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scaramoucheTue Jun-10-03 10:59 PM
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"What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"


  

          

Here are a few songs I think are sad.

“I Dreamed a Dream”, Les Miserables
It’s a song about young love, and when she became old her lover left her. There is also a bit of ode to the joys of youth and how it would be great to be young again.

“Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again”, The Phantom Of The Opera
This is a song about a women’s dead dad. How she would like his guidance again in her troubled times, and that a cemetery is to cold a place for such a warm man.

“Broken Wings”, Chris de Burgh
This is about him cheating on his wife because he was away and lonely. Despite this it’s got quite a good sentiment to it.

“In Dreams”, Roy Orbison (this is also song by a lot of others)
It’s about dreaming about a lover, and in Roy’s case his late wife who had died.

Guns don't kill people. Husbands who come home early kill people.

  

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MrManTue Jun-10-03 11:29 PM
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#1. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
In response to scaramouche (Reply # 0)
Tue Jun-10-03 11:31 PM by MrMan

  

          

Many of the poems that Shostakovich's 13th and 14th symphonies are based on are pretty depressing. Personally, I think Shostakovich 13th is the greatest work of art to come out of Soviet Russia in terms of cultural and artistic value. Still, the 14th wins as the most depressing, as it lacks the bittersweet irony and gleams of hope that appear in the 13th. Here's an excerpt from that symphony:

English translation by Joan Pemberton Smith








7. A la Santé

Guillaume Apollinaire

Transl.: M. Kudinov

V Tyur'me Sante



Menya razdeli dogola,

kogda vveli v tyur'mu;

sud'boy srazhon iz-za ugla,

nizvergnut ya vo t'mu.




Proshchay, veyoliiy chorovod,

proshchay, devichiy smekh.

Zdes' nado mnoy mogil'niiy svod,

zdes' umer ya dlya vsekh.



Net, ya ne tot, sovsem ne tot,

chto prezhde.

Teper'ya arestant, i vot

konec nadezhde.




V kakoy-to yame, kak medved',

khozu vperyod - nazad.

A nebo! Luchshe ne smotret'.

Ya nebu zdes' ne rad.

V kayoy-to yame, kak medved',

khozhu vperyod - nazad.



Za chto tii pechal mne etu prinyos?

Skazhi, vsemogushchiy bozhe.


O szhal'sya, szhal'sya!

V glazakh moikh netu slyoz,

na masku lico pokozhe.



Ti vidish, skol'ko neschastniikh serdec

pod svodom tyuremniim b'yotsya!

Sorvi zhe s menya ternoviiy venec,

ne to on mne v mozg vop'yotsya!



Den' konchilsya. Lampa nad golovoyu


gorit, okruzhonnaya t'moy.

Vsyo tikho. Nas v kamere tol'ko dvoye:

ya i rassudok moy.

At the Santé Jail



They stripped me naked,

when they brought me into prison;

struck down by fate coming round the corner,


I am hurled headlong into darkness.



Farewell, merry dance,

farewell, maiden's laughter.

Here above me is the vault of the grave,

here I died for everyone.



No, I am not the same, not at all the same,

as before.

Now I am a prisoner, and here


is the end of hope.



In a kind of pit, like a bear,

I pace up and down.

And the sky! It is better not to look.

The sky affords me not delight.

In a kind of pit, like a bear,

I pace up and down.



Why have you brought me this sorrow?


Tell me, almighty God.

Oh, have pity, have pity!

In my eyes there are no tears,

my face is like a mask.



You see how many unhappy hearts

beat under the prison's vault!

Take from me the crown of thorns,

lest it pierce my brain!




The day has ended. The lamp over my head

burns, surrounded by darkness.

All is quiet. In the cell there are only two of us:

Myself and my reason.

  

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gowenWed Jun-11-03 12:33 AM
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#2. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
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my all time tear-jerker is; Born to Lose, by Ray Charles.

Born to lose
I've lived my life in vaque
Every Dream I dream has only brought me pain
All my life, I've always been so blue
Born to lose, and now im losing you

Born to lose,
It seemed so hard to bare
How I longed to always have you near
You've grown tired, an now you say we're through
Born to lose, and now im losing you

Born to lose
I've live my life in vaque
Every dream I dream has only brough me pain
All my life, i've always been so blue
Born to lose, and now im losing you
Born to lose, and now im losing yo

  

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KJTWed Jun-11-03 12:40 AM
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#3. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
In response to gowen (Reply # 2)
Wed Jun-11-03 12:42 AM by KJT

  

          

Typo alert: Substitute "vain" for "vaque", whatever "vaque" is. And "bear" for "bare"

Hank Williams singing "I'm so lonesome I could cry" is pretty sad.

Jim.

  

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gowenWed Jun-11-03 01:08 AM
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#5. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
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KJT; I typed the lyrics off of song lyrics site and they used the words vaque and bare.
So there, their, they're. lol:rtfm:

  

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KJTWed Jun-11-03 01:52 AM
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#12. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
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If you'll double check your source, you'll see it's "Born to Lose Lyrics by Leann Rimes". She's certainly taken liberties with the lyrics - I still don't know what "vaque" is, nor how to rhyme it with "pain". And, she doesn't look anything like Ray Charles.

Jim.

  

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martiWed Jun-11-03 02:29 AM
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#21. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
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>Hank Williams singing "I'm so lonesome I could cry" is pretty
>sad.


I think that Hank wrote two or three happy songs, the rest were very sad.

I'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY -- Hank Williams

Hear that lonesome whippoorwill
He sounds too blue to fly
The midnight train is whining low
I'm so lonesome I could cry

I've never seen a night so long
When time goes crawling by
The moon just went behind a cloud
To hide its face and cry

Did you ever see a robin weep?
When leaves begin to die
That means he's lost the will to live
I'm so lonesome I could cry

The silence of a falling star
Lights up a purple sky
And as I wonder where you are
I'm so lonesome I could cry

*****My favorite sad Hank song:

YOUR CHEATIN' HEART

Your cheatin heart,
Will make you weep,
You'll cry and cry,
And try to sleep,
But sleep wont come,
The whole night through,
Your cheatin heart, will tell on you...

When tears come down,
Like falling rain,
You'll toss around,
And call my name,
You'll walk the floor,
The way i do,
Your cheatin heart, will tell on you...

Your cheatin heart,
Will pine some day,
And crave the love,
You threw away,
The time will come,
When you'll be blue,
Your cheatin heart, will tell on you...

When tears come down,
Like falling rain,
You'll toss around,
And call my name,
You'll walk the floor,
The way i do,
Your cheatin heart, will tell on you...

marti

  

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ShellyWed Jun-11-03 12:43 AM
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#4. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
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High on my list would be Danny Boy:

Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling
From glen to glen, and down the mountain side
The summer's gone, and all the flowers are dying
'Tis you, 'tis you must go and I must bide.
But come ye back when summer's in the meadow
Or when the valley's hushed and white with snow
'Tis I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow
Oh Danny boy, oh Danny boy, I love you so.

And if you come, when all the flowers are dying
And I am dead, as dead I well may be
You'll come and find the place where I am lying
And kneel and say an "Ave" there for me.

And I shall hear, tho' soft you tread above me
And all my dreams will warm and sweeter be
If you'll not fail to tell me that you love me
I'll simply sleep in peace until you come to me.

