# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2000, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-tear-your-heart-out-stomp-on-it-and-leave-it-weeping-in-the-dust/21306/41 "2000-06-05T01:53:15Z")
_In the Good Old World_ by Tom Waits: When I was a boy, the moon was a pearl The sun a yellow gold. But when I was a man, the wind blew cold The hills were upside down. But now that I have gone from here There’s no place I’d rather be Than to float my chances on the tide Back in the good old world. On October’s last, I’ll fly back home Rolling down winding way And all I’ve got’s a pocket full Of flowers from my grave But now summer is gone I remember it best Back in the good old world I remember when, she held my hand We walked home alone in the rain How pretty her mouth, How soft her hair Nothing can be the same And there’s a rose upon her breast Where I long to lay my head And her hair was so yellow And the wine was so red Back in the good old world. _A Rose and a Baby Ruth_ by George Hamilton IV – a sappy sweet song that still gets me sometimes: We had a quarrel, a teenage quarrel Now I’m as blue as I know how to be I can’t call you on the phone I can’t even see you at your home So I’m sending you this present Just to prove that I’m telling the truth Dear, I believe you won’t laugh when you receive This rose and a Baby Ruth ---
**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, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-tear-your-heart-out-stomp-on-it-and-leave-it-weeping-in-the-dust/21306/42 "2000-06-05T02:46:44Z")
Yeah, I have to agree with **weirddave** and **Coldfire** on **The River** by Springsteen, although I would have included the previous line: > [@](#): > > Now I just act like I don’t remember > And Mary acts like she don’t care > But I remember us riding in my brother’s car…(etc.) Here’s some more Springsteen: > [@](#): > > **Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen** > The screen door slams > Mary’s dress waves > Like a vision she dances across the porch > As the radio plays > Roy Orbison singin’ for the lonely > Hey, that’s me and I want you only > Don’t turn me home again > I just can’t face myself alone again And yes, **Coldfire** , Knopfler writes some beautiful lyrics. Here’s another sample of his work: > [@](#): > > **Hand in Hand - Dire Straits** > Now you and me go parallel > Together and apart > And you keep a perfect distance > And it’s tearin’ at my heart > But you never feel the distance > You never try to cross no lines. > > Well here I am again > I’m coming back for more > I’m like a wave > That’s gotta roll into the shore > Yes and if my love’s in vain > How come my love is so strong? ---
**Author:** ![Edlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8797f3/32.png) [@Edlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edlyn)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2000, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-tear-your-heart-out-stomp-on-it-and-leave-it-weeping-in-the-dust/21306/43 "2000-06-05T02:53:33Z")
Some of you listed some great songs! Some of the old Simon and Garfunkel get to me too, but this one always puts time on pause for me. Thirty years later, I can still hear what was a best friend’s laugh and see his smile. He took his life just months after our graduation. In my heart, I had dedicated this song in his memory. “Fire And Rain” James Taylor Just yesterday morning they let me know you were gone Susanne the plans they made put an end to you I walked out this morning and I wrote down this song I just can’t remember who to send it to I’ve seen fire and I’ve seen rain I’ve seen sunny days that I thought would never end I’ve seen lonely times when I could not find a friend But I always thought that I’d see you again Won’t you look down upon me, Jesus You’ve got to help me make a stand You’ve just got to see me through another day My body’s aching and my time is at hand And I won’t make it any other way Oh, I’ve seen fire and I’ve seen rain I’ve seen sunny days that I thought would never end I’ve seen lonely times when I could not find a friend But I always thought that I’d see you again Been walking my mind to an easy time my back turned towards the sun Lord knows when the cold wind blows it’ll turn your head around Well, there’s hours of time on the telephone line to talk about things to come Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground Oh, I’ve seen fire and I’ve seen rain I’ve seen sunny days that I thought would never end I’ve seen lonely times when I could not find a friend But I always thought that I’d see you, baby, one more time again, now Thought I’d see you one more time again There’s just a few things coming my way this time around, now Thought I’d see you, thought I’d see you … ---
