# Loved/Lost/Don't Regret it songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 18, 2005, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loved-lost-dont-regret-it-songs/312971 "2005-07-18T13:44:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DirkGntly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DirkGntly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DirkGntly)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loved-lost-dont-regret-it-songs/312971/1 "2005-07-18T13:44:23Z")
Sort of inspired by the “Missing You” music thread from last week, I wanted to start this thread for songs that have a “Loved/Lost/No Regrets” theme. Two that are quintessential, to me, are: “Angel Flying too Close to the Ground” - Willie Nelson and “The Dance” - Garth Brooks So, what other songs relate this sentiment? I’m mostly familiar with 80’s soft rock/pop and country/western (yeah, yeah…no snarking on my musical tastes), so I’m not likely to recognize something too much more recent or outside of those genres… ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loved-lost-dont-regret-it-songs/312971/2 "2005-07-18T13:56:01Z")
Leonard Cohen’s _Hallelujah_ \*And even though It all went wrong I’ll stand before the Lord of Song With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah \* ---
**Author:** ![DirkGntly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DirkGntly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DirkGntly)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loved-lost-dont-regret-it-songs/312971/3 "2005-07-18T14:16:11Z")
Oh, yeah…“classics” are good, too… As an example, “Listen to the Rhythm of the Falling Rain” would be borderline, but I like it, and part of the sentiment in the song would apply… ---
**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loved-lost-dont-regret-it-songs/312971/4 "2005-07-18T14:46:44Z")
One of my favorites: Roxy Music’s [Sentimental Fool](http://www.musicsonglyrics.com/R/roxymusiclyrics/roxymusicsentimentalfoollyrics.htm). ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loved-lost-dont-regret-it-songs/312971/5 "2005-07-18T16:13:57Z")
What I did for Love from A Chorus Line ---
**Author:** ![Crandolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7cd45c/32.png) [@Crandolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crandolph)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loved-lost-dont-regret-it-songs/312971/6 "2005-07-18T16:14:42Z")
“Days” - The Kinks ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loved-lost-dont-regret-it-songs/312971/7 "2005-07-18T16:42:25Z")
_Wouldn’t Have Missed It For the World_ by Ronnie Millsapp. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loved-lost-dont-regret-it-songs/312971/8 "2005-07-19T03:01:28Z")
Possibly _A Better Man_ by Clint Black ---
**Author:** ![buns3000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c89c15/32.png) [@buns3000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buns3000)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loved-lost-dont-regret-it-songs/312971/9 "2005-07-19T05:02:37Z")
_Didn’t We Almost Have It All_ - no idea who first did it and the only version springing to mind at the moment is that of Whitney Houston. ---
**Author:** ![Wearia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Wearia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wearia)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loved-lost-dont-regret-it-songs/312971/10 "2005-07-19T05:12:46Z")
Time of your Life, Green Day ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loved-lost-dont-regret-it-songs/312971/11 "2005-07-19T05:13:51Z")
“For a Little While” by Tim McGraw. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loved-lost-dont-regret-it-songs/312971/12 "2005-07-19T06:32:33Z")
(Hey, when you have [permission](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples) to post mp3s and lyrics, you take advantage of it, and why not?) > [@](#): > > [If So - Happy Rhodes](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_Ecto07_IfSo.mp3) (links to to mp3s) > > I ask you, now tell the truth > I ask you, was it worth the price you paid? > If so… > > I know you loved me darling > But I need to know, did you mean to hurt me so? > If so… > > Go away, very far away, take your leave > I’ll never hate you, I’ll never think of you > And I’ll never grieve > > Did you want it all… free love? > Did it satisfy, was it your intention to deceive? > If so… > > You made me happy, you made me cry > You gave me hope, was my happiness a lie? > If so… > > Go away, very far away, take your leave > I’ll never hate you, I’ll never think of you > And I’ll never grieve > > I ask you, now tell the truth > I ask you, was it worth the price you paid? > If so… 4 more: [I Won’t Break Down - Happy Rhodes](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_Ecto06_IWontBreakDown.mp3) ([lyrics here](http://www.ecto.org/lyrics/ecto/iwont.html)) [How It Should Be - Happy Rhodes](http://wretchawry.com/happy/rarities/HappyRhodes_HowItShouldBe(unreleasedSTUDIOversion).mp3) ([lyrics here](http://www.ecto.org/lyrics/misc/howitshouldbe.html)) [You Never Told Me - Happy Rhodes](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_BuildingTheColossus08_YouNeverToldMe.mp3) ([lyrics here](http://www.ecto.org/lyrics/colossus/younever.html)) [Because I Learn - Happy Rhodes](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_Rearmament11_BecauseILearn.mp3) ([lyrics here](http://www.ecto.org/lyrics/rearmament/because.html)) ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loved-lost-dont-regret-it-songs/312971/13 "2005-07-19T07:25:54Z")
“Three Libras” A Perfect Circle ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loved-lost-dont-regret-it-songs/312971/14 "2005-07-19T13:13:48Z")
“You’ll Think Of Me” - Keith Urban ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loved-lost-dont-regret-it-songs/312971/15 "2005-07-19T15:29:33Z")
“Feelin’ Alright?” by Dave Mason (at least by the final verse). ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loved-lost-dont-regret-it-songs/312971/16 "2005-07-19T16:14:18Z")
_Pamela Brown_ by Leo Kottke looks back on a girl he was madly in love with, but she chose another guy " ‘cause she liked his pickup truck." He figures if he had won her, he’d be driving a station wagon full of kids. "All of my good times, all my runnin’ around, I guess I owe it all to Pamela Brown." ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loved-lost-dont-regret-it-songs/312971/17 "2005-07-19T16:52:07Z")
Tom Paxton’s [When Annie Took Me Home](http://www.mydfz.com/Paxton/lyrics/watmh.htm) Love can grown and love can go. Did she love me? I don’t know Though she often told me so. I’ve never really known. Was I blind? I don’t mind. I think that life’s been more than kind. Thanks to life there was a time When Annie took me home.