# Songs that make you cry

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**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")\
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**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 1999, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-cry/7870/41 "1999-09-04T16:26:00Z")

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I forgot two:  
Leader of the Band by Dan Fogelberg (which my husband played on guitar and sang at his dad’s funeral- AAACK!)

and Run for the Roses by Dan Fogelberg. Very moving…

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An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity; A pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity.

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