I'll simply sleep in peace until you come to me.


And September Song:

Oh, it's a long, long while from May to December
But the days grow short when you reach September
When the autumn weather turns the leaves to flame
One hasn't got time for the waiting game

Oh, the days dwindle down to a precious few
September, November
And these few precious days I'll spend with you
These precious days I'll spend with you


Shelly

  

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#6. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
In response to scaramouche (Reply # 0)


  

          

No classical entries here.. Just a few selections from what I listen to on a day to day basis.

Depeche Mode - Agent Orange from "Music For The Masses"

Depeche Mode - Sister of Night from "Ultra"

Erasure - The Hardest Part from "Crackers International"

Erasure - "Erasure (The Black Album)" (the entire album)

Erasure - Crown of Thorns from "Wild"

Live - Turn My Head from "Secret Samahdi"

Pet Shop Boys - To Speak is a Sin from "Very"

Pink Floyd - Is There Anybody Out There? from "The Wall"

Pink Floyd - Nobody Home from "The Wall"

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here from "Wish You Were Here"

Alice In Chains - Frogs from "Alice In Chains"

Sarah McLachlan - Angel from "Surfacing"

Toad The Wet Sprocket - Pray Your Gods from "Fear"

Counting Crows - Anna Begins from "August and Everything After"

Depeche Mode - Pimpf from "Music For The Masses"










  

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BernardWed Jun-11-03 01:20 AM
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#7. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
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I vote for Beatles - In My Life

There are places I'll remember
All my life though some have changed
Some forever not for better
Some have gone and some remain
All these places have their moments
With lovers and friends I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life I've loved them all

But of all these friends and lovers
There is no one compares with you
And these memories lose their meaning
When I think of love as something new
Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more

Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more
In my life I love you more

  

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Bob GWed Jun-11-03 04:10 AM
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#24. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
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One of my all time favorite songs, Bernard.

  

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#26. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
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It's one of my favorite songs, too. But I would never have placed it in a "Saddest Songs" list. The lyrics are far from sad to me.

Jim.

  

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Bob GSun Jun-15-03 05:05 AM
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#67. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
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The lyrics are far from sad to me.

Maybe, maybe not. But if you're in just the wrong mood, it can be excruciatingly sad to hear John sing them.

  

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#8. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
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Elvis Presley....Softly.

The song is about a man in a hospital bed who 'feels' himself start to die. His wife, sitting in a chair beside the bed has dozed off to sleep. The man wants to 'leave' without her being aware that it is happening:

Softly
I will leave you
Softly
For my heart would break
If you should wake
And see me go
So i leave you
Softly
Long before you miss me
Long before your arms
Can beg me stay
For one more hour
Or one more day
After all the years
I can't bear the tears
To fall
So softly
As i leave you there
Softly
Long before you kiss me
Long before your arms
Can beg me stay
For one more hour
Of one more day
After all the years
I can't bear the tears
To fall
So softly
As i leave you there
As i leave you there
As i leave you there

  

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#9. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
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>Elvis Presley....Softly.
>
>The song is about a man in a hospital bed who 'feels' himself
>start to die. His wife, sitting in a chair beside the bed has
>dozed off to sleep. The man wants to 'leave' without her
>being aware that it is happening:
>

Oh my God! and I always thought it was about that girl I left waiting for me in a Holiday Inn.

  

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#10. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
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Desolation Row -- Bob Dylan

They're selling postcards of the hanging
They're painting the passports brown
The beauty parlor is filled with sailors
The circus is in town
Here comes the blind commissioner
They've got him in a trance
One hand is tied to the tight-rope walker
The other is in his pants
And the riot squad they're restless
They need somewhere to go
As Lady and I look out tonight
From Desolation Row

Cinderella, she seems so easy
"It takes one to know one," she smiles
And puts her hands in her back pockets
Bette Davis style
And in comes Romeo, he's moaning
"You Belong to Me I Believe"
And someone says," You're in the wrong place, my friend
You better leave"
And the only sound that's left
After the ambulances go
Is Cinderella sweeping up
On Desolation Row

Now the moon is almost hidden
The stars are beginning to hide
The fortunetelling lady
Has even taken all her things inside
All except for Cain and Abel
And the hunchback of Notre Dame
Everybody is making love
Or else expecting rain
And the Good Samaritan, he's dressing
He's getting ready for the show
He's going to the carnival tonight
On Desolation Row

Now Ophelia, she's 'neath the window
For her I feel so afraid
On her twenty-second birthday
She already is an old maid

To her, death is quite romantic
She wears an iron vest
Her profession's her religion
Her sin is her lifelessness
And though her eyes are fixed upon
Noah's great rainbow
She spends her time peeking
Into Desolation Row

Einstein, disguised as Robin Hood
With his memories in a trunk
Passed this way an hour ago
With his friend, a jealous monk
He looked so immaculately frightful
As he bummed a cigarette
Then he went off sniffing drainpipes
And reciting the alphabet
Now you would not think to look at him
But he was famous long ago
For playing the electric violin
On Desolation Row

Dr. Filth, he keeps his world
Inside of a leather cup
But all his sexless patients
They're trying to blow it up
Now his nurse, some local loser
She's in charge of the cyanide hole
And she also keeps the cards that read
"Have Mercy on His Soul"
They all play on penny whistles
You can hear them blow
If you lean your head out far enough
From Desolation Row

Across the street they've nailed the curtains
They're getting ready for the feast
The Phantom of the Opera
A perfect image of a priest
They're spoonfeeding Casanova
To get him to feel more assured
Then they'll kill him with self-confidence
After poisoning him with words

And the Phantom's shouting to skinny girls
"Get Outa Here If You Don't Know
Casanova is just being punished for going
To Desolation Row"

Now at midnight all the agents
And the superhuman crew
Come out and round up everyone
That knows more than they do
Then they bring them to the factory
Where the heart-attack machine
Is strapped across their shoulders
And then the kerosene
Is brought down from the castles
By insurance men who go
Check to see that nobody is escaping
To Desolation Row

Praise be to Nero's Neptune
The Titanic sails at dawn
And everybody's shouting
"Which Side Are You On?"
And Ezra Pound and T. S. Eliot
Fighting in the captain's tower
While calypso singers laugh at them
And fishermen hold flowers
Between the windows of the sea
Where lovely mermaids flow
And nobody has to think too much
About Desolation Row

Yes, I received your letter yesterday
(About the time the door knob broke)
When you asked how I was doing
Was that some kind of joke?
All these people that you mention
Yes, I know them, they're quite lame
I had to rearrange their faces
And give them all another name
Right now I can't read too good
Don't send me no more letters no
Not unless you mail them
From Desolation Row



Copyright © 1965; renewed 1993 Special Rider Music

marti

  

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martiWed Jun-11-03 01:45 AM
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#11. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
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I recently discovered Jeff Buckley's version of L. Cohen's Hallelujah


Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah

From the album "Grace"

(L. Cohen)
Originally contained in Leonard Cohen's Various Positions

I heard there was a secret chord
that David played and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do you?
Well it goes like this :
The fourth, the fifth, the minor fall and the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah

Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah...

