# Song lyrics that tear your heart out, stomp on it, and leave it weeping in the dust. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 3, 2000, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-tear-your-heart-out-stomp-on-it-and-leave-it-weeping-in-the-dust/21306 "2000-06-03T18:54:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Devil\_In\_Disguise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Devil\_In\_Disguise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Devil_In_Disguise)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2000, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-tear-your-heart-out-stomp-on-it-and-leave-it-weeping-in-the-dust/21306/21 "2000-06-04T01:02:15Z")
> [@](#): > > **Daddy’s Hands… By Holly Dunn** Wow! Holly Dunn. I loved her. Not many people even seem to know who she is anymore. The song that does it for me is " Nothing Compares 2 U" by Sinead O’Connor. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2000, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-tear-your-heart-out-stomp-on-it-and-leave-it-weeping-in-the-dust/21306/22 "2000-06-04T01:35:06Z")
Bob Dylan’s _Girl From the North Country_ > [@](#): > > If you’re traveling in the north country fair > Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline > Remember me to one who lives there > She once was a true love of mine > > If you go when the snowflakes storm > When the rivers freeze and summer ends > Please see she has a coat so warm > To keep her from the howling winds > > Please see if her hair hangs long > That it rolls and flows all down her breast > Please see for me that her hair’s hangin’ long > That’s the way I remember her the best > > I wonder if she remembers me at all > Many times I hoped and prayed > In the darkness of my night > In the brightness of my day > > So if you’re travleing in the north country fair > Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline > Remember me to one who lives there > For she once was a true love of mine. Always got to me, but even more so since I moved south (obviously, she didn’t). ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2000, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-tear-your-heart-out-stomp-on-it-and-leave-it-weeping-in-the-dust/21306/23 "2000-06-04T01:59:40Z")
I had never heard Amazing Grace sung so sweetly than at my step-fathers funeral three years ago. I still cannot hear it without crying. **Amazing Grace** Amazing grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wreck like me. I once was lost, but now I’m found, was blind but now I see. Twas grace that thought my heart to fear, and grace my fears relieved. How precious did that grace appear, the hour I first relieved. Thro’ many dangers, toils and snares, I have already come. This grace hath brought me safe thus far, and grace will lead me home. When we’ve been there ten thousand years, bright shining as the sun. We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise, then when we first begun. **Is it over yet Wynonna Judd** Tell me when I can open my eyes I don’t want to watch you walk out that door There’s no easy way to get through goodbye I’d probably try and talk you into staying once more Or I’d lie and say it’s all for the best Wish you luck and say I have no regrets But I’m not up to being strong So I’ll wait until you’re gone Is it over yet, is it over yet? A taxi’s waiting in the driveway for you You call my name, I guess your ready to leave I’d like to help you with a suitcase or two But I’m afraid I’m gonna wind up down on my knees I should tell you that I want you to go I really need to spend some time on my own Smile and say goodbye So you don’t see me dying inside Is it over yet, is it over yet? I should lie and say it’s all for the best Wish you luck and say I have no regrets But I’m not up to being strong So I’ll wait until your gone Is it over yet, is it over yet? ---
**Author:** ![Bubble\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c0e974/32.png) [@Bubble\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bubble_Girl)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2000, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-tear-your-heart-out-stomp-on-it-and-leave-it-weeping-in-the-dust/21306/24 "2000-06-04T02:03:22Z")
Oops :o The above post by Sealemon was suppposed to have been mine, I thought I had switched over to my name. Sorry Seale! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2000, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-tear-your-heart-out-stomp-on-it-and-leave-it-weeping-in-the-dust/21306/25 "2000-06-04T07:24:16Z")
