# Songs that make you cry **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 5, 2005, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-cry/320208 "2005-09-05T15:47:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-cry/320208/61 "2005-09-06T15:44:12Z")
Loreena McKennitt, “Skellig” Dan Fogelberg, “Run for the Roses” C. W. McCall, “Roses for Mama” Alan Parsons Project, “The Same Old Sun” Billy Joel, “And So It Goes” and “Lullaby” Rush, “Losing It” ---
**Author:** ![Feydeau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Feydeau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feydeau)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-cry/320208/62 "2005-09-06T16:16:23Z")
Well, I had forgotten about C.W. McCall. He did a song that I can’t recall the name of, which does bring me to tears. Unless I am confusing that unnamed song with “Teddy Bear” by Red Sovine. Which is entirely possible, they both were about truckers. That wasn’t overly clear, was it? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-cry/320208/63 "2005-09-06T16:27:25Z")
Imagine - John Lennon. The irony gets me in the gut every time. Anyone else know of “Old and Wise” by The Alan Parson’s Project, Eye in the Sky album? “And someday in the mist of time When they asked me if I knew you I’d smile and say you were a friend of mine And the sadness would be lifted from my eyes When I’m old and wise” And on a similar vein, Old Friends by Simon and Garfunkle… ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-cry/320208/64 "2005-09-06T16:36:19Z")
Right now, anything by the Neville Brothers. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-cry/320208/65 "2005-09-06T16:48:23Z")
> [@winterhawk11](#): > > C. W. McCall, “Roses for Mama” Seeing this made me realize that I completely forgot the song “Mama, A Rainbow” from the show _Minnie’s Boys_. Another one that I can hear but not sing without crying, about a young man who is broke and can’t afford to buy his mother a birthday present. The first few verses are about things that aren’t big or good enough for her (a rainbow, a sunrise, a palace), and I get through those ok, but I lose it at the end every time: What can I give you That I can give you What will your present be? Mama, young and beautiful Always young and beautiful That’s the mama I’ll always see That’s for mama, with love, from me Hell, just typing the words has me tearing up! (And you should see my mom when I sing it to her. ;)) ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-cry/320208/66 "2005-09-06T17:23:29Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Anyone else know of “Old and Wise” by The Alan Parson’s Project, Eye in the Sky album? > > “And someday in the mist of time > When they asked me if I knew you > I’d smile and say you were a friend of mine > And the sadness would be lifted from my eyes > When I’m old and wise” I’ve requested for that & “Nights in White Satin” by the Moody Blues to be played at my funeral. (which isn’t an immediate concern but when it happens years & years from now, I want those played) ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-cry/320208/67 "2005-09-06T17:42:25Z")
Angels in Waiting by Tammy Cochran. A country song about a girl whose 2 brothers are dying a slow and painful death. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-cry/320208/68 "2005-09-06T17:56:54Z")
“One Tin Soldier” + Kythereia = big melting puddle of tears and sobbing. Seriously. ---
**Author:** ![Feydeau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Feydeau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feydeau)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-cry/320208/69 "2005-09-06T18:03:09Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > I’ve requested for that & “Nights in White Satin” by the Moody Blues to be played at my funeral. > > (which isn’t an immediate concern but when it happens years & years from now, I want those played) Hopefully, you’ve told someone besides us. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-cry/320208/70 "2005-09-06T18:17:05Z")
**Watching Scotty Grow** **Honey** : _See the tree How big it’s grown…_ - Bobby Goldsboro ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-cry/320208/71 "2005-09-06T18:57:20Z")
Gene Autry singing _The Last Round-Up._ ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-cry/320208/72 "2005-09-06T19:01:22Z")
At Last (my love has come along!) Etta James ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-cry/320208/73 "2005-09-06T20:08:05Z")