**Author:** ![Eo\_Echo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ebca7d/32.png) [@Eo\_Echo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eo_Echo)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2000, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-tear-your-heart-out-stomp-on-it-and-leave-it-weeping-in-the-dust/21306/44 "2000-06-05T03:11:58Z")
Mine’s Cake’s “Never There.” Specifically the part of the first verse that goes: On the phone long, long distance Always through such strong resistance First you say you’re too busy I wonder if you even miss me Never there, you’re never there You’re never, ever, ever there The words exactly paralleled a situation happening in my life at the time I first heard the song. Now each time I hear it on the radio, I think back to that time. The casual offhandedness of the tune just makes it worse. For a long time I was embarassed to be so moved by such a lightweight tune. Now I know better. ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2000, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-tear-your-heart-out-stomp-on-it-and-leave-it-weeping-in-the-dust/21306/45 "2000-06-05T03:14:17Z")
There’s a country song called _Wish You Were Here_ by Mark Wills. That song makes me cry everytime. They kissed goodbye at the terminal gate She said you’re gonna be late if you don’t go He held her tight, said “I’ll be alright I’ll call you tonight to let you know.” He bought a postcard, on the front it just said heaven with a picture of the ocean and beach and the simple words he wrote her said he loved her and they told her How he’d hold her if his arms would reach Wish you were here. Wish you could see this place. Wish you were near, I wish I could touch your face. The weather’s nice. It’s paradise. It’s summertime all year and there’s some folks we know They say “Hello, I miss you so, wish you were here.” She got a call that night but it wasn’t from him It didn’t sink in right away. “Ma’am the plane went down Our crews have searched the ground No survivors found” she heard him say But somehow she got a postcard in the mail That just said Heaven with a picture of the ocean and the beach And the simple words he wrote her Said he loves her and they told her How he’d love her if his arms would reach Wish you were here. Wish you could see this place. Wish you were near, I wish I could touch your face The weather’s nice. It’s paradise It’s summertime all year and there’s some folks we know They say “Hello, I miss you so, wish you were here.” The weather’s nice, in paradise It’s summertime all year and all the folks we know They say, “Hello, I miss you so, wish you were here.” Wish you were here. ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2000, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-tear-your-heart-out-stomp-on-it-and-leave-it-weeping-in-the-dust/21306/46 "2000-06-05T04:04:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > There’s a country song called _Wish You Were Here_ by Mark Wills. That song makes me cry everytime. > \*\* Hi Grace- Yeah, that one gets me every time, too. Also Dan Seals “All That Glitters is not Gold” about a woman who abandons her husband and daughter in order to become a rodeo star. Chokes me up just thinking about it. Nice to meet you! Scotti ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2000, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-tear-your-heart-out-stomp-on-it-and-leave-it-weeping-in-the-dust/21306/47 "2000-06-05T04:09:20Z")
Nice to meet you too Scotticher. All that Glitters…is a good one too. Lately a song by Leanne Womack has been getting my teary eyed. Not because it’s sad really but I think because of the message. Have you heard _I hope you dance_? ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2000, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-tear-your-heart-out-stomp-on-it-and-leave-it-weeping-in-the-dust/21306/48 "2000-06-05T04:16:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > Have you heard _I hope you dance_? > \*\* No, I haven’t. She is good, though. There are so many country songs that touch my heart-funny how Whitney Houston singing “I Will Always Love You” is one of my nominees for WORST song ever, but by Dolly Parton it makes me cry! Scotti ---
**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 5, 2000, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-tear-your-heart-out-stomp-on-it-and-leave-it-weeping-in-the-dust/21306/49 "2000-06-05T04:35:34Z")
Scotti, you are so right! The song was totally transformed (read: “ruined”) by Whitney Houston. Makes me cry just to think about it. And which one gets airplay now? Of course, the sucky one. “Coat of Many Colors” is another classic Dolly Parton weeper. It is sad that she has become such a caricature. Great songwriter and fabulous singer, but all anybody can think of is her boobs. Depressing in a different way is this one by Eric Bogle. It speaks of the insanity of war and starts out with a rather lengthy spoken part that explains its background. I’m not even Australian, but I choke up whenever I hear it: And The Band Played “Waltzing Matilda” by Eric Bogle "This… in