Well your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrough ya
She tied you to her kitchen chair
She broke your throne and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

Baby I've been here before
I've seen this room and I've walked this floor
I used to live alone before I knew ya
I've seen your flag on the marble arch
But love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah

There was a time when you let me know
What's really going on below
But now you never show that to me do ya
But remember when I moved in you
And the holy dove was moving too
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah

Well, maybe there's a God above
But all I've ever learned from love
Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew ya
It's not a cry that you hear at night
It's not somebody who's seen the light
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah...

marti

  

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jujet84Wed Jun-11-03 01:55 AM
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#13. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
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Old Shep by Elvis

  

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#14. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
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Oh gosh, I know plenty of them that I think are sad, to me anyway...

just to name a few.. I do agree with Shelly, Danny Boy is very sad but a wonderful song.

Love on the Rocks - Neil Diamond
My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion
I Would've Loved You Anyway - Trisha Yearwood
One Last Cry - Brian McKnight
Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton
Send In the Clowns - Judy Collins
You Don't Bring Me Flowers - Neil Diamond & Barbra Streisand
Crying - Roy Orbison
Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers

This has to be the saddest love song...


He Stopped Loving Her Today
George Jones
_______

He said "I'll love you till I die",
she told him "You'll forget in time"
As the years went slowly by,
she still preyed upon his mind

He kept her picture on his wall,
went half-crazy now and then
He still loved her through it all,
hoping she'd come back again

Kept some letters by his bed
dated nineteen sixty-two
He had underlined in red
every single "I love you"

I went to see him just today,
oh but I didn't see no tears
All dressed up to go away, first time
I'd seen him smile in years

He stopped loving her today
They placed a wreath upon his door
And soon they'll carry him away
He stopped loving her today

(Spoken)
You know,
she came to see him one last time.
Aww, 'n' we all wondered if she would.
And it kept runnin' through my mind
"this time he's over her for good."

He stopped loving her today
They placed a wreath upon his door
And soon they'll carry him away
He stopped loving her today

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



"A woman's heart is an ocean of secrets."
Rose Dawson; from the movie "Titanic"

  

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martiWed Jun-11-03 02:15 AM
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#16. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
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Jan,

That song is cryin' in your beer sad. I have been hearing it for years, and it still affects me.

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#15. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
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Sad Song, Lou Reed.

Actually the whole Berlin album is enough to drive anyone into a deep depression. I just thought the title "Sad Song" had to make it a contender

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#17. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
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Cold Play "Trouble" makes me want to cry each time I listen to it. The lyrics aren't that sad but the piano melody is very sad and evokes a lot of emotion.

TROUBLE
Oh no, I see
A spider web, it's tangled up with me
And I lost my head
The thought of all the stupid things I said
Oh no what's this?
A spider web, and I'm caught in the middle
Oh I turned to run
The thought of all the stupid things I've done

And oh, I never meant to cause you trouble
And oh, and I never meant to do you wrong
And oh, well if I ever caused you trouble
Oh no, I never meant to do you harm

Oh no I see
A spider web and it's me in the middle
So I twist and turn
Here am I in my little bubble

Singing out, oh I never meant to cause you trouble
Oh, I never meant to do you wrong
Oh, well if I ever caused you trouble
Oh no, I never meant to do you harm

They spun a web for me
They spun a web for me
They spun a web for me



  

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martiWed Jun-11-03 02:17 AM
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#18. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
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Almost every song written by Townes Van Zandt.

Marie and Tecumseh Valley are two that are so sad.

http://home.swipnet.se/~w-36794/tvz/albums.html

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#19. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
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AT SEVENTEEN by Janis Ian

I learned the truth at seventeen
That love was meant for beauty queens
And high school girls with clear skinned smiles
Who married young and then retired.
The valentines I never knew
The Friday night charades of youth
Were spent on one more beautiful
At seventeen I learned the truth.
And those of us with ravaged faces
Lacking in the social graces
Desperately remained at home
Inventing lovers on the phone
Who called to say come dance with me
and murmured vague obscenities
It isn't all it seems
At seventeen.
A brown eyed girl in hand me downs
Whose name I never could pronounce
said, Pity please the ones who serve
They only get what they deserve.
The rich relationed hometown queen
Married into what she needs
A guarantee of company
And haven for the elderly.
Remember those who win the game
Lose the love they sought to gain
Indebentures of quality
And dubious integrity.
Their small town eyes will gape at you
in dull surprise when payment due
Exceeds accounts received
At seventeen.
To those of us who know the pain
Of valentines that never came,
And those whose names were never called
When choosing sides for basketball.
It was long ago and far away
The world was younger than today
And dreams were all they gave for free
To ugly duckling girls like me.
We all play the game and when we dare
To cheat ourselves at solitaire
Inventing lovers on the phone
Repenting other lives unknown
That call and say, come dance with me
and murmur vague obscenities
At ugly girls like me
At seventeen

Jim.

  

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#20. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
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Hmm.. I decided to turn on my shoutcast server (limited to 2 people at a time because of bandwidth) so people can listen to the songs I listed if they like. If you have Winamp or RealPlayer, just click on or manually enter the url below, and you can listen in.. its just on a random setting.

http://12.18.219.34:8000/listen.pls

  

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#22. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
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O Death -- Ralph Stanley

O, Death
O, Death
Won't you spare me over til another year
Well what is this that I can't see
With ice cold hands takin' hold of me
Well I am death, none can excel
I'll open the door to heaven or hell
Whoa, death someone would pray
Could you wait to call me another day
The children prayed, the preacher preached
Time and mercy is out of your reach
I'll fix your feet til you cant walk
I'll lock your jaw til you cant talk
I'll close your eyes so you can't see
This very air, come and go with me
I'm death I come to take the soul
Leave the body and leave it cold
To draw up the flesh off of the frame
Dirt and worm both have a claim
O, Death
O, Death
Won't you spare me over til another year
My mother came to my bed
Placed a cold towel upon my head
My head is warm my feet are cold
Death is a-movin upon my soul
Oh, death how you're treatin' me
You've close my eyes so I can't see
Well you're hurtin' my body
You make me cold
You run my life right outta my soul
Oh death please consider my age
Please don't take me at this stage
My wealth is all at your command
If you will move your icy hand
Oh the young, the rich or poor
Hunger like me you know
No wealth, no ruin, no silver no gold
Nothing satisfies me but your soul
O, death
O, death
Wont you spare me over til another year
Wont you spare me over til another year
Wont you spare me over til another year

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Paul DWed Jun-11-03 04:01 AM
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#23. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
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No Man's Land. (aka The Green Fields of France)

Written by Eric Bogle, a native Scot who has lived in Australia for many years. It was written while he was visiting a World War I Allied war cemetery in France, specifically over the grave of a 19 year old British soldier named William McBride.

It was chosen by Tony Blair as the anthem for peace in Northern Ireland.

The Green Fields of France

Well how do you do Private William McBride
Do you mind if I sit here down by your graveside
And rest for awhile in the warm summer sun?
I've been walking all day and I'm nearly done

And I see by your gravestone you were only 19
When you joined the glorious fallen in 1916
And I hope you died quick and I hope you died clean
Or William McBride was it slow and obscene?

Chorus:
Did they beat the drum slowly, did they sound the pipes lowly?
Did the rifles fire o'er you as they lowered you down?
Did the bugle play the last post and chorus?
Did the pipes play the "Flowers o' the Forest"?

