

also american pie the last verse where he sings

"and the three men i admired the most
the father son and the holy ghost
they caught the last train for the coast
the day the music died"

i'm not tlking full out tears, but that pressure in the eyes and trouble swallowing every damn time

same as the feeling i get watching it's a wonderful life, when they find the brothers grave, and george says

"that's a lie, harry bailey's a hero, he saved the lives of every man on that ship."

and the angel replies

"all the men on that ship died, harry wasn't there to save them, because you weren't there to svae harry"

cats in the cradle is one for me for the same reason

also american pie the last verse where he sings

"and the three men i admired the most
the father son and the holy ghost
they caught the last train for the coast
the day the music died"

i'm not talking full out tears, but that pressure in the eyes and trouble swallowing every damn time

same as the feeling i get watching it's a wonderful life, when they find the brothers grave, and george says

"that's a lie, harry bailey's a hero, he saved the lives of every man on that ship."

and the angel replies

"all the men on that ship died, harry wasn't there to save them, because you weren't there to save harry"

There's a Bjork album I can't listen to, or just don't bother to anymore. It's an associative thing. Boo!!!