Mine are “No man’s land”, mentioned by matt\_mcl above (but here in this graveyard, it’s still no man’s land/ the countless white crosses in mute witness stand/ to Man’s cruel indifference to his fellow man/ to a whole generation that was butchered and damnned) and another Irish song called “Killkelly, Ireland”. I don’t remember the exact words, but it’s based on a series of letters the musician found in his attic to one of his ancestors, the first to come to the states. Each verse is a letter, and starts off something like “Killkelly, Ireland, eighteen and sixty, my dear son John” and asking how he’s doing, and when he’ll come home, until the last verse is “Killkelly, Ireland, Eighteen and Eighty-two, my dear brother John/ I’m sorry I didn’t write sooner, but our dear Mother passed on” I have to admit, though, that “He stopped loving her today” that Krispy posted got to me, too, even without hearing it. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2000, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-tear-your-heart-out-stomp-on-it-and-leave-it-weeping-in-the-dust/21306/26 "2000-06-04T09:02:50Z")
For me, it’s “Comfortably Numb” by Pink Floyd, 'specially these lyrics: “When I was a child I caught a fleeting glimpse Out of the corner of my eye I turned to look but it was gone I cannot put my finger on it now The child is grown The dream is gone.” Always moistens the ol’ peepers. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2000, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-tear-your-heart-out-stomp-on-it-and-leave-it-weeping-in-the-dust/21306/27 "2000-06-04T09:15:14Z")
I have to agree with Fair and Tender Ladies only I didn’t know it was an old Irish song because I heard it played by The Rankin Family. > [@](#): > > **Fair and Tender Ladies** > > Come all you fair and tender ladies > Take warning how you court young men > They’re like a star > On a cloudy morning > First they’ll appear and then they’re gone > They’ll tell to you some loving story > They’ll swear to you their love is true > Straightaway they’ll go > And they’ll court some other > That’s the love they had for you > Oh don’t you remember our days of courting > You told me then > That you loved me best > You could make me believe > By the fall of your arm > That the sun rose in the west > > I wish I was some little sparrow > And I had wings > And I could fly > Oh I’d fly fly right back > To my false true lover > And while he’s talking I’d deny > But I am not some little sparrow > And I’ve no wings and I can’t fly > So I’ll stay right here > With my grief and sorry > And let my troubles pass me by > [@](#): > > **Fare Thee Well, Love** > > (male) > Fare thee well love, fare thee well love > Far away you must go > Take my heart love, take my heart love > We will never meet, again no more > > (female) > Far across love, far across love > O’er the mountains and country wide > Take my heart love, take my heart love > No one knows, the tears I’ve cried > > (both) > So I’ll drink today love, I’ll sing to you love > In paupers glory my time I’ll bide > No home or ties love, a restless rover > If I can’t have you, by my side > > (male) > Oh come back love, Oh come back love > The sun and moon refuse to shine > > (female) > Since I’ve gone love, gone away love > This lonely girl has had no peace of mind > > (both) > So I’ll drink today love, I’ll sing to you love > In paupers glory my time I’ll bide > No home or ties love, a restless rover > If I can’t have you, by my side > > (female echoing male) > Fare thee well love, fare thee well love > Far away you must go > Take my heart love, take my heart love > (both) > We will never meet, again no more With the second song I put in who sings what so you get an idea of it. It makes more sense that way. But these ones get me as well as **Angel** by Sarah McLachlan and some others as well but I can’t think of them right off the bat. Oh wait also **Memories** as sung by Grizabella in Cats. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2000, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-tear-your-heart-out-stomp-on-it-and-leave-it-weeping-in-the-dust/21306/28 "2000-06-04T10:27:43Z")
Toad the wet spockets 'walk on the ocean’and Jeffery Gaines (?) ‘Hero in me’ always make me tear up. ---
**Author:** ![boli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e99b99/32.png) [@boli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boli)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2000, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-tear-your-heart-out-stomp-on-it-and-leave-it-weeping-in-the-dust/21306/29 "2000-06-04T10:52:07Z")
I second Amazing Grace. It was sung a cappella at the funeral of a very close friend of mine a few months ago. I will never forget the beautiful simplicity of it. ---
**Author:** ![Jvanhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jvanhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jvanhorn)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2000, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-tear-your-heart-out-stomp-on-it-and-leave-it-weeping-in-the-dust/21306/30 "2000-06-04T11:18:31Z")
John Denver: You done stomped on my heart And you mashed that sucker flat You just sorta Stomped on my aorta You started going out with guys I felt us drift apart And every step you took Was a stomp upon my heart ---