Well the sun it shines now on these green fields of France
The warm wind blows gently and the red poppies dance
The trenches have vanished now under the plow
No gas and no barbed wire, no guns fire now

For here in this graveyard it's still no man's land
And the countless white crosses in mute witness stand
To man's blind indifference to his fellow man
And a whole generation who butchered and damned

(Chorus)

Well I can't help but wonder now, Willie McBride
Do all those who lie here know why they died?
Did you really believe them when they told you the cause?
Did you really believe this war would end all wars?

But the suffering the sorrow the glory the shame
The killing, the dying, it was all done in vain
For William McBride it's all happened again
And again and again and again and again.

(Chorus)

Fade into a lone bagpiper playing "Flowers of the Forest"

A truly remarkable song which has been recorded by many artists. If anyone is interested, look for an unaccompanied version by British folk singer June Tabor.

He also wrote "And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda" - in a similar vein, based on the ANZACS at Gallipoli in WWI. There are over 130 recorded versions of this song.




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Bob GWed Jun-11-03 04:17 AM
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#25. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
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I never knew the name of that song (always thought it was Beat the Drum Slowly), but it gets me every time.

Funny, I always thought "Waltzing Matilda" was a silly little song (the melody just sort of convinces you) then many years ago I heard an Aussie male accompanying himself on guitar sing it. I don't know if there's an "official" version, but this one had a LOT of versus it seemed. Anyhow, I was stunned - this silly little ditty turned out to be a truly great song.

  

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Paul DWed Jun-11-03 04:33 AM
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#28. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
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Wed Jun-11-03 04:37 AM by Paul D

  

          

Waltzing Matilda is a different song. It was originally a poem, later set to music. The popular version is IMHO pretty ordinary, but there is another much nicer tune with a very Celtic feel that is occasionally heard, but not often enough.

I will say though that there are a couple of artists who can lift the standard version to great heights on the right occasion. It is now sung, led by John Williamson, before every Rugby Union test played in Australia. With 40,000+ people singing it sets the blood pumping, believe me!

Whichever you prefer, it is Australia's unofficial anthem, and that's the reason Bogle refers to it in his song.




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Bob GWed Jun-11-03 04:48 AM
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#30. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
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I wondered about the Gallipoli reference. I still love that sort of "folk from the heart" version of WM I heard that guy sing, you really got the sense it meant something to him.

  

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#29. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
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And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda
- by Eric Bogle

Now when I was a young man I carried my pack
And lived the free life of the rover
From the Murray's Green Basin to the dusty outback
I waltzed my Matilda all over
Then in 1915 my country said "Son,
It's time you stopped rambling, there's work to be done."
So they gave me a tin hat and they gave me a gun
And they mached me away to the war

And the band played Waltzing Matilda
As the ship pulled away from the quay
And amidst all the cheers, 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 called Souvla Bay
We were butchered like lambs at the slaughter
'Johnny Turk' he was ready, he'd primed himself well
He rained us with bullets and he showered us with shell
And in five minutes flat he'd blown us all to hell
Nearly blew us right back to Australia

And the band played Waltzing Matilda
While we stopped to bury our slain
We buried ours and the Turks buried theirs
Then it started all over again

And those that were left, well we tried to survive
In that mad world of death, blood 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 awoke in my 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
For to hump tent and pegs a man needs both legs
No more waltzing Matilda for me

So, they collected the wounded, the crippled, the maimed
And shipped us back home to Australia
The legless, the armless, the blind, the insane
The proud, wounded heroes of Souvla
And when our ship pulled into Circular Quay
I looked at the place where my legs used to be
And thanked Christ there was no one there waiting for me
To grieve and to mourn and to pity

But the band played Waltzing Matilda
As they carried us down the gangway
But nobody cheered, they just stood there and stared
Then they turned all their faces away

So now every April I sit on my porch
And I watch the parade pass before me
I see my old comrades, how proudly they march
Reliving old dreams and past glories
And the old men march slowly, old bones stiff and sore
They're tired old heroes of a forgotten war
And the young people ask "What are they marching for?"
And I ask myself 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
Some day no one will march there at all

Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda
Who'll go a'waltzing Matilda with me?
And their ghosts may be heard as they march by that billabong
Who'll come a'waltzing Matilda with me?

marti

  

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Paul DWed Jun-11-03 04:54 AM
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#31. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
In response to marti (Reply # 29)
Wed Jun-11-03 05:04 AM by Paul D

  

          

Thanks, Marti

"So now every April I sit on my porch
....
Some day no one will march there at all"

For non-Aussies.
The reference is to ANZAC Day, 25th April - our equivalent to Veterans' Day. It commemorates the Australian & New Zealand Forces landing at Gallipoli in Turkey, sent there by the British High Command because colonial forces were more expendable than British ones. It was a slaughterhouse, but notable for great acts of gallantry on both sides. Nowadays many Australian visit Gallipoli on April 25th and remember the occasion at a dawn service in friendly company with the descendants of the Turkish foe.

The last ANZAC veteran in Queensland died recently aged 104, and was given a state funeral, and I think there are a total of two left in Australia.

IMHO Eric Bogle is one of the world's truly great songwriters.
Talking of sad songs, there is another of his written as he left Scotland to emigrate to Australia many years ago. It is called Leaving Nancy - Nancy being his mother.




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martiWed Jun-11-03 05:05 AM
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#32. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
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Another great WWI song, based on a real incident.


Christmas in the Trenches
by John McCutcheon

My name is Francis Tolliver, I come from Liverpool.
Two years ago the war was waiting for me after school.
To Belgium and to Flanders, to Germany to here
I fought for King and country I love dear.
'Twas Christmas in the trenches, where the frost so bitter hung,
The frozen fields of France were still, no Christmas song was sung
Our families back in England were toasting us that day
Their brave and glorious lads so far away.

I was lying with my messmate on the cold and rocky ground
When across the lines of battle came a most peculiar sound
Says I, "Now listen up, me boys!" each soldier strained to hear
As one young German voice sang out so clear.
"He's singing bloody well, you know!" my partner says to me
Soon, one by one, each German voice joined in harmony
The cannons rested silent, the gas clouds rolled no more
As Christmas brought us respite from the war
As soon as they were finished and a reverent pause was spent
"God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" struck up some lads from Kent
The next they sang was "Stille Nacht." "Tis 'Silent Night'," says I
And in two tongues one song filled up that sky
"There's someone coming toward us!" the front line sentry cried
All sights were fixed on one long figure trudging from their side
His truce flag, like a Christmas star, shown on that plain so bright
As he, bravely, strode unarmed into the night
Soon one by one on either side walked into No Man's Land
With neither gun nor bayonet we met there hand to hand
We shared some secret brandy and we wished each other well
And in a flare-lit soccer game we gave 'em hell
We traded chocolates, cigarettes, and photographs from home
These sons and fathers far away from families of their own
Young Sanders played his squeezebox and they had a violin
This curious and unlikely band of men

With sad farewells we each prepared to settle back to war
But the question haunted every heart that lived that wonderous night
"Whose family have I fixed within my sights?"
'Twas Christmas in the trenches where the frost, so bitter hung
The frozen fields of France were warmed as songs of peace were sung
For the walls they'd kept between us to exact the work of war
Had been crumbled and were gone forevermore

My name is Francis Tolliver, in Liverpool I dwell
Each Christmas come since World War I, I've learned its lessons well
That the ones who call the shots won't be among the dead and lame
And on each end of the rifle we're the same

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
© 1984 John McCutcheon - All rights reserved

marti

  

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#33. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
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"When the Tigers Broke Free" is another sad one, partly because of the subject, partly because of the intention.