Australia, every year, we have… we celebrate… we remember “ANZAC DAY” – an’ it’s a very important day in Australia… the whole day is given over to remembering the soldiers who died in… all the wars and… the whole day – in Britain, in England, they have two minutes of silence once a year. It’s important in Australia, because at Gallipoli, in 1915, for the first time, the Australian soldiers had Australian officers – before then, the Australian army had British officers. And… by this time, it was an all-Australian army, and they did quite well… and Australia was very proud of 'em. And they engendered a great sense of national pride, back home in Australia. The saying arose that Australia became a nation founded on the blood of our soldiers who died at Gallipoli. So… it was very important to Australia. We have… in Britain just now… and THEN it was “our brave boys at Gallipoli”… in Britain, just before John [Munro] and I left three days ago, it was “our brave boys in the Falkland Islands.” The jingoism always remains the same… it’s just the wars that are different… but they seem stupid, hackneyed phrases… which demeans the soldiers… Right… I’ll get off my pulpit… stop preaching and sing a song… I get quite heated about this subject…" Now when I was a young man I carried me pack And I lived the free life of the rover. From the Murray’s green basin to the dusty outback, Well, I waltzed my Matilda all over. Then in 1915, my country said, “Son, It’s time you stop ramblin’, there’s work to be done.” So they gave me a tin hat, and they gave me a gun, And they marched me away to the war. And the band played “Waltzing Matilda,” As the ship pulled away from the quay, And amidst all the cheers, the flag waving, and tears, We sailed off for Gallipoli. And how well I remember that terrible day, How our blood stained the sand and the water; And of how in that hell that they call Suvla Bay We were butchered like lambs at the slaughter. Johnny Turk, he was waitin’, he primed himself well; He showered us with bullets, and he rained us with shell – And in five minutes flat, he’d blown us all to hell, Nearly blew us right back to Australia. But the band played “Waltzing Matilda,” When we stopped to bury our slain, Well, we buried ours, and the Turks buried theirs, Then we started all over again. And those that were left, well, we tried to survive In that mad world of blood, death and fire. And for ten weary weeks I kept myself alive Though around me the corpses piled higher. Then a big Turkish shell knocked me arse over head, And when I woke up in me hospital bed And saw what it had done, well, I wished I was dead – Never knew there was worse things than dying. For I’ll go no more “Waltzing Matilda,” All around the green bush far and free – To hump tents and pegs, a man needs both legs, No more “Waltzing Matilda” for me. So they gathered the crippled, the wounded, the maimed, And they shipped us back home to Australia. The armless, the legless, the blind, the insane, Those proud wounded heroes of Suvla. And as our ship sailed into Circular Quay, I looked at the place where me legs used to be, And thanked Christ there was nobody waiting for me, To grieve, to mourn and to pity. But the band played “Waltzing Matilda,” As they carried us down the gangway, But nobody cheered, they just stood and stared, Then they turned all their faces away. And so now every April, I sit on my porch And I watch the parade pass before me. And I see my old comrades, how proudly they march, Reviving old dreams of past glory, And the old men march slowly, all bones stiff and sore, They’re tired old heroes from a forgotten war And the young people ask “What are they marching for?” And I ask meself the same question. But the band plays “Waltzing Matilda,” And the old men still answer the call, But as year follows year, more old men disappear Someday, no one will march there at all. Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda. Who’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me? And their ghosts may be heard as they march by the billabong, Who’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda with me? ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2000, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-tear-your-heart-out-stomp-on-it-and-leave-it-weeping-in-the-dust/21306/50 "2000-06-05T12:08:52Z")
Devil, you probably know this, but “Nothing Compares 2 U” was written by none other than the artist formerly known as the Artist Formerly Known as Prince. Toni Braxton’s \*\* “Unbreak my Heart” \*\* makes me instantly melancholy. Ditto for Gordon Lightfoot’s \*\* Edmund Fitzgerald \*\* - Hey! No snickers from the peanut gallery! Bonnie Raitt’s \*\* “I Can’t Make You Love Me” \*\* about unrequited love is a crusher, too. Of course, it was written by former Bengal, Mike Reid, who knew all too well about unrequited dreams. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2000, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-tear-your-heart-out-stomp-on-it-and-leave-it-weeping-in-the-dust/21306/51 "2000-06-05T12:17:42Z")