**Author:** ![dpr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dpr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dpr)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2000, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-tear-your-heart-out-stomp-on-it-and-leave-it-weeping-in-the-dust/21306/31 "2000-06-04T12:20:24Z")
Romeo’s Heart There’s no hero in this story and the ending is so sad In the ruins of my dreams we lie I would kill to win you back I could send you fields of roses Say I’ll always wish you well But I have cast you as Juliet And you have cast me into hell For those who have been wounded Where love has missed it’s mark Bow your head and say a prayer Tonight for Romeo’s heart In this wine I taste your kisses With this bread I break my word I will not die upon this cross for you All I feel for you is hurt Oh I know the moon will rise again But there will be no starlight in my eyes. For those who have been wounded Where love has missed it’s mark Bow your head and say a prayer Tonight for Romeo’s heart _sigh_ And “Throw Your Arms Around Me” always reminds of me of a wonderful Danish girl who I still miss. ---
**Author:** ![pLt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/eb9ed0/32.png) [@pLt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pLt)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2000, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-tear-your-heart-out-stomp-on-it-and-leave-it-weeping-in-the-dust/21306/32 "2000-06-04T12:49:21Z")
Recently my best friend introduced me to a song by Savage Garden that, well - could have been written specifically for me and my exgirlfriend. I thought so anyway and it seems she did also. I DON’T KNOW YOU ANYMORE I would like to visit you for a while Get away and out of this city Maybe I shouldn’t have called but someone had to be the first to break We can go sit on your back porch Relax Talk about anything It don’t matter I’ll be courageous if you can pretend you’ve forgiven me Because I don’t know you anymore I don’t recognize this place The picture frames have changed and so has your name We don’t talk much anymore We keep running from the pain But what I wouldn’t give to see your face again I know I let you down Again and again I know I never really treated you right I’ve paid the price I’m still paying for it every day So maybe I shouldn’t have called Was it too soon to tell? Oh what the hell It doesn’t really matter How do you redefine something that never really had a name? Has your opinion changed? Because I don’t know you anymore I don’t recognize this place The picture frames have changed and so has your name We don’t talk much anymore We keep running from the pain But what I wouldn’t give to see your face again I see your face I see your face * * * [http://www.luke-for-god.itgo.com](http://www.luke-for-god.itgo.com) change is coming ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2000, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-tear-your-heart-out-stomp-on-it-and-leave-it-weeping-in-the-dust/21306/33 "2000-06-04T17:18:28Z")
“Sam Stone,” “He stopped loving her today,” and anything sung by Patsy Cline. How that woman made it through a concert without putting her head in an oven is beyond me. Although I think it’s her delivery, not the lyrics. She sounds so bereft that my heart breaks for her. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2000, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-tear-your-heart-out-stomp-on-it-and-leave-it-weeping-in-the-dust/21306/34 "2000-06-04T17:36:49Z")
I came across a cache of old photos And invitations to teenage parties “Dress in white”, one said, with quotations From someone’s wife, a famous writer In the nineteen-twenties When you’re young you find inspiration In anyone who’s ever gone And opened up a closing door She said, We were never feeling bored \* cho: Cause we were never being boring We had too much time to find for ourselves And we were never being boring We dressed up and fought, and thought Make amends And we were never holding back, worried that Time would come to an end… \* When I went I left from the station With a haversack and some trepidation Someone said, If you’re not careful You’ll have nothing left and nothing to care for In the nineteen-seventies But I said back, I’m looking forward, My shoes were high and I had scored I bolted through a closing door I would never find myself being bored \* cho: Cause we were never being boring We had too much time to find for ourselves And we were never being boring We dressed up and fought, and thought Make amends And we were