It was just before dawn
One miserable morning in black 'forty four.
When the forward commander
Was told to sit tight
When he asked that his men be withdrawn.
And the Generals gave thanks
As the other ranks held back
The enemy tanks for a while.
And the Anzio bridgehead
Was held for the price
Of a few hundred ordinary lives.

And old King George
Sent Mother a note
When he heard that father was gone.
It was, I recall,
In the form of a scroll,
With gold leaf and all.
And I found it one day
In a drawer of old photographs, hidden away.
And my eyes still grow damp to remember
His Majesty signed
With his own rubber stamp.

It was dark all around.
There was frost in the ground
When the tigers broke free.
And no one survived
From the Royal Fusiliers Company C.
They were all left behind,
Most of them dead,
The rest of them dying.
And that's how the High Command
Took my daddy from me.

  

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#34. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
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Kawliga

  

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#27. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
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Famous Blue Raincoat

--Leonard Cohen

It's four in the morning, the end of December
I'm writing you now just to see if you're better
New York is cold, but I like where I'm living
There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening.

I hear that you're building your little house deep in the desert
You're living for nothing now, I hope you're keeping some kind of record.

Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair
She said that you gave it to her
That night that you planned to go clear
Did you ever go clear?

Ah, the last time we saw you you looked so much older
Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder
You'd been to the station to meet every train
And you came home without Lili Marlene

And you treated my woman to a flake of your life
And when she came back she was nobody's wife.

Well I see you there with the rose in your teeth
One more thin gypsy thief
Well I see Jane's awake --

She sends her regards.

And what can I tell you my brother, my killer
What can I possibly say?
I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you
I'm glad you stood in my way.

If you ever come by here, for Jane or for me
Your enemy is sleeping, and his woman is free.

Yes, and thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyes
I thought it was there for good so I never tried.

And Jane came by with a lock of your hair
She said that you gave it to her
That night that you planned to go clear --

Sincerely, L. Cohen

  

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#35. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
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Tears in Heaven
( Eric Clapton )

Would you know my name if I saw you in Heaven?
Would you feel the same if I saw you in Heaven?
I must be strong and carry on,
'Cause I know I don't belong here in Heaven ......

Would you hold my hand if I saw you in Heaven?
Would you help me stand if I saw you in Heaven?
I'll find my way, through night and day,
'Cause I know I just can't stay here in Heaven .....

Time can bring you down, time can bend your knees.
Time can break your heart, have you begging .... please ...

Beyond the door, there's peace I'm sure.
And I know there'll be no more tears in Heaven .......

Would you know my name if I saw you in Heaven?
Would you feel the same if I saw you in Heaven?
I must be strong and carry on,
'Cause I know I don't belong here in Heaven .......

“The 4 1/2 year old child died March 20, 1991 after falling from the window of his mother's 53rd floor Manhattan high-rise apartment. Clapton channeled his shattering grief into writing the heart wrenching 1992 tribute to his son, "Tears in Heaven."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Long Black Veil
By: M. Wilkens & D. Dill
Originally recorded by J.R. Cash: 12/17/64
(My personal favorite is sung by Joan Baez)

Ten years ago, on a cold dark night
Someone was killed, 'neath the town hall light
There were few at the scene, but they all agreed
That the slayer who ran, looked a lot like me
The judge said son, what is your alibi
If you were somewhere else, then you won't have to die
I spoke not a word, thou it meant my life
For I'd been in the arms of my best friend's wife
Chorus
She walks these hills in a long black veil
She visits my grave when the night winds wail
Nobody knows, nobody sees
Nobody knows but me
Oh, the scaffold is high and eternity's near
She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear
But late at night, when the north wind blows
In a long black veil, she cries over my bones
Repeat Chorus

And finally when I hear Amazing Grace, especially done with bagpipes.

  

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#36. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
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I assumed the intention was to nominate popular songs, but some have introducesd classical sellections. In classical I would think Un Bel Di (One Fine Day) from Puccini's Madam Butterfly would qualify. It is out of context here as to why it is so sad, unless you are familliar wth the story of the opera, but you will find it below, both in the original Italian, and in English Translation.

Un bel dì, vedremo
levarsi un fil di fumo
sull'estremo confin del mare.
E poi la nave appare.
Poi la nave bianca
entra nel porto,
romba il suo saluto.

Vedi? È venuto!
Io non gli scendo incontro. Io no.
Mi metto là sul ciglio del colle e aspetto,
e aspetto gran tempo
e non mi pesa,
la lunga attesa.

E uscito dalla folla cittadina,
un uomo, un picciol punto
s'avvia per la collina.
Chi sarà? chi sarà?
E come sarà giunto
che dirà? che dirà?
Chiamerà Butterfly dalla lontana.
Io senza dar risposta
me ne starò nascosta
un po' per celia
e un po' per non morire
al primo incontro;
ed egli alquanto in pena
chiamerà, chiamerà:
"Piccina mogliettina,
olezzo di verbena"
i nomi che mi dava al suo venire.
(a Suzuki)
Tutto questo avverrà,
te lo prometto.
Tienti la tua paura,
io con sicura fede l'aspetto.



And translated:

One fine, clear day, we shall see
a thin trail of smoke arising,
on the distant horizon, far out to sea.
And then the ship appears.
Then the white ship
enters into the harbour,
and thunders out it's greeting.

You see? He has come!
I'll not go down to meet him. Not I.
I shall stay on the hillside and wait,
and wait for a long time,
and I'll not grow weary
of the long wait.

Emerging from the city crowds,
a man is coming, a tiny speck
starts to climb the hill.
Who is he? Who?
And when he arrives.
What will he say? What will he say?
He will call "Butterfly" from the distance.
I, without answering,
will remain hidden.
A little to tease him
and a little so as not to die,
at our first meeting;
and then rather worried
he will call, he will call:
"My little one, my tiny wife,
Perfumed-Verbena"
The names he gave me when he came last.
(to Suzuki)
All this will happen,
I promise you.
Keep your fears to yourself,
I, with faithful trust will wait for him.

Shelly

  

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RoperaWed Jun-11-03 04:04 PM
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#37. "Telegraph Road -Dire Straits"
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A long time ago came a man on a track
walking thirty miles with a pack on his back
and he put down his load where he thought it was the best
made a home in the wilderness
he built a cabin and a winter store
and he ploughed up the ground by the cold lake shore
and the other travellers came riding down the track
and they never went further, no, they never went back

then came the churches then came the schools
then came the lawyers then came the rules
then came the trains and the trucks with their loads
and the dirty old track was the telegraph road

Then came the mines - then came the ore
then there was the hard times then there was a war
telegraph sang a song about the world outside
telegraph road got so deep and so wide
like a rolling river. . .

And my radio says tonight it's gonna freeze
people driving home from the factories
there's six lanes of traffic
three lanes moving slow. . .