This changes depending upon my mood of course but this one has gotten me recent: New Orleans, by Cowboy Mouth The Texas sun beats down upon me like the devil’s smile I’d rather be anywhere else, than here Was it a blinding lack of subtlety or just a lack of style Responding to the ways and means of fear Chorus: Take me back to New Orleans And drop me at my door Cause I might love you, yeah, but I love me more My fingernails are bitten til there’s nothing left but skin I’d rather be anyone else, right now the light that shone within my eyes is slowing growing dim She told me where, told me when, but never said how Chorus She Said, How can I make this unhappen I said, you cannot make this unhappen Choose before your choices fade away She Said, I could be home by tomorrow She Said, If I could beg, steal or borrow I said you’re there, you might as well stay The morning mist arises through another crack in the glass The lack of sleep has made me numb But sometimes when she sleeps, she’ll turn And she’ll whisper his name That cake must taste great but I’ll pass if you offer me some Chorus ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2000, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-tear-your-heart-out-stomp-on-it-and-leave-it-weeping-in-the-dust/21306/52 "2000-06-05T14:43:34Z")
**The Dance** Looking back On the memory of The dance we shared 'Neath the stars above, For a moment All the world was right, How could I have known That you’d ever say goodbye, And now I’m glad I didn’t know, The way it all would end The way it all would go, Our lives Are better left to chance I could have missed the pain, But I’d have had to miss The dance. Holding you I held everything For a moment Wasn’t I a king? But if I’d only known How the King would fall, Hey who’s to say? You know I might have chanced it all. And now I’m glad I didn’t know, The way it all would end The way it all would go, Our lives Are better left to chance I could have missed the pain, But I’d have had to miss The dance. Yes my life Is better left to chance. I could have missed the pain But I’d have had to miss the dance. -Garth Brooks **In a Week or Two** In a week or two I would have been ready. I would have known what to say. But I missed my chance. And the words I love you Came just a little too late. In a week or two I was gonna bring you diamonds In a week or two A long long string of pearls And we would have Run down to thr river at night Sailed away, just me and you In a week or two A little more time Was all I needed But somehow Fall became Spring If you put off today What you can do tomorrow Sometimes you don’t do a thing In a week or two I was gonna bring you diamonds In a week or two A long long string of pearls And we would have Run down to thr river at night Sailed away, just me and you In a week or two These words in my heart Never had a chance to be heard I’m telling you know For all that it’s worth In a week or two I was gonna bring you diamonds In a week or two A long long string of pearls And we would have Run down to thr river at night Sailed away, just me and you In a week or two -Diamond Rio **Seperate Lives** You called me from the room in your hotel All full of romance for someone that you met And telling me how sorry you were, leaving so soon And that you miss me sometimes when you’re alone in your room Do I feel lonely too? You have no right to ask me how I feel. You have no right to speak to me so kind. We can’t go on just holding on to time. Now that we’re living separate lives. Well I held on to let you go. And if you lost your love for me, well you never let it show. There was no way to compromise, So now we’re living (living)Separate lives. Ooh, it’s so typical, love leads to isolation. So you build that wall (build that wall) Yes, you build that wall (build that wall) And you make it stronger Well you have no right to ask me how I feel. You have no right to speak to me so kind. Some day I might (I might)… Find myself looking in your eyes. But for now, we’ll go on living separate lives. Yes for now, we’ll go on living separate lives… Separate lives -Phil Collins duet **Just When I Needed You Most** You packed in the morning I stared out the window and I struggled for something to say you left in the rain without closing the door I didn’t stand in your way. But I miss you more than I missed you before and now where I’ll find comfort, god knows 'cause you left me just when I needed you most left me just when I needed you most. Now most every morning I stare out the window and I think about where you might be I’ve written you letters that I’d like to send if you would just send one to me. (SOB!) 