never holding back, worried that Time would come to an end We were always hoping that, looking back, You could always rely on a friend… \* Now I sit with different faces In rented rooms and far-off places All the people I was kissing Some are here and some are missing In the nineteen-nineties I never dreamt that I would get to be The creature that I always meant to be But I thought, in spite of dreams, You’d be sitting somewhere here with me… \* cho: Cause we were never being boring We had too much time to find for ourselves And we were never being boring We dressed up and fought, and thought Make amends And we were never holding back, worried that Time would come to an end We were always hoping that, looking back, You could always rely on a friend And we were never being boring We were never being bored And we were never being boring We were never being bored…\* I’m having this played at my funeral to put everyone in the proper mood. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2000, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-tear-your-heart-out-stomp-on-it-and-leave-it-weeping-in-the-dust/21306/35 "2000-06-04T17:43:05Z")
I agree about **Amazing Grace**. I can’t hear that song without my eyes welling up. Krispy, you just made me cry with the song you posted, too. Here are my entries: (Sorry, there are 3 so this is gonna be kindof long) Cats In The Cradle Harry & Sandy Chapin My child arrived just the other day He came to the world in the usual way But there were planes to catch and bills to pay He learned to walk while I was away And he was talkin’ 'fore I knew it, and as he grew He’d say “I’m gonna be like you dad You know I’m gonna be like you” And the cat’s in the cradle and the silver spoon Little boy blue and the man on the moon When you comin’ home son? I don’t know when, but we’ll get together then You know we’ll have a good time then My son turned ten just the other day He said, “Thanks for the ball, Dad, come on let’s play Can you teach me to throw”, I said “Not today I got a lot to do”, he said, “That’s ok” And he walked away but his smile never dimmed And said, “I’m gonna be like him, yeah You know I’m gonna be like him” And the cat’s in the cradle and the silver spoon Little boy blue and the man on the moon When you comin’ home son? I don’t know when, but we’ll get together then You know we’ll have a good time then Well, he came home from college just the other day So much like a man I just had to say “Son, I’m proud of you, can you sit for a while?” He shook his head and said with a smile “What I’d really like, Dad, is to borrow the car keys See you later, can I have them please?” And the cat’s in the cradle and the silver spoon Little boy blue and the man on the moon When you comin’ home son? I don’t know when, but we’ll get together then You know we’ll have a good time then I’ve long since retired, my son’s moved away I called him up just the other day I said, “I’d like to see you if you don’t mind” He said, “I’d love to, Dad, if I can find the time You see my new job’s a hassle and kids have the flu But it’s sure nice talking to you, Dad It’s been sure nice talking to you” And as I hung up the phone it occurred to me He’d grown up just like me My boy was just like me And the cat’s in the cradle and the silver spoon Little boy blue and the man on the moon When you comin’ home son? I don’t know when, but we’ll get together then You know we’ll have a good time then * * * TAXI Harry Chapin It was raining hard in 'Frisco, I needed one more fare to make my night. A lady up ahead waved to flag me down, She got in at the light. Oh, where you going to, my lady blue, It’s a shame you ruined your gown in the rain. She just looked out the window, and said “Sixteen Parkside Lane”. Something about her was familiar I could swear I’d seen her face before, But she said, “I’m sure you’re mistaken” And she didn’t say anything more. It took a while, but she looked in the mirror, And she glanced at the license for my name. A smile seemed to come to her slowly, It was a sad smile, just the same. And she said, “How are you Harry?” I said, “How are you Sue? Through the too many miles and the too little smiles I still remember you.” It was somewhere in a fairy tale, I used to take her home in my car. We learned about love in the back of the Dodge, The lesson hadn’t gone too far. You see, she was gonna be an actress, And I was gonna learn to fly. She took off to find the footlights, And I took off to find the sky. Oh, I’ve got something inside me, To drive a princess blind. There’s a wild man, wizard, He’s hiding in me, illuminating my mind. Oh, I’ve got something inside me, Not what my life’s about, Cause I’ve been letting my outside tide me, Over 'till my time, runs out. Baby’s so high that she’s skying, Yes she’s flying, afraid to fall. I’ll tell you why baby’s crying, Cause she’s