I used to like to go to work but they shut it down
I got a right to go to work but there's no work here to be found
yes and they say we're gonna have to pay what's owed
we're gonna have to reap from some seed that's been sowed
and the birds up on the wires and the telegraph poles
they can always fly away from this rain and this cold
you can hear them singing out their telegraph code
all the way down the telegraph road

You know I'd sooner forget but I remember those nights
when life was just a bet on a race between the lights
you had your head on my shoulder you had your hand in my hair
now you act a little colder like you don't seem to care
but believe in me baby and I'll take you away
from out of this darkness and into the day
from these rivers of headlights these rivers of rain
from the anger that lives on the streets with these names
'cos I've run every red light on memory lane
I've seen desperation explode into flames
and I don't want to see it again. . .

From all of these signs saying sorry but we're closed
all the way down the telegraph road

  

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RoperaWed Jun-11-03 04:05 PM
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#38. "Dust in the Wind - Kansas"
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I close my eyes, only for a moment, and the moment's gone
All my dreams, pass before my eyes, a curiosity
Dust in the wind, all they are is dust in the wind.
Same old song, just a drop of water in an endless sea
All we do, crumbles to the ground, though we refuse to see

Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind

Don't hang on, nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky
It slips away, and all your money won't another minute buy.

Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind
Dust in the wind, everything is dust in the wind.

  

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RoperaWed Jun-11-03 04:08 PM
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#39. "Since I've been loving you - Led Zeppelin *"
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Probably one of the best blues ever.

Working from seven to eleven every night,
It really makes life a drag, I don't think that's right.
I've really, really been the best of fools, I did what I could.
'Cause I love you, baby, How I love you, darling, How I love you, baby,
How I love you, girl, little girl.
But baby, Since I've Been Loving You. I'm about to lose my worried mind, oh, yeah.

Everybody trying to tell me that you didn't mean me no good.
I've been trying, Lord, let me tell you, Let me tell you I really did the best I could.
I've been working from seven to eleven every night, I said It kinda makes my life a drag.
Lord, that ain't right...
Since I've Been Loving You, I'm about to lose my worried mind.

Said I've been crying, my tears they fell like rain,
Don't you hear, Don't you hear them falling,
Don't you hear, Don't you hear them falling.

Do you remember mama, when I knocked upon your door?
I said you had the nerve to tell me you didn't want me no more, yeah
I open my front door, hear my back door slam,
You must have one of them new fangled back door man.

I've been working from seven, seven, seven, to eleven every night, It kinda makes my life a drag...
Baby, Since I've Been Loving You, I'm about to lose, I'm about lose to my worried mind.

  

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billys24Wed Jun-11-03 04:54 PM
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#40. "TIm McGraw Dont Take The GIrl"
In response to Ropera (Reply # 39)


          

I would have to agree with Eric Clapton Tears in Heaven. I always thought it was a sad song. It wasnt until a few years ago I found out why he wrote that song.



Tim McGraw

Don't Take The Girl

Johnny's Daddy was taking him fishing

When he was eight years old

A little girl came through the front gate

Holding a fishing pole

His Dad looked down and smiled

Said "we can't leave her behind"

Son I know you don't want her to go

But someday you'll change your mind

And Johnny said

Take Jimmy Johnson

Take Tommy Thompson

Take my best friend Bo

Take anybody that you want as

Long as she don't go

Take any boy in the world

Daddy please - don't take the girl



Same old boy same sweet girl

Ten years down the road

He held her tight and kissed her lips

In front of the picture show

Stranger came and pulled a gun

Grabbed her by the arm

Said "if you do what I tell you to do

There won't be any harm"

And Johnny said

Take my money

Take my wallet

Take my credit cards

Here's the watch that my grandpa gave me

Here's the key to my car

Mister give it a whirl

But please - don't take the girl



Same old boy same sweet girl

Five years down the road

There's gonna be a little one

And she says it's time to go

Doctor says the baby's fine

But you'll have to leave

Cause his momma's fading fast

And Johnny hit his knees

And there he prayed

Take the very breath you gave me

Take the heart from my chest

I'll gladly take her place

If you'll let me

Make this my last request

Take me out of this world

God please - don't take the girl



Johnny's Daddy was taking him fishing

When he was eight years old

  

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#41. "RE: TIm McGraw Dont Take The GIrl"
In response to billys24 (Reply # 40)


  

          

Yep, for subject matter Tears in Heaven is right up there.



Paul D

  

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#42. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
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"Don't Give Up" by Peter Gabriel.

  

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HauxfanWed Jun-11-03 08:23 PM
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#43. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
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I think that "Three Blind Mice" is a sad song.

I mean, they were blind, and they had their tails cut off with a carving knife, by the farmer's wife.

I mean, that is sad......Those poor mice!




  

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#44. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
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I think that much sadder than that is "I'd rather be dead "... than wet my bed by Harry Nilsson (Son of Schmilsson )


Jane

  

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BernardThu Jun-12-03 12:26 AM
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#49. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
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In that respect "La Cucaracha" (The cockroach) that tradtional Mexican song,is pretty sad, it is about this little cockroach that lost the "the two main legs" and there was not way it couldn't walk

  

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#45. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
In response to scaramouche (Reply # 0)
Wed Jun-11-03 10:25 PM by TeLo

  

          

Quote:
In The Ghetto - by Mac Davis
As the snow flies
On a cold and gray Chicago mornin'
A poor little baby child is born
In the ghetto
And his mama cries
'Cause if there's one thing that she don't need
It's another hungry mouth to feed
In the ghetto

Oh people, don't you understand
The child needs a helping hand
Or he'll grow to be an angry young man some day
Now take a look at you and me
Are we too blind to see
Do we simply turn our heads
And look the other way

Well the world turns
And a hungry little boy with a runny nose
Plays in the street as the cold wind blows
In the ghetto

And his hunger burns
So he starts to roam the streets at night
And he learns how to steal
And he learns how to fight
In the ghetto

Then one night in desperation
The young man breaks away
He buys a gun, steals a car
Tries to run, but he don't get far
And his mama cries

As a crowd gathers 'round an angry young man
Face down in the street with a gun in his hand
In the ghetto

And as her young man dies
On a cold and grey Chicago mornin'
Another little baby child is born
In the ghetto
And his mama cries

In the ghetto
In the ghetto
Quote:
At This Moment -by Billy Vera And The Beaters
What did you think
I would do at this moment?
When you're standing before me
With tears in your eyes?
Trying to tell me that you -
You found you another,
And you just don't love me no more.

What did you think
I would say at this moment?
When I'm faced with the knowledge
That you just don't love me?
Did you think I would curse you
Or say things to hurt you
'Cause you just don't love me no more?

Did you think I could hate you,
Or raise my hands to you?
Now, come on you know me too well.
How I could I hurt you,
When, darlin', I love you?
And you know, I could never hurt you, ooh, ohh, ooh.

What did you think
I would give at this moment?
If you'd stay I'd subtract
Twenty years from my life.
I'd fall down on my knees,
Kiss the ground that you walk on
If I could just hold you again.

I'd fall down on my knees
Kiss the ground that you walk on, baby
If I could just hold you -

If I could just hold you -
If I, if I could just hold you
Again.
Quote:
Imagine -by John Lennon
Imagine there's no heaven,
It's easy if you try,
No hell below us,
Above us only sky,
Imagine all the people
living for today...

