# Sad Love Songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 1, 2005, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-love-songs/333485 "2005-12-01T00:51:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![spiralscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@spiralscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spiralscratch)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-love-songs/333485/41 "2005-12-02T07:14:36Z")
Buzzcocks, “You Say You Don’t Love Me” > [@](#): > > You say you don’t love me > Well that’s alright with me 'cos I’m in love with you > And I wouldn’t want you doing things you don’t want to do > Oh you know I’ve always wanted you to be in love with me > And it took so long to realize the way things have to be > I wanted to live in a dream that couldn’t be real > And I’m starting to understand now the way that you feel ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-love-songs/333485/42 "2005-12-02T08:02:10Z")
“Might As Well be On Mars” from “Hey Stoopid” “Die For You” also from “Hey Stoopid” “Hell Is Living Without You” from “Trash” “Burning Our Bed” another piece of “Trash” All by Alice Cooper, of course. Welcome to my depression! ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-love-songs/333485/43 "2005-12-02T08:13:13Z")
_I Am Stretched On Your Grave_ Sinead O’Connor _Leader Of The Pack_ The Shangri-Las ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-love-songs/333485/44 "2005-12-02T08:33:19Z")
“#1 Crush (Goth Mix)”—Garbage (It’s _kind_ of a love song.) “Love Song for a Vampire”—Annie Lennox “Every Breath you Take”—The Police (if you listen closely to the lyrics) Dead Can Dance’s version of “I Am Stretched On Your Grave” An exceedingly depressing number of Patsy Cline songs. “Floret Silva” from from Carmina Burana “If I Didn’t Care” by the Ink Spots (if you know your movies) Ray Orbison’s “Crying,” or the Spanish version from _Mulholland Drive,_ “Llorando” Blondie’s “Maria” almost, but not quite, qualifies. Maybe I should just post the title’s from my “Heartbreak” iTunes playlist? ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-love-songs/333485/45 "2005-12-02T09:00:53Z")
_Cherry Blossom Girl_ -\*\* Air\*\* _No Distance Left to Run_ - **Blur** _Don’t You Want Me Anymore?_ - **Pulp** -\* maybe\*… but probably better would be _My Legendary Girlfriend_ - they have quite a few along these lines, however, many of them are kind of bouncy. I tried to pick mellower sounding ones. _Jealousy_ - **Pet Shop Boys** _You Look So Fine_ - **Garbage** (“_Let’s pretend, happy end_”) ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-love-songs/333485/46 "2005-12-02T09:48:27Z")
_Cannonball_-Damien Rice A song about a guy who is trying not to try to hard. _I want You_-Elvis Costello More a song about a guy angry over his cheating girlfriend, but it might do. _Telephone Line_- Electric Light Orchestra She won’t answer his calls, he loves her, but realises it’s not going to happen. _I Want You_- Bob Dylan He wants her, she doesn’t want him. Different to the Costello song, obviously. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-love-songs/333485/47 "2005-12-02T12:54:25Z")
I don’t know how I could have forgotten _Just My Imaginations (Running Away with Me)_ by the Temptations. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-love-songs/333485/48 "2005-12-02T14:22:27Z")
Well, sad love songs can fall into three different categories: 1. “I’m heartbroken because the person I love and I have broken up.” 2. "I’m heartbroken because the person I love doesn’t know I’m alive or doesn’t feel the same way about me. 3. “I’ve had my heart broken so many times, I just hate the very concept of love.” I’m not sure which you want (Category #1 is far more abundant), so I’ll give some of both: CATEGORY 1 Lobo’s “Don’t Expect Me to Be Your Friend” Roy Orbison’s “Crying” Jim Croce’s “Photographs and Memories” John Denver’s “I’m Sorry” Dido’s “White Flag” CATEGORY 2 Elvis Costello’s “Alison” Grass Roots’ “Midnight Confessions” Roy Orbison’s “In Dreams” The Temptations’ “Just My Imagination” CATEGORY 3 J. Geils’ Band’s “Love Stinks” Simon & Garfunkel’s “I Am a Rock” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-love-songs/333485/49 "2005-12-02T15:09:06Z")
Mandolin Rain - Bruce Hornsby The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove- Dead Can Dance This is the Last Day Of Our Aquaintance- Sinead O’Connor Operator- Jim Croce I Guess it Doesn’t Matter Anymore- Buddy Holly ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-love-songs/333485/50 "2005-12-02T16:15:18Z")
Roy Orbison definitely belongs on your CD! (Consider also his “Not Alone Anymore” from the Traveling Wilburys.) Several Beach Boys songs probably qualify—“The Warmth of the Sun” in particular springs to mind. ---