dying, aren’t we all. There was not much more for us to talk about, Whatever we had once was gone. So I turned my cab into the driveway, Past the gate and the fine trimmed lawns. And she said we must get together, But I knew it’d never be arranged. And she handed me twenty dollars, For a two fifty fare, she said “Harry, keep the change.” Well another man might have been angry, And another man might have been hurt, But another man never would have let her go… I stashed the bill in my shirt. And she walked away in silence, It’s strange, how you never know, But we’d both gotten what we’d asked for, Such a long, long time ago. You see, she was gonna be an actress And I was gonna learn to fly. She took off to find the footlights, And I took off for the sky. And here, she’s acting happy, Inside her handsome home. And me, I’m flying in my taxi, Taking tips, and getting stoned, I go flying so high, when I’m stoned. * * * THE WRECK OF THE EDMUND FITZGERALD Words and music by Gordon Lightfoot The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down Of the big lake they called ‘Gitche Gumee’ The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead When the skies of November turn gloomy With a load of iron ore twenty-six thousand tons more Than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty. That good ship and crew was a bone to be chewed When the gales of November came early. The ship was the pride of the American side Coming back from some mill in Wisconsin As the big freighters go, it was bigger than most With a crew and good captain well seasoned Concluding some terms with a couple of steel firms When they left fully loaded for Cleveland And later that night when the ship’s bell rang Could it be the north wind they’d been feelin’? The wind in the wires made a tattle-tale sound And a wave broke over the railing And every man knew, as the captain did too, T’was the witch of November come stealin’. The dawn came late and the breakfast had to wait When the Gales of November came slashin’. When afternoon came it was freezin’ rain In the face of a hurricane west wind. When suppertime came, the old cook came on deck sayin’. Fellas, it’s too rough to feed ya. At Seven P.M. a main hatchway caved in, he said Fellas, it’s been good t’know ya The captain wired in he had water comin’ in And the good ship and crew was in peril. And later that night when his lights went outta sight Came the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Does any one know where the love of God goes When the waves turn the minutes to hours? The searches all say they’d have made Whitefish Bay If they’d put fifteen more miles behind her. They might have split up or they might have capsized; May have broke deep and took water. And all that remains is the faces and the names Of the wives and the sons and the daughters. Lake Huron rolls, Superior sings In the rooms of her ice-water mansion. Old Michigan steams like a young man’s dreams; The islands and bays are for sportsmen. And farther below Lake Ontario Takes in what Lake Erie can send her, And the iron boats go as the mariners all know With the Gales of November remembered. In a musty old hall in Detroit they prayed, In the Maritime Sailors’ Cathedral. The church bell chimed till it rang twenty-nine times For each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald. The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down Of the big lake they call ‘Gitche Gumee’. Superior, they said, never gives up her dead When the gales of November come early! ---
**Author:** ![Narile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@Narile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Narile)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2000, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-tear-your-heart-out-stomp-on-it-and-leave-it-weeping-in-the-dust/21306/36 "2000-06-04T18:35:38Z")
The Living Years – Mike and the Mechanics, I agree is good for that. > [@](#): > > Life is unfair, so they tell me, > Because they think I wouldn’t know. > They only can see a cheap gimmick > On their children’s favorite show. > > They say, “Oh, that’s just foam and a wire, > Attached to a green velvet sleeve, > Anyone can do that” – well, that’s true, I suppose, > But who else could make them believe? from A boy and his frog – Tom Smith, If Jim Henson was a major influence when you were growing up, this song really hits home. ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2000, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-tear-your-heart-out-stomp-on-it-and-leave-it-weeping-in-the-dust/21306/37 "2000-06-04T19:33:08Z")