Imagine there's no countries,
It isnt hard to do,
Nothing to kill or die for,
No religion too,
Imagine all the people
living life in peace...

Imagine no possesions,
I wonder if you can,
No need for greed or hunger,
A brotherhood of man,
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...

You may say I'm a dreamer,
but Im not the only one,
I hope some day you'll join us,
And the world will live as one

  

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#46. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
In response to TeLo (Reply # 45)


          

Stompin' Tom Connors song of living in a boarding room:

Goes something like this:

On Monday we ate bread and gravy,
On Tuesday we ate gravy on bread,
On Wednesday and Thursday we had gravy on toast
But that's the same as gravy on bread,
On Friday I said to the landlord
Please give us something instead
So Saturday night, by way of a change,
We had gravy without any bread.


There is a forest in an acorn.

  

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Paul DWed Jun-11-03 11:13 PM
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#47. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
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I don't see Imagine as a sad song, rather a song of hope. Unrealistic hope, perhaps, but hope nevertheless.



Paul D

  

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teloThu Jun-12-03 12:14 AM
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#48. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
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As unrealistic as Lennon's thoughts may be, I think it is sad that we won't see that kind of harmony during our lifetimes.

  

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warwickThu Jun-12-03 01:20 AM
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#50. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
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Cat's in the Cradle by Harry Chapin

  

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#51. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
In response to warwick (Reply # 50)
Thu Jun-12-03 02:50 AM by rocketrobbie

  

          

I grew up on Contempory Christian rock and the one song that, still to this day, makes me cry everytime I listen to it is "Baby Doe" by Steve Taylor. Here's the lyrics:

Unfolding today
a miracle play
this Indiana morn
the father--he sighs
she opens her eyes
their baby boy is born

"We don't understand
he's not like we planned"
the doctor shakes his head
"abnormal" they cry
and so they decide
this child is better dead

I bear the blame
believers are few
and what am I to do?
I share the shame
the cradle's below
and where is Baby Doe?

A hearing is sought
the lawyers are bought
the court won't let him eat
the papers applaud
when judges play God
this child is getting weak

They're drawing a bead
reciting their creed
"Respect A Woman's Choice"
I've heard that before
how can you ignore
this baby has a voice

I bear the blame
believers are few
and what am I to do?
I share the shame
the cradle's below
and where is Baby Doe?

it's over and done
the presses have run
some call the parents brave
behind your disguise your rhetoric lies
you watched a baby starve

I bear the blame
believers are few
and what am I to do?
I share the shame
the cradle's below
and where is Baby Doe?


http://www.members.shaw.ca/jrhutchings/


  

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#52. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
In response to scaramouche (Reply # 0)


  

          

Teen Angel
Mark Dinning

-Words and Music by Jean Surrey & Red Surrey
-peaked at #1 in 1960

Teen angel, teen angel, teen angel, ooh, ooh

That fateful night the car was stalled
upon the railroad track
I pulled you out and we were safe,
but you went running back

Teen angel, can you hear me?
Teen angel, can you see me?
Are you somewhere up above
And I am still your own true love?

What was it you were looking for
that took your life that night?
They said they found my high school ring
clutched in your fingers tight

Teen angel, can you hear me?
Teen angel, can you see me?
Are you somewhere up above
And I am still your own true love?

Just sweet sixteen, and now you're gone
They've taken you away.
I'll never kiss your lips again
They buried you today

Teen angel, can you hear me?
Teen angel, can you see me?
Are you somewhere up above
And I am still your own true love?
Teen angel, teen angel, answer me, please



LONELY TEENAGER---Dion

When I was sixteen, ran away,
All alone, on the stray.
What can I do, what can I say,
I'm a lonely teenager.

Now I'm seventeen, still alone,
Wondering if I should go home
Or maybe stay out on my own.
I'm a lonely teenager.

I'd love to go back home
Wherever I belong.
I know I'll be all right,
If I just stay out of sight.

I want to go home,
Wherever I belong,
'Cause now I'm just a lonely teenager.
Lonely teenager
Lonely teenager.....


  

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#53. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
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Sad in a weird sort of way..

Dear Slim,
I wrote you but you still ain't callin'
I left my cell, my pager, and my home phone at the bottom
I sent two letters back in Autumn
You must not have got 'em
There probably was a problem at the post office or somethin'
Sometimes I scribble addresses too sloppy when I jot 'em
But anyways, fuck it, what's been up man, how's your daughter?
My girlfriend's pregnant too, I'm 'bout to be a father
If I have a daughter, guess what I'mma call her?
I'mma name her Bonnie
I read about your uncle Ronnie too, I'm sorry
I had a friend kill himself over some bitch who didn't want him
I know you probably hear this everyday, but I'm your biggest fan
I even got the underground shit that you did with Scam
I got a room full of your posters and your pictures man
I like the shit you did with Ruckus too, that shit was phat
Anyways, I hope you get this man, hit me back, just to chat
Truly yours, your biggest fan
This is Stan

Dear Slim,
You still ain't called or wrote
I hope you have a chance
I ain't mad, I just think it's fucked up you don't answer fans
If you didn't want to talk to me outside your concert
You didn't have to but you could have signed an autograph for Matthew
That's my little brother man, he's only six years old
We waited in the blistering cold for you
For four hours and ya just said no
That's pretty shitty man, you're like his fucking idol
He wants to be just like you man, he likes you more than I do
I ain't that mad though I just don't like bein' lied to
Remember when we met in Denver, you said if I write you
You would write back
See, I'm just like you in a way
I never knew my father neither
He used to always cheat on my mom and beat her
I can relate to what you're sayin' in your songs
So when I have a shitty day, I drift away and put 'em on
Cause I don't really got shit else
So that shit helps when I'm depressed
I even got a tattoo with your name across the chest
Sometimes I even cut myself to see how much it bleeds
It's like adrenaline, the pain is such a sudden rush for me
See, everything you say is real, and I respect you 'cause you tell it
My girlfriend's jealous 'cause I talk about you 24/7
But she don't know you like I know you Slim, no one does
She don't know what it was like for people like us growing up
You've gotta call me man
I'll be the biggest fan you'll ever lose
Sincerely yours,
Stan
P.S. We should be together too

Dear Mr. 'I'm too good to call or write my fans'
This'll be the last package I ever send your ass
It's been six months and still no word
I don't deserve it?
I know you got my last two letters, I wrote the addresses on 'em perfect.
So this is my cassette I'm sending you. I hope you hear it
I'm in the car right now, I'm doing 90 on the freeway
Hey Slim, "I drank a fifth of vodka, ya dare me to drive?"
You know that song by Phil Collins from "The Air In The Night"?
About that guy who could have saved that other guy from drowning?
But didn't?
Then Phil saw it all then at his show he found him?
That's kinda how this is
You could have rescued me from drowning
Now it's too late
I'm on a thousand downers now, I'm drowsy
And all I wanted was a lousy letter or a call
I hope you know I ripped all o' your pictures off the wall
I love you Slim, we could have been together
Think about it
You ruined it now, I hope you can't sleep and you dream about it
And when you dream, I hope you can't sleep and you scream about it
I hope your conscious eats at you and you can't breathe without me
See Slim, shut up bitch, I'm try-na talk
Hey Slim, that's my girlfriend screaming in the trunk
But I didn't slit her throat, I just tied her up, see I ain't like you
'Cause if she suffocates, she'll suffer more, and then she'll die too
Well, gotta go, I'm almost at the bridge now
Oh shit, I forgot, how am I supposed to send this shit out?