'Cause I need you more than I needed before and now where I’ll find comfort, god knows 'cause you left me just when I needed you most left me just when I needed you most. You packed in the morning I stared out the window and I struggled for something to say you left in the rain without closing the door I didn’t stand in your way. Now I love you more than I loved you before and now where I’ll find comfort, god knows 'cause you left me just when I needed you most oh yeah you left me just when I needed you most you left me just when I needed you most. - Randy VanWarmer ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2000, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-tear-your-heart-out-stomp-on-it-and-leave-it-weeping-in-the-dust/21306/53 "2000-06-05T14:43:36Z")
Great Gig in the Sky, by Pink floyd. This song gets me absolutely every time. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2000, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-tear-your-heart-out-stomp-on-it-and-leave-it-weeping-in-the-dust/21306/54 "2000-06-05T18:52:09Z")
Puff the Magic Dragon completely lays me out - His head was bent in sorrow, Green scales fell like rain, Puff no longer went to play Along the Cherry lane. Without his life long friend, Puff could not be brave, So Puff that mighty dragon Sadly slipped into his cave. ---
**Author:** ![Ptahlis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a8b319/32.png) [@Ptahlis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ptahlis)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2000, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-tear-your-heart-out-stomp-on-it-and-leave-it-weeping-in-the-dust/21306/55 "2000-06-05T19:27:19Z")
I have become maudlin and depressed reading this thread, so I’m going to do my part to pass that along to other unsuspecting readers. Some not yet mentioned: **Smoke Gets in Your Eyes** (Nat King Cole I think) They asked me how I knew My true love was true? I of course replied “Something here inside Cannot be denied” They said someday you’ll find All who love are blind When your heart’s on fire You must realize Smoke gets in your eyes So I chaffed them and I gaily laughed To think they could doubt my love Yet today, my love has flown away I am without my love Now laughing friends deride Tears I can not hide So I just smile and say “When a lovely flame dies Smoke gets in your eyes” Smoke gets in your eyes So I chaffed them and I gaily laughed To think they could doubt my love Yet today, my love has flown away I am without my love Without my love **Who’s That Man?** (Toby Keith) Turn left at the old Hotel I know this boulevard much too well It hasn’t changed since I been gone Oh, this used to be my way home They paved the road through the neighborhood I guess the county finally fixed good It was gettin rough Someone finally complained enough Fight the tears back with a smile Stop and look for a little while Oh it’s plain to see The only thing missing is me That’s my house & that’s my car That’s my dog in my back yard There’s the window to the room Where she lays her pretty head I planted that tree out by the fence Not long after we moved in That’s my kids and that’s my wife Who’s that man, running my life? If I pulled in would it cause a scene There not really expecting me Those kid’s have been through hell I hear they adjusted well Turn around in the neighbors’ drive I’d be hard to recognize In this pickup truck It’s just an old fixer up Drive away one more time Lot of things going through my mind I guess the less things change The more they never seem the same That’s my house & that’s my car That’s my dog in my back yard There’s the window to the room Where she lays her pretty head I planted that tree out by the fence Not long after we moved in That’s my kids and that’s my wife Who’s that man, running my life? ---
**Author:** ![Nacho4Sara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Nacho4Sara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nacho4Sara)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2000, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-tear-your-heart-out-stomp-on-it-and-leave-it-weeping-in-the-dust/21306/56 "2000-06-05T20:05:10Z")
I second “Amazing Grace” and “I Will Always Love You,” although I prefer the Whitney Houston version meself. Here’s another, **"Feel Like Home" by Bonnie Raitt** > [@](#): > > Something in you eyes makes me wanna lose myself > Makes me wanna lose myself in your arms. > Something in your voice makes my heart beat fast > Hope this feeling lasts for the rest of my life. > > If you knew how lonely my life has been > and how low I’ve felt for so long. > If you knew how I wanted someone to come along > and change my life the way you’ve done. > > Feels like home to me, feels like home to me. > Feels like I’m all the way back where I come from. > Feels like home to me, feels like home to me, > Feels like I’m all the way back where I belong. > > A window breaks down a long dark street > And a siren wails in the night. > But I’m all right, 'cause I have you here with me > And I can almost see through the dark there’s a light. > > If you knew how much this moment means to me > And how