Sad Lisa by Cat Stevens, one of my favourite Cat Stevens songs.
Lyrics:
She hangs her head and cries on my shirt.
She must be hurt very badly.
Tell me whats making you sadly?
Open your door, dont hide in the dark.
Youre lost in the dark, you can trust me.
cause you know thats how it must be.

Lisa lisa, sad lisa lisa.

Her eyes like windows, tricklin rain
Upon her pain getting deeper.
Though my love wants to relieve her.
She walks alone from wall to wall.
Lost in a hall, she cant hear me.
Though I know she likes to be near me.

Lisa lisa, sad lisa lisa.

She sits in a corner by the door.
There must be more I can tell her.
If she really wants me to help her.
Ill do what I can to show her the way.
And maybe one day I will free her.
Though I know no one can see her.

Lisa lisa, sad lisa lisa.

And Runaway Train by Soul Asylum, One of my all time favourite songs.
Lyrics:

Call you up in the middle of the night
Like a firefly without a light
You were there like a slow torch burning
I was a key that could use a little turning

So tired that I couldn't even sleep
So many secrets I couldn't keep
Promised myself I wouldn't weep
One more promise I couldn't keep

It seems no one can help me now
I'm in too deep
There's no way out
This time I have really led myself astray

CHORUS
Runaway train never going back
Wrong way on a one way track
Seems like I should be getting somewhere
Somehow I'm neither here no there

Can you help me remember how to smile
Make it somehow all seem worthwhile
How on earth did I get so jaded
Life's mystery seems so faded

I can go where no one else can go
I know what no one else knows
Here I am just drownin' in the rain
With a ticket for a runaway train

Everything is cut and dry
Day and night, earth and sky
Somehow I just don't believe it

CHORUS

Bought a ticket for a runaway train
Like a madman laughin' at the rain
Little out of touch, little insane
Just easier than dealing with the pain

Runaway train never comin' back
Runaway train tearin' up the track
Runaway train burnin' in my veins
Runaway but it always seems the same

Quite a few of the songs of Naomi Shemer, a prolific Israeli songwriter and icon of the past century. Many of her songs are loaded with an evocative poignancy that express so well the pain and joys of living in the Holy Land. The songs are in Hebrew of course but the lyrics, though beautiful, are not necessary to catch the mood. Guaranteed to make an old expatriat Israeli instantly nostalgic. Someone sent a copy of 'Hurshat HaEucalyptus', 'The Eucalyptus grove' to my facebook, omw I was teary eyed in a minute.

The song that really brings on the tears is a song sung by Trace Adkins (the country western singer who should have won The Celebrity Apprentice). the song is called "Arlington" about a soldier who has been killed in the war and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery where his grandfather also rests. I just heard it again tonight while driving my car - the words and the music are haunting.

The other song is Elton John's "Goodbye England's Rose" version of "Candle in the Wind." But of course that one is not played on the radio - it was a one time version. But it brings back memories of Princess Diana and her children.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=-Xrx9snwpLk

Every time I watch this video, I tear up. It's been 3 and a half year since Dimes was taken from us, and it still hurts.

I was just thinking about Dimebag last night. Such a sad thing.

Isn't is absolutely amazing that folks have different likes and dislikes in music? Nevertheless, it is not your right to poke fun at others simply because you do not happen to agree!

dfc4385, if you're speaking about me, I wasn't poking fun! I was listening to Pantera on my iPod last night and got to thinking about how Dimebag died. Period. If you have ready any posts by me, you'll find that I like all kinds of music but metal, especially industrial (i.e., Rammstein), is my favorite.

I think he was talking about MCRismyLIFE's hick crack. There was nothing wrong with your post Clara.

Thanks Anton , but after re-reading my original post, it DOES appear that I'm being facetious. Believe me when I say I wasn't. AND, after reading your profile page, we have more than music in common. As I write this, I am watching World Poker Tour on TV while also playing online.

Small world isnt it lol so am i. However, I gave up internet poker. I couldnt handle all the all-ins pre-flop.

Anton, sending PM to you.

"Flowers in the windows" by Travis, because is one of the first songs that I listened to with my girlfriend.

Years ago, while watching the AKC Westminster Dog Show on TV, a commercial was played continuously showing dogs in cages waiting to be adopted at a shelter. The song that was played was "I Want To Know What Love Is" by Foreigner. To this day, everytime I hear that song I think of those pitiful faces looking out between the bars and I cry.

Reviving this...it's been a while.

Puff the Magic Dragon has always made me feel sad/teary. I'm not really sure why - when I was younger I thought the guy had died, but now it is just a sad loss of childhood

"And the band played Waltzing Matilda" will get me looking for a tissue every time.. and "I was only 19" isn't much better.

I've managed to read through the entire lot of these. Some songs I know well and can relate, others I have no idea about. I guess that's a good thing if you're a music freak like me ... plenty of time to investigate and try to understand their relevance.
The one that always reduces me to tears is by Wendy Matthews, 'The Day You Went Away.' I think it's one you need to listen to to get the gist of though.