Dear Stan,
I meant to write you sooner, but I've just been busy
You said your girlfriend's pregnant now, how far along is she?
Look, I'm really flattered you would call your daughter that
And here's an autograph for your brother
I wrote it on a Starter cap
I'm sorry I didn't see you at the show, I must have missed you
Don't think I did that shit intentionally, just to diss you
But what's the shit you said about you like to cut your wrists too?
I say that shit just clownin' dawg, come on, how fucked up is you?
You got some issues, Stan, I think you need some counselin'
To help your ass from bouncin' off the walls when you get down some
And what's this shit about us meant to be together?
That type of shit'll make me not want us to meet each other.
I really think you and your girlfriend need each other
Or maybe you just need to treat her better
I hope you get to read this letter
I just hope it reaches you in time
Before you hurt yourself
I think that you'd be doin' just fine
If you'd relax a little
I'm glad that I inspire you, but Stan
Why are you so mad?
Try to understand that I do want you as a fan
I just don't want you to do some crazy shit
I seen this one shit on the news a couple weeks ago that made me sick
Some dude was drunk and drove his car over a bridge
And had his girlfriend in the trunk and she was pregnant with his kid
And in the car they found a tape but it didn't say who it was to
Come to think about it, his name was, it was you
Damn

  

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ablibThu Jun-12-03 06:02 AM
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#54. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
In response to doctormidnight (Reply # 53)


  

          

I agree DM. When he did that on the Grammy's it hit me right here. I watch it every now and then for the elton john effect. It was pretty neat. I think to me imagine is sad and with that alot of beatles songs are sad for the simple fact that john died a horrible death. Now half the beatles are dead. It's a shame. I get sad just thinking of it.

But anyways popular music or not popular music, Tears in Heaven shoots right up there!!

  

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#55. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
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http://members.tripod.com/~BennyJets/lastkiss.html

Last Kiss gets my vote.

JD

  

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#56. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
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Jane-

Another Nillson fan!

as far as a sad song by him, remember Remember?

joe

  

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#57. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
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Here's a sad song I like...when you think of those old trains it kinda makes you sad.

I would also add St. James Infirmry Blues.

THE TRAIN THAT CARRIED MY GIRL FROM TOWN (trad./arranged & adapted by Doc Watson)

Where was you when the train left town?
I's standin' on the corner with my head hung down.
Hey, the train carried my girl from town,
Hey, hey, hey, hey.
SPOKEN: That's kinda the way she sounded when she's rollin' away from the depot...

If I had a gun I'd let the hammer down,
Lord, I'd shoot that rounder took my girl from town.
Hey, that train that carried my girl from town,
Hey, hey, hey, hey.

There goes the train that carried my girl from town;
If I knowed her number, Lord, I'd flag her down.
Hey, the train carried my girl from town,
Hey, hey, hey, hey.

Rations on the table and the coffee's gettin' cold,
And some dirty rounder stole my jelly roll.
Hey, the train carried my girl from town,
Hey, hey, hey, hey.

Hello, Central, give me six-o-nine,
I want to talk to that woman of mine.
Hey, that train that carried my girl from town,
Hey, hey, hey, hey.

I wish to the Lord that the train would wreck,
Kill that engineer and break the fireman's neck.
Hey, that train done carried my girl from town,
Hey, hey, hey, hey.

SPOKEN: Rollin' on down the line...

Ashes to ashes and dust to dust,
Show me the woman that a man can trust.
Hey, that train that carried my girl from town,
Hey, hey, hey, hey.

There goes my girl, somebody bring her back,
'Cause she's got her hand in my money sack.
Hey, that train carried my girl from town,
Hey, hey, hey, hey.

SPOKEN: This is kinda way that train went when she went outa hearin'...



PolaRay



  

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doctormidnightFri Jun-13-03 01:50 AM
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#58. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
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Almost forgot that I still had these available.

You can right click and "save as" to download "Stay With Me" that I added some guitar and vocals too, and "Rock Me Gently" as well.. the second one is quite large, though, I was trying to keep it at high quality, should re-encode as VBR..

Stay With Me

Rock Me Gently

  

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JaneFri Jun-13-03 02:19 AM
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#59. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
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Here you go Remember

Jane

  

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joeschmoeFri Jun-13-03 11:11 AM
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#60. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
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"Life is just a memory..."

No body did it like Harry. I'd say 'may he rest in peace', but I think that's the last thing he'd want.

Thanks, Jane.

joe

  

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#61. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
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Liturgica, sive Sacra Officia ad omnes dies festos Magnae Dei Matris by Aichinger

  

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JaneFri Jun-13-03 05:49 PM
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#62. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
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Fri Jun-13-03 06:17 PM by Jane

  

          

Vangelis & Montserrat Caballe - A Prayer . Cried me a river , when I first found it .


Jane

  

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DaDwarfsSat Jun-14-03 05:19 AM
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#63. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
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JETHRO TULL Broadsword and the Beast (1982) Ian Anderson

"Slow Marching Band"

Would you join a slow marching band?
And take pleasure in your leaving
as the ferry sails and tears are dried
and cows come home at evening.

Could you get behind a slow marching band?
And join together in the passing
of all we shared through yesterdays
in sorrows neverlasting.

Take a hand and take a bow.
You played for me; that's all for now, oh, and never
mind the words just hum along and keep on going.
Walk on slowly --- don't look behind you.
Don't say goodbye, love. I won't remind you.

Dream of me as the nights draw cold
still marking time through Winter.
You paid the piper and called the tune
and you marched the band away.

Take a hand and take a bow.
You played for me; that's all for now, oh, and never
mind the words just hum along and keep on going.
Walk on slowly --- don't look behind you.
Don't say goodbye, love. I won't remind you.

~~~
UD/PC911 crunching in memory of

Freddie(1949-1990)
Miss ya bro

Vicky(1960-2002)
You fought long and hard

DR.U(1956-2003)

PEACE

  

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bycycleSat Jun-14-03 06:21 PM
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#64. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
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It is not a song but i think Samuel Barber's Adagio for strings is the saddest. It was used in the movie Platoon.

  

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Paul DSat Jun-14-03 06:42 PM
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#65. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
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I've just found a new one that for me will always be the saddest song ever written.

Only a few of you know that in March 2002 my grand-daughter died of heart problems at 8 weeks of age after spending her entire life in hospital in intensive care.

There was another baby (a wee bit older) in intensive care at the same time who also died. Kim and Scott became and have stayed very close to the other parents. He is a songwriter, and wrote a song about their baby and Ash (my grand-daughter). The song has been nominated for and won a trophy at the Brisbane Country Music Awards. The trophy is being presented today, and Kim has made a special trip to Brisbane to attend the presentation.

I only became aware of this song two days ago. I haven't even heard it yet.




Paul D

  

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JaneSun Jun-15-03 02:15 AM
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#66. "RE: What are the Saddest Songs ever written?"
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So sorry to hear about your loss Paul .

Jane

  

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