long I’ve waited for your touch. > If you knew how happy you are making me > I never thought I’d love anyone so much. > > Feels like home to me, feels like home to me. > Feels like I’m all the way back where I come from. > Feels like home to me, feels like home to me, > Feels like I’m all the way back where I belong. > Feels like I’m all the way back where I belong. This song is from the movie Michael (John Travolta as an angel and Andie McDowell). The opening is really beautiful and is starts just as th brokenhearted Andie falls for the other reporter and they go to her room. Makes me cry every time I hear it. Also, “Wicked Game” by Chris Isaak, “Thunder Road” by Bruce Springsteen, “Just Like A Woman” by Bob Dylan, and: “Pianoman” “She’s Got A Way” “She’s Always A Woman” “Vienna” “Leningrad” “Innocent Man” and the song that goes, “In every heart there is a home, a sanctuary safe and strong” by Billy Joel tear me up. ---
**Author:** ![cygnus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e0b2c6/32.png) [@cygnus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cygnus)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2000, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-tear-your-heart-out-stomp-on-it-and-leave-it-weeping-in-the-dust/21306/57 "2000-06-05T20:47:46Z")
Coldfire, I concur about your lines from “Telegraph Road”. I’ve heard that album and that particular song more times than I could even guess at, and it still makes me sit up and say in an awed mumble, “Damn, that Knopfler sure can write.” I try to avoid "best"s since it is so difficult to make arbitrary ratings of albums (or whatever) when each is so individual, but if I were forced to choose a favorite Straits album, “Love Over Gold” would have to be elected. The lyrics, the music, the production work, it all still impresses me every time I listen. [hijack] Am I the only one who hears the breaking glass (sounds like a light bulb to me) and footstep sounds during the soft musical passage in “Private Investigations”? I’ve tried to point it out to a couple of people and they just shrug, even though I go, “Here, right here, listen closely!” [end hijack] The list of powerful lyrics would be a long one indeed. How about Alana Davis’ “Love and Pride”, which happens to be on the cd that’s on my desk right now? It blew me away and brought me totally to tears the first time I heard it, and it still affects me deeply hundreds of listens later. “Mother Nature’s Son” from the Beatles’ White Album still moves me with its gentle, haunting sound and lyric. And Suzanne Vega’s “Calypso”: My name is Calypso, and I have lived alone I live on an island, and I waken to the dawn A long time ago, I watched him struggle with the sea I knew that he was drowning, and I brought him in to me Now today, come morning light He sails away after one last night I let him go My name is Calypso, my garden overflows Thick and wild and hidden is the sweetness there that grows My hair it blows long as I sing into the wind I tell of nights when I could taste the salt on his skin The salt of the waves, and of tears And though he pulled away, I kept him here for years Now I let him go My name is Calypso, I have let him go In the dawn, he sails away, to be gone forever more And the waves will take him in again But he’ll know their ways now I will stand upon the shore With a clean heart and my song in the wind The sand will sting my feet and the sky will burn It’s a lonely time ahead, I do not ask him to return I let him go, I let him go P.S. I agree that it’s too bad Dolly is made into such a parody. She’s not exactly my style, but she is not the clown people make her out to be. [confession] “Coat of Many Colors” made me cry in an auto parts store parking lot once. [even worse confession] “Fancy” (Reba, I believe) made me cry in the Dollar Store once. :rolleyes: Please forget immediately that I confessed to that. ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2000, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-tear-your-heart-out-stomp-on-it-and-leave-it-weeping-in-the-dust/21306/58 "2000-06-05T21:00:10Z")
Just a couple for now: (most are because they remind me of someone specific…) Spider crawling, on the wall I see him and he, sees it all… And he sees it all I fell down in that lazy place, Where the English language can’t penetrate and I saw your mouth moving just forget it and lie here with me Maybe we should just, climb in under the sheets Where the words they don’t get in the way We were wondering, if you recall Is this the end of it - end of everything Spider crawling in my left ear Has a message I want you to hear Hope you’re happy found what you’re looking for Do you miss me, miss me at all? Spider tells me, saw you yesterday With somebody new what can I say? Spider crawling, I crawl with him - We go everywhere, we see everything We are falling, we are falling, falling to nowhere Hope you’re happy found what you’re looking for Do you miss me, miss