**Author:** ![ddgryphon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@ddgryphon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ddgryphon)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-love-songs/333485/51 "2005-12-02T16:49:29Z")
May or may not fit the mood, but I’m offering anyway: “This Waltz” Leonard Cohen “Coming Back To You” Leonard Cohen “The Chain” there’s a really great version by Shawn Colvin out there, but the Fleetwood Mac one will do How about where the girl doesn’t get the boy: “Amelia” by Joni Mitchell “It’s so hard to obey, his sad request of me, to kindly stay away” “Spanish Boots” by Bob Dylan ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-love-songs/333485/52 "2005-12-02T18:41:08Z")
“One More Minute” by Weird Al Yankovic? ---
**Author:** ![YaWanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbce88/32.png) [@YaWanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaWanna)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-love-songs/333485/53 "2005-12-02T19:04:49Z")
“Coast of Marseilles” - Jimmy Buffett "Yooooo-ooouuuu…make it so hard to forget Iiiiiii-iiii haven’t stopped loving you yet When I’d left the coast of Marseilles I hadn’t done what I’d come to do Spent all the money I’d saved Still did not get over you No, I still did not get over you." I’m trying to remember - I think it’s on “Changes In Lattitudes, Changes in Attitudes” - or “Son of a Son of a Sailor”. Also, there’s a gem called “California Promises” on, um, “Riddles in the Sand,” I think. ---
**Author:** ![marque\_elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@marque\_elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marque_elf)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-love-songs/333485/54 "2005-12-02T21:49:04Z")
**Heart Like A Wheel** - Linda Ronstadt **Catch The Wind** - Donovan **Missing You** - John Waite **Wicked Game** - Chris Isaak **If You See Her, Say Hello** - Bob Dylan **Blue Moon Revisited (Song For Elvis)**- Cowboy Junkies ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-love-songs/333485/55 "2005-12-03T03:29:14Z")
“Sylvia’s Mother” - Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-love-songs/333485/56 "2005-12-03T04:46:25Z")
_I hope I don’t fall in love with you_—Tom Waits ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-love-songs/333485/57 "2005-12-03T04:56:51Z")
Oh, what about the ultimate country weepie song: “He Stopped Loving Her Today,” by George Jones? ---
**Author:** ![Dubious\_Weasle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b782af/32.png) [@Dubious\_Weasle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dubious_Weasle)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-love-songs/333485/58 "2005-12-03T13:23:51Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > _I hope I don’t fall in love with you_—Tom Waits Dammit, beat me to it. That’s okay though since I have… “All My Little Words” By Magnetic Fields [Stephin Merritt] You said you were in love with me Both of us know that that’s impossible And I could make you rue the day But I could never make you stay ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-love-songs/333485/59 "2005-12-03T16:14:37Z")
**Chevelle** - Closure The lyrics aren’t amazing poetry or anything, but the pain in his voice is almost scary. This song helped me get over someone. > [@](#): > > Closure has come to me myself, > You will never belong to me. **Mercenary** - Sharpen the Edges This one may be darker (and heavier) than you’re looking for, but it’s definately about a guy who doesn’t get the girl. > [@](#): > > Sleep tight my dear, I’ve come to kill > If I can’t have you then no one will **Opeth** - Face of Melinda I know I’ve pimped this one several times, but this, to me, is probably the saddest love song ever. > [@](#): > > I took her by the hand to say > All faith forever has been washed away > I returned for you in great dismay > Come with me far away to stay > > Endlessly gazing in nocturnal prime > She spoke of her vice and broke the rhyme > Puzzled herself with the final line > “My promise is made, but my heart is thine” Damn, this one still gives me chills. ---
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-love-songs/333485/60 "2005-12-03T16:41:02Z")
If you like Irish music, two of the songs that fit your OP are on Altan’s Blackwater CD: [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000000WAU/002-7192316-4732867?v=glance&n=5174](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000000WAU/002-7192316-4732867?v=glance&n=5174) “Ta Me 'Mo Shui” (which is sung in Gaelic but there’s a translation on the sleeve), and “Blackwater.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-love-songs/333485.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-love-songs/333485.md?page=4)