THE DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL (6:44) Music by Loreena McKennitt. Words by St. John of the Cross and arranged and adapted by Loreena McKennitt Upon a darkened night the flame of love was burning in my breast And by a lantern bright I fled my house while all in quiet rest Shrouded by the night And by the secret stair I quickly fled The veil concealed my eyes while all within lay quiet as the dead CHORUS Oh night thou was my guide of night more loving than the rising sun Oh night that joined the lover to the beloved one transforming each of them into the other Upon that misty night in secrecy, beyond such mortal sight Without a guide or light than that which burned so deeply in my heart That fire t’was led me on and shone more bright than of the midday sun To where he waited still it was a place where no one else could come CHORUS Within my pounding heart which kept itself entirely for him He fell into his sleep beneath the cedars all my love I gave From o’er the fortress walls the wind would his hair against his brow And with its smoothest hand caressed my every sense it would allow CHORUS I lost myself to him and laid my face upon my lover’s breast And care and grief grew dim as in the morning’s mist became the light There they dimmed amongst the lilies fair there they dimmed amongst the lilies fair there they dimmed amongst the lilies fair (Shanin: It’s OK. Blond moments happen to everyone, even brunettes! :D) ---
**Author:** ![Proudest\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/proudest_monkey/32/13257_2.png) [@Proudest\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Proudest_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2000, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-tear-your-heart-out-stomp-on-it-and-leave-it-weeping-in-the-dust/21306/38 "2000-06-05T00:35:18Z")
Maybe it’s just the way Toni Braxton sings it but Unbreak My Heart gets me snifflin’. I also choke up for Long Black Veil. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2000, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-tear-your-heart-out-stomp-on-it-and-leave-it-weeping-in-the-dust/21306/39 "2000-06-05T01:11:03Z")
> [@](#): > > **Twist of Fate - Bob Dylan** > He woke up > The room was bare > He didn’t see her anywhere > Told himself he didn’t care > Pushed the window open wide > Felt that emptiness inside > To which he just could not relate > Blame it on a simple twist of fate > [@](#): > > **Fourth of July - X** > She gives me her cheek > When I wanted her lips > Oh, but I don’t have the strength to go; > On the wrong side of town > In a dark apartment > We gave up trying so long ago… > [@](#): > > **Tunnel of Love - Dire Straits** > She took off her silver locket > Said “Remember me by this,” > She put her hand in my pocket; > I got a keepsake and a kiss. > And in the roaring dust and diesel > I stood and watched her walk away; > I could have caught up with her easy enough > But something must have made me stay. > [@](#): > > **I Wish - Pearl Jam** > I wish I was a messenger and all the news was good; > I wish I was a full moon shining off a Camaro’s hood… > [@](#): > > **Misty Morning, Albert Bridge - The Pogues** > I Dreamt we were standing > By the banks of the Thames > Whhere the cold gray waters rippled > In the misty morning light > Held a match to your cigarette > Watched the smoke curl in the mist > Your eyes blue as the ocean between us > Smiling at me > [@](#): > > **Southern Accent - Tom Petty** > There’s a southern accent > Where I come from > The young 'uns call it ‘country’ > The Yankees call it dumb > Got my own way of talking > But everything is done > With a southern accent > Where I come from ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2000, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-tear-your-heart-out-stomp-on-it-and-leave-it-weeping-in-the-dust/21306/40 "2000-06-05T01:33:11Z")
Weirddave, the River and especially that verse sends shivers down my spine every damn time! Good call, mate. Also, all these posts have resurected my approval of Mark Knopfler’s lyrics. Having said that, I humbly submit: > [@](#): > > You know I’d sooner forget but I remember those nights > when life was just a bet on a race between the lights > you had your head on my shoulder you had your hand in my hair > now you act a little colder like you don’t seem to care > but believe in me baby and I’ll take you away > from out of this darkness and into the day > from these rivers of headlights these rivers of rain > from the anger that lives on the streets with these names > 'cos I’ve run every red light on memory lane > I’ve seen desperation explode into flames > and I don’t want to see it again. . . > > From all of these signs saying sorry but we’re closed > all the way down the telegraph road **Dire Straits, _Telegraph Road_** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-tear-your-heart-out-stomp-on-it-and-leave-it-weeping-in-the-dust/21306.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-tear-your-heart-out-stomp-on-it-and-leave-it-weeping-in-the-dust/21306.md?page=3)