# Songs that make you cry **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 31, 1999, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-cry/7870 "1999-08-31T02:44:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![silent\_rob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@silent\_rob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silent_rob)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2000, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-cry/7870/101 "2000-08-20T07:51:20Z")
Okay, there’s a few: _When I Fall_ by **Barenaked Ladies** can make me cry. _Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?_ by **Moby** as well, though they are two of my favourite songs. _Last Kiss_, the original, used to because it was my lullabye sung by my dad when I was little. Always made me sad. Another one, though I don’t hear it too often, is the song the Spud sings after Tommy dies in _Trainspotting_. You know, “Do you think I would leave you crying, when there’s room on my horse for two?” I don’t know where it comes from or who it’s originally by, but I find myself singing it, and I get a little misty eyed. ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2000, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-cry/7870/102 "2000-08-20T08:03:56Z")
My number one misty-eyed song is Friends by the Hawaiian group Na Leo Pilimehana. It’s about unconditional friendship and separation and it’s a guaranteed tear-jerker around graduation time in Hawaii, let me tell ya. And, based on my own long-distance relationship problems, both Say You’ll Stay by Kai(?) and I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing make me blink tears back real fast, lest I resemble a blubbering fool (any more so than usual)… ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2000, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-cry/7870/103 "2000-08-21T22:36:48Z")
“With Pen in Hand”–Vikki Carr. I think _she_ almost cries near the end. “Tucumcari”–Jimmie Rodgers “Last Farewell”–Roger Whittaker “500 Miles Away from Home”–artist unknown. Our family used to joke about this song in the 60s; we pictured a traveler going in a circle and always being “500 miles away from home.” In recent years I saw the sheet music; the lyrics told about someone who really missed his family–and I didn’t laugh about it anymore. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2000, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-cry/7870/104 "2000-08-21T22:56:59Z")
How about Pink Floyd, “When the Tiger Broke Free”. Wow! I also discovered (today at work when I heard it on our Musak system). “You’ve Got a Friend In Me” from the Toy Story movies. My closest friend (more like a mom) moved away in Feb, and we saw both movies together. I heard it today and went instantly into tears. Talk about unexpected! Zette ---
**Author:** ![Dawg144](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@Dawg144](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dawg144)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2000, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-cry/7870/105 "2000-08-21T23:09:22Z")
This womans work- kate Bush Wild Horses- Sundays version of Stones song. ---
**Author:** ![poohpah\_chalupa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/91b2a8/32.png) [@poohpah\_chalupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poohpah_chalupa)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2000, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-cry/7870/106 "2000-08-22T01:35:58Z")
**Living in Shame** -the Supremes. If this one don’t tear ya up, I could crack an egg on yer heart if ya had one, man. **Center of Your Will** -Twyla Paris. **Where You Are** -Gypsy Soul. **Talk to Me** -Gypsy Soul. **I Will Always Love You** -Dolly Parton, _fer crissakes,_ not Whitney! > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mikehardware \* > \*\*I’m a bit surprised no one has mentioned “Butterfly Kisses” by Bob Carlisle yet. Just thinking about my little girl growing up so fast always gets me. \*\* …I had to actually pull off the road when I heard this one. ---
**Author:** ![Junior\_Spaceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Junior\_Spaceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Junior_Spaceman)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2000, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-cry/7870/107 "2000-08-22T02:07:04Z")
Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris - In My Hour of Darkness - there’s three verses about different people fading away/dying, with an amazing chorus about trying to find the strength to put up with knowing about all the things that go wrong in people’s lives. HenrySpencer ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2000, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-cry/7870/108 "2000-08-22T02:19:27Z")
O Fortuna ---
**Author:** ![smw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@smw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smw)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2000, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-cry/7870/109 "2000-08-22T19:37:34Z")
Yes Anastasia - Tori Amos Spark - Tori Amos The Greatest Discovery - Elton John (crying for a different reason) ---
**Author:** ![SoMoMom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@SoMoMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoMoMom)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2000, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-cry/7870/110 "2000-08-22T21:13:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Heath Doolin \* > **Every Breath You Take by the Police** 😕 Do you know that song is about stalking? ---
**Author:** ![AETBOND417](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@AETBOND417](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AETBOND417)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-cry/7870/111 "2000-08-23T00:45:47Z")
\*My Hero - Foo Fighters. Not super sad. \*Wonderful - Everclear. My parents aren’t divorced, but if they were, this would make me more sad. \*Layla - Derek and the Dominoes. \*Hey Jude - Beatles. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-cry/7870/112 "2000-08-23T03:20:55Z")
Because it hits so close to home, **Lightning Crashes** by Live. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalMuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@DigitalMuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalMuse)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-cry/7870/113 "2000-08-23T03:26:54Z")
Love Song for a Svaior Much Afraid Worlds Aparts -all by Jars of Clay Before I Go-Unwritten Law Tears in Heaven-Eric Clapton Adam’s Song-Blink 182 Carolina in My Mind-James Taylor “Lovesong”-The Cure “Blashphemous Rumours”-Depeche Mode “If you want to sing out, sing out”-Cat Stevens All I can think off for now. (I’m very emotional in case you haven’t noticed) ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-cry/7870/114 "2000-08-24T04:29:22Z")
When Toy Story 2 was first released, someone here said she “almost” cried during “When She Loved Me” by Sarah MacLaughlan. **Almost**? When she sang it on the Oscar broadcast, I had to hold my Cartman doll very tight and think about all the horrible things he’s done and said so I wouldn’t lose it. (I let Cartman stay up to see if South Park would win best song.) ---
**Author:** ![LisaRx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/77aa72/32.png) [@LisaRx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LisaRx)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-cry/7870/115 "2000-08-24T05:08:26Z")
I agree with “Time in a Bottle”–especially knowing how Jim’s story ended. Here are a few other sappy ones: I Guess That’s Why they Call it the Blues-- Elton John All Out of Love-- Air Supply (Cheesy as it is…) Into the Mystic (Though I don’t really know why) ---
**Author:** ![mega\_the\_roo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@mega\_the\_roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mega_the_roo)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-cry/7870/116 "2000-08-24T07:18:35Z")
**Second to One** by Sarah Stefanson. ---
**Author:** ![honkytonkwillie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@honkytonkwillie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/honkytonkwillie)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-cry/7870/117 "2000-08-24T08:27:30Z")
Eruption. Eddie Van Halen. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rilchiam \* > \*\*…I had to hold my Cartman doll very tight… \*\* What is a Cartman doll? ---
**Author:** ![SoMoMom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@SoMoMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoMoMom)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-cry/7870/118 "2000-08-24T19:33:13Z")
Eric Cartman on South Park? I have another one I guess. Today, I was listening to **Shelter** by **Cheap Trick** and I just started bawling. My 2yo tried to get me to call my mommy. LOL ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2000, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-cry/7870/119 "2000-08-25T03:15:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by honkytonkwillie \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Rilchiam \* > > \*\*…I had to hold my Cartman doll very tight… \*\* > > What is a Cartman doll? \*\* Yes, Eric Cartman from South Park. Short, fat and mean. I also have Stan, Kyle and Kenny. Kenny, of course, gets thrown around and kicked regularly. ---
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2000, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-cry/7870/120 "2000-08-25T05:11:28Z")
Songs that make me cry: Take a Look at Me Now"–Phil Collins “Knocking on Heaven’s Door”–the Bob Dylan version, **not** the Eric clapton one. “Kiss and Say Goodbye”–The Manhattans [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-cry/7870.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-cry/7870.md?page=7)