Hey, does it ever make you wonder what's on my mind
I, I was only ever running to your side
I never cried, I just watched my life go by
It's just a pack of lies,
'cause you're leaving me behind
Why, after this long is there nothing
I'll keep, oh, I can shout
you'll pretend you're falling asleep
I live a lie, yeah, believing that you're mine
It's just a waste of time
'cause you're leaving me behind

Hey, there's not a cloud in the sky
It's as blue as your goodbye
and I thought it would rain
on a day like today
Hey, there's not a cloud in sight
it's as blue as your blue goodbye
and I thought it would rain
the day you went away

Hardly any that make me cry but one that gets me every time is Flipsyde's "Happy Birthday" - combination of song/video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2DxJW6ytSs

Christmas Shoes - Newsong
Hell is for Children - Pat Benetar
Making memories of Us - Keith Urban
I am already there - Lonestar

This Is Not Goodbye by Melissa Etheridge

Bravely you let go of my hand
I can't speak yet you understand
Where I go now I go alone
This path I walk these days of stone

And the angels are calling

[Chorus:]
I must go away
Wait for me here
Silently stay
And don't ask me why
Only believe
This is not good bye

All of my strength all my desire
Still cannot melt this breath of fire
I go to meet some kind of test
Bury the truth that scars my chest
And the angels are calling and calling

[Chorus]

I gathered all my courage
I shaved off all my fear
With this banner on my shoulder
I hold your essence near

And the angels are calling and calling and calling

I believe she wrote this when she had cancer

I was watching a Beatles documentary one night and Paul McCartney starting playing "Let it Be" and I wept! It was a stressful time in my life, but a great realization of just simply letting it be. Got it tattooed on my arm after that.

And when the broken-hearted people living in the world agree,
there will be an answer, let it be.
For though they may be parted, there is still a chance that they will see,
there will be an answer: let it be.

Kev Carmody / Paul Kelly:
Gather round people let me tell you a story
An eight year long story of power and pride
British Lord Vestey and Vincent Lingiarri
Were opposite men on opposite sides
Vestey was fat with money and muscle
Beef was his business, broad was his door
Vincent was lean and spoke very little
He had no bank balance, hard dirt was his floor
From little things big things grow
From little things big things grow
Gurindji were working for nothing but rations
Where once they had gathered the wealth of the land
Daily the pressure got tighter and tighter
Gurindju decided they must make a stand
They picked up their swags and started off walking
At Wattie Creek they sat themselves down
Now it don't sound like much but it sure got tongues talking
Back at the homestead and then in the town
From little things big things grow
From little things big things grow
Vestey man said I'll double your wages
Seven quid a week you'll have in your hand
Vincent said uhuh we're not talking about wages
We're sitting right here till we get our land
Vestey man roared and Vestey man thundered
You don't stand the chance of a cinder in snow
Vince said if we fall others are rising
From little things big things grow
From little things big things grow
Then Vincent Lingiarri boarded an aeroplane
Landed in Sydney, big city of lights
And daily he went round softly speaking his story
To all kinds of men from all walks of life
And Vincent sat down with big politicians
This affair they told him is a matter of state
Let us sort it out, your people are hungry
Vincent said no thanks, we know how to wait
From little things big things grow
From little things big things grow
Then Vincent Lingiarri returned in an aeroplane
Back to his country once more to sit down
And he told his people let the stars keep on turning
We have friends in the south, in the cities and towns
Eight years went by, eight long years of waiting
Till one day a tall stranger appeared in the land
And he came with lawyers and he came with great ceremony
And through Vincent's fingers poured a handful of sand
From little things big things grow
From little things big things grow
That was the story of Vincent Lingairri
But this is the story of something much more
How power and privilege can not move a people
Who know where they stand and stand in the law
From little things big things grow
From little things big things grow
From little things big things grow
From little things big things grow

First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

The first time ever I saw your face
I thought the sun rose in your eyes
And the moon and stars were the gifts you gave
To the dark and the empty skies, my love,
To the dark and the empty skies.

The first time ever I kissed your mouth
And felt your heart beat close to mine
Like the trembling heart of a captive bird
That was there at my command, my love
That was there at my command.

And the first time ever I lay with you
I felt your heart so close to mine
And I knew our joy would fill the earth
And last till the end of time my love
It would last till the end of time my love

The first time ever I saw your face, your face,
your face, your face


So, so beautiful for just a fleeting moment.

i cried when i first heard marian anderson sing mahler's kindertotenlieder.
still do when just about anybody sings it.
want to hear it i prefer two singers von otter and ferrier.
let me know how you like them and the music.
i know classical music is not much popular now days but to me it is the most beautiful music of all.
after all i did name my team in part for it.

hi all
this is not to say that other forms of music have not have had their impact on me.
i, too, get caught when i hear waltzing matilda.
a woman named sun taught me to love "i want to know what love is" by foreigner.
yesterday by the beatles gets me as well.
a whitney houston song (sorry since my last strokes and heart attacks don't remember so well or so fast) can't quite remember the name--apologies.