"Have A Little Faith In Me" by John Hiatt "Grapefruit Moon" by Tom Waits These two songs make me cry like a six month old.
In the summers I volunteer at a special needs overnight camp for a week. We share the camp grounds with a 3rd and 4th grade camp. The camps are together in the cafeteria for meals and see each other around camp. At the beginning of the week meal times were very segregated (some of the handicapps are pretty severe and intimidating especially to kids) -- but as the week went on some of the other kids starting sitting with us. Every meal it became more and more integrated. On our last meal together (our camp was shorter than theirs) the other camp made a big circle around us and sang "Hey Now" by Amy Grant. It is impossible for me to hear that song now without getting tears in my eyes.
Puddle of Mudd--Blurry I love my son dearly. Things have gotten better. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iiDP4O_Ba8 - 81k
Time after Time...my man card is in the mail. ok, it really doesn't make me cry but it's pretty powerful.
No song makes me cry, but a few sad ones: The Luckiest - Ben Folds Valentines Day - Bruce Springsteen Circle - Edie Brickell and New Bohemiens (reminds me of my friends from college, who I don't keep up with like I should) Your Hand in Mine - Explosions in the Sky
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Geez, I thought this was a basketball forum, not one for Ladies Home Journal. OK, I'm man enough to play... not exactly songs that cause tears, but melancholy... a couple that have to do with early heartache and girlfriends which I won't mention here. Also, Imagine by John Lennon because that's what got a lot of play in the days following his death. I can't listen to it now as he intended, but have to churn up memories of his death.
There are a couple of songs that cut me to the quick because they remind me of a girl who loved me more than I could love her. Bonnie Raitt I Can't Make You Love Me Turn down the lights, turn down the bed Turn down these voices inside my head Lay down with me, tell me no lies Just hold me close, dont patronize - dont patronize me Chorus: cause I cant make you love me if you dont You cant make your heart feel something it wont Here in the dark, in these lonely hours I will lay down my heart and Ill feel the power But you wont, no you wont cause I cant make you love me, if you dont Ill close my eyes, then I wont see The love you dont feel when youre holding me Morning will come and Ill do whats right Just give me till then to give up this fight And I will give up this fight Chorus: cause I cant make you love me if you dont You cant make your heart feel something it wont Here in the dark, in these lonely hours I will lay down my heart and Ill feel the power But you wont, no you wont cause I cant make you love me, if you dont And Matt Johnson/Sinead Oconnor Kingdom of Rain Tell me what youre thinking baby Your hearts beating faster than mine And I know somethings going on in your life In your life.. in your life You were the girl I wanted to cry with You were the girl I wanted to die with And you were the boy who turned into the man Broke my heart and let go off my hand Our bed is empty, the fire is out And all the love weve got to give has all spurted out Theres no more blood and no more pain In our kingdom of rain You think you know about life You think you know about love But when you put your hands inside me It doesnt even feel like Im being touched, and You were the boy I wanted to cry with You were the boy I wanted to die with Youve moved further from my side, year by year, While still making love dutifully sincere But as silent as the car lights that move across this room As cold as our bodies silhouetted by the moon And I would lie awake and wonder Is it just me or this the way love is supposed to be? Tell me what you told him baby My hearts beating out of time with my mind And I know somethings going wrong in our lives I just wanted somebody to caress, this damsel in distress I just wanted somebody to undress, this damsel in distress I just wanted somebody to bless, this damsel in distress I just wanted somebody to possess, this young girl Our bed is empty, the fire is out And all the love weve got to give has all spurted out Theres no more blood and no more pain In our kingdom of rain
Season's in the Sun by Terry Jacks... It's one of the songs I want played at my funeral...Of course, I want that to be a very very long time from now...
Only 1 song and mostly because of the memories surrounding that paticular time in my life. Radiohead - How To Disappear Completely
Any song from Double Fantasy does that to me, especially the line "good night Sean, see you in the morning." Cesar Geronimo- Tears in Heaven, great choice. Did you ever here "Circus" on Clapton's "Pilgrim" album?
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Conway Twitty was taken before his time. Thank you for that FFB. I also like "It's My Job". There is a Vince Gill song -something about on a mountain. They played it at my Dad's funeral. It is a powerful song that makes the hair stand up on my neck. I hate country music generally , but do like that one in particular. Springsteen- "Mary Queen of Arkansas"- I have no idea why, but it is powerful. I love gospel music. Anything by the Staple Singers. "Nothing Takes the place of you"= Toussaint McCall-powerful stuff. I`seldom cry - haven't in 15 years or more-then from hysterical drinking. These are emotional songs for me.
I used to work at a bank and we were robbed one day. It was very traumatic for me, having a gun placed against my left temple. That song was playing in my CD player on the way home that day. I still get weird feelings when I hear it.
I don't know if there is a song that would make me cry. However, there are songs that remind me of emotional events in my life. Depending on how I feel at the time, might draw a tear or 2. Certainly not directly related to the lyrics of each song. Lady - Kenny Rogers reminds me of family struggles, when I was young. It just happened to be the song playing when the event excalated. Sweet Child O' Mine - GNR - Popular around another difficult time. Kemah Boardwalk song - How stupid is this. The last thing that me and my wife did, before my devastation last summer was go to Kemah. I will be taking my sister's family there next week to replace bad memories with new good memories. Million miles away - Plimsouls - I sort of had a crush on a girl that looked strikingly like the lead actress on the movie Valley Girl. She just wanted to be friends. It was then that I knew what that meant. I've got some issues, not yet worked. Music has always been the best method that connects time and space for me - good and bad.
Lighthouse Family : I wish I knew how it felt to be free.... I'm listening to it now. Sentimental .... Doesn't make me cry...but does get me emotional inside....even...sometimes choked up.