> [@AlbertRose](#): > > New Order’s _Temptation_ is a spiritually cleansing, redemptive song, which can make me tear up if it gets me at the right time. [Here](http://www.lyricsdepot.com/new-order/temptation.html) are the lyrics (sorry about the pop-ups). The sound does it more than the lyrics, but there you are. Lots of emotional ties to this song. Have you heard the Moby version (with Laura Dawn vocals)? I think it’s gorgeous. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-cry/320208/74 "2005-09-06T23:25:38Z")
**Feydeau,** are you thinking of “Convoy,” perhaps? Complete WAG. ---
**Author:** ![Carm6773](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2bfe46/32.png) [@Carm6773](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carm6773)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-cry/320208/75 "2005-09-06T23:39:18Z")
_The Little Girl_ by John Michael Montgomery gets me every time, so does _Concrete Angel_ by Martina McBride. ---
**Author:** ![Feydeau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Feydeau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feydeau)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-cry/320208/76 "2005-09-07T06:34:39Z")
> [@Harimad-sol](#): > > **Feydeau,** are you thinking of “Convoy,” perhaps? Complete WAG. Nope. The one I’m thinking of had something to do with a ghost trucker – “Phantom 309” (or some similar numbers – I think it was a 3-digit number…) – it’s just that seeing McCall’s name made me remember trucker songs, which led to “Teddy Bear” which led to this song that I can’t fully recall. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-cry/320208/77 "2005-09-07T06:54:05Z")
I guess I’m the only one to notice obscure songs from movies that weren’t hits. “Love Lives On” from Harry and the Hendersons; “Dance With Life” from Phenomenon; “COLE’S SONG” from Mr. Holland’s Opus The last song especially, which is sung and cowritten by Julian Lennon and seems to be a tribute to his father John. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-cry/320208/78 "2005-09-07T07:05:44Z")
> [@Feydeau](#): > > Nope. The one I’m thinking of had something to do with a ghost trucker – “Phantom 309” (or some similar numbers – I think it was a 3-digit number…) – it’s just that seeing McCall’s name made me remember trucker songs, which led to “Teddy Bear” which led to this song that I can’t fully recall. It’s a Red Sovine song, Phantom 309. [Warning - pop ups. Even if Firefox, dammit.] > **[Phantom 309 Chords - Red Sovine - Cowboy Lyrics](https://www.cowboylyrics.com/tabs/sovine-red/phantom-309-1890.html)** > > Red Sovine - Phantom 309 Chords, Tabs, Tablatures for Guitar. + Red Sovine song lyrics . ringtone . MP3 > [@](#): > > I was out on the West Coast, tryin’ to make a buck > And things didn’t work out, I was down on my luck > Got tired a-roamin’ and bummin’ around > So I started thumbin’ back East, toward my home town. > > Made a lot of miles, the first two days > And I figured I’d be home in week, if my luck held out this way > But, the third night I got stranded, way out of town > At a cold, lonely crossroads, rain was pourin’ down. > > I was hungry and freezin’, done caught a chill > When the lights of a big semi topped the hill > Lord, I sure was glad to hear them air brakes come on > And I climbed in that cab, where I knew it’d be warm. > > At the wheel sit a big man, he weighed about two-ten > He stuck out his hand and said with a grin > “Big Joe’s the name”, I told him mine > And he said: “The name of my rig is Phantom 309.” ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-cry/320208/79 "2005-09-07T07:08:17Z")
I’m not a big Neil Diamond fan, but I always cry when I hear “The Story of My Life” and “America”. ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-cry/320208/80 "2005-09-07T07:39:21Z")
I once burst into tears over Black Sabbath’s “Electric Funereal” It’s not exactly a sad song, but I’d been thinking about my ex, who’d passed away. (We’d stayed good friends.) Hearing that song reminded me of the time we got into a song war at our favorite greasy spoon - him playing “Rock Island Line” by Johnny Cash and me with Sabbath. The owner finally pulled the plug on the jukebox after about the sixth play each. We were laughing our butts off. So, hearing that song… ☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-cry/320208.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-cry/320208.md?page=5)