Spinoff: Songs That Make You Sad

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[jimmalru80]

Lies - Stan Rogers
Temporary Home - Carrie Underwood
These Are The Days Of Our Lives - Queen
Never Alone - Lady A
My Immortal - Evanescence

 

[flowergirl45]

Bluer than Blue

 

[person]

Someone above said, Amazing Grace. Yes, great one!

 

[JimMIA]

Someone above said, Amazing Grace. Yes, great one!

Amazing Grace is actually a very uplifting hymn. But the context where I've heard it most is sad.

 

[person]

Amazing Grace is actually a very uplifting hymn. But the context where I've heard it most is sad.

You are right, Sir. Those words there are so memorable. We had it at a family funeral. Combined with a reading from Ephesians 2 (the grace theme, there...)

 

[Praying Colonel]

"Seven Spanish Angels" by Willie Nelson and Ray Charles, for some reason. The 2nd verse always gets me:

She reached down and picked the gun up
That lay smokin' in his hand
She said, "Father, please forgive me
I can't make it without my man"

And she knew the gun was empty
And she knew she couldn't win
But her final prayer was answered
When the rifles fired again

 

[person]

"Seven Spanish Angels" by Willie Nelson and Ray Charles, for some reason. The 2nd verse always gets me:

She reached down and picked the gun up
That lay smokin' in his hand
She said, "Father, please forgive me
I can't make it without my man"

And she knew the gun was empty
And she knew she couldn't win
But her final prayer was answered
When the rifles fired again

Sounds like sth that W E B Griffin might have thought of, anyway...

 

[luvsvacation]

I absolutely LOVE sad songs...it’s most of my playlist. I was on a road trip once with a friend and I was driving and suddenly she screamed and said that she couldn’t take one more sad song! Some that I love...

Don’t cry out loud Melissa Manchester

Leader of the band Dan Fogelburg

You needed me Ann Murray

The rose & wind beneath my wings Bette Midler

Sometimes when we touch Dan Hill

There you’ll be Faith Hill

Please come to Boston Dave Loggins

Always on my mind Willie Nelson

Bridge over troubled water Simon & Garfunkel

Candle in the wind Elton John

Dust in the wind Kansas

Just when I needed you most randy vanwarmer

Sound of silence Simon and garfunkle

Vincent Don McLean

Story of my life Neil diamond

20 years ago Kenny Rogers

Several from the carpenters, Barry Manilow, Kenny Rogers, Barbara Streisand, Bette Midler, Neil Diamond etc

Saddest song ever is hello in there by Bette Midler!!

You can imagine I’m not very popular on road trips these are my everyday songs, it’s what I play going to and from work, running errands etc...I just love sad songs. All my friends think I’m crazy and mock my playlist constantly

 

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[LuvOrlando]

"Silence" Marshmallo & Khalid
"I fall Apart" Post Malone
"Unsteady" X Ambassadors
"River of Deceit" Mad Season
"Praying" Kesha
"Say Something" with Christina Aguilera

 

[KellyKane]

 

[SarahM1987]

Johnny Cash - Hurt
Evanescence - My Immortal
Florence + the Machine - Jenny of Oldstones
Arianna Deligianni - The Unquiet Grave

 

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[KellyKane]

 

[Shelley Chiarats]

Reba McEntire - Moving Oleta

Moving Oleta was the hardest thing he'd done
The nurses saw an old woman crying, but he saw the love of his life
She don't know where she is, but she knows this isn't home
Love is a hard, hard road

He met her in the summer of '37
In a brush harbor, down on the Rush Creek shore
He loved her black hair and the mischief in her smile
But she won him with her eyes
All the years and children grow
He still sees her the same
Love is a hard, hard road

He woke up each morning and drove into town
He stayed all day 'til her dinner came
Then he took her to her room, leaned on her wheelchair like a walker
And covered her with a quilt that she made
Only God and a couple of nurses helped the old man shoulder the load
Love is a hard, hard road

And he said
They tell me this is all that's left
Say this hell on earth is best
I list all those reasons and I still don't understand it
He cursed his body old and weak
Tears of failure burned his cheek
And he said
Oh, don't you know I prayed to die before this day
Love is a hard, hard road

There's a shadow much darker than the valley of death
When you fear the reaper might not come today
They line 'em up in La-z-boys out in the sunroom
The TV keeps the quiet away
She can't recall his name
And she's the only love he's known
Love is a hard, hard road

Love is a hard road
Moving Oleta was the hardest thing he'd done

Songwriters: Barry Dean
For non-commercial use only.

 

[DisneyMommy77]

Most of mine have already been mentioned.

Tears in Heaven-Eric Clapton
You Should be Here-Cole Swindell
Drink a Beer-Luke Bryan
How Can I Help You Say Goodbye-Patty Loveless
Boy-Lee Brice
Slow Down-Nichole Nordeman
Where Were You-Alan Jackson
Remember When-Alan Jackson

 

[Atlas722]

Let 'em in? Why?

I first heard "Let 'em In" in July of 1976. I was going to Cleveland for an uncle's funeral when I heard that song for the first time.

 

[Buzz Rules]

I have several ancestors who fought for the navy and army and I often think of them when I hear these songs. To all veterans, thank you for your service.