me at all? Spider crawling, spider crawling, spider crawling… ## Spider - Oingo Boingo She fed me strawberries and freezer-burned ice cream I said “Goodbye, I guess” She lifted up her dress and so I must confess, we made out one more time before I left for good She thought I’d come back but I wouldn’t want to seem like other guys A book-and-record love, we sat and read our books, between those longing looks, compounded by our fear, My tongue inside her ear, my tongue inside her in the basement of her mother’s house where she once taped the first three sides of Sandanista for my car. We were looking for ourselves and found each other In the Car it was rare to do much more than simply mess around In the Car It was mostly mutual masturbation And though we spoke of penetration I’d have to wait for someone else to try it out Once I had this dream where I slept with her mom A secret all along, unless I’ve got this wrong Unless she hears this song unless she hears it on a tape inside her car with her new husband and she turns to him and says “I think that’s me” In the Car We were looking for ourselves but found each other In the Car We groped for excuses not to be alone anymore In the Car We were waiting for our lives to start their endings In the Car We were never making love We were never making love We were never making love In The Car - Bare Naked Ladies * * * I see your eyes drifting, drifting I’m really not that naive You wear a smile but it’s drifting, drifting While I wear my heart on my sleeve I feel your coldness against my skin I know what follows the autumn wind And though you say your heart isn’t drifting, drifting The words simply don’t ring true You’re drifting and I’m losing you ## Drifting - Harry Connick Jr I said what you wanted to hear And what I wanted to say So I will take it back And all of the dishes intact? Let them be broken, broken It’s easy to be Easy and free When it doesn’t mean anything You remain selfless, cold and composed You’ve done me no favor To call and be nice Telling me I Can take anything I like You don’t owe me to be so polite You’ve done no wrong You’ve done no wrong Get out of my sight It’s easy to be Easy and free When it doesn’t mean anything To be selfless, cold and composed Come on baby, now throw me a right to the chin Don’t just stare like you never cared I know you did You just smiled like a bank teller Blankly telling me Have a nice life Come on baby now throw me a right to the chin Just one sign that could show me that you give a shit But you just smile politely And I grow weaker and I Said what you wanted to hear And what I wanted to say So I will take it back It’s easy to be Easy and free When it doesn’t mean anything It doesn’t mean anything You can take anything You can take anything You’re so selfless, cold, So selfless, cold, So selfless, cold, And composed Selfless, cold and composed - ben folds five ---
**Author:** ![Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2000, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-tear-your-heart-out-stomp-on-it-and-leave-it-weeping-in-the-dust/21306/59 "2000-06-05T23:15:00Z")
You say that we’re moving like a hot knife through molasses You say things are going way too fast for you. You say that we’re moving like a locomotive on a dead-end track Well do I look like a dead-end track to you? Is that what you think? Ch Is that what you think of me? Is that what you make of me? Is that what you really think of me? I sit down to talk with you and you say you don’t want to talk no more You tell me that you need some time and space to think You say that you’re feeling pushed and crowded by the space that we’re both in Well if I’ve been pushing why don’t you push me back? I am what you think I am what you feel I am the literal to your surreal I am what you love And I am what you hate I am everything that you think is real I call it “Codependent Rhapsody”. ---
**Author:** ![pLt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/eb9ed0/32.png) [@pLt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pLt)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2000, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-tear-your-heart-out-stomp-on-it-and-leave-it-weeping-in-the-dust/21306/60 "2000-06-05T23:56:23Z")
I thought of a couple of others … By the way DropZone … agreements about Eric Bogle, another good aussie war one is “I was only 19” by Redgum about the Vietnam war. That’s very sad too. Romeo and Juliet by Dire Straits Full of Grace by Sarah McLachlan (I still can’t hear that song without seeing Buffy kill Angel) Part of That World - Little Mermaid soundtrack (don’t mock!) Living Years - Mike and the Mechanics This used to be my playground (I always feel old after that song and I don’t think I’m classed as old yet unless you’re 8) I guess the list goes on, there are lots I can throw in … [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=2) [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=4)