Tearjerkers

[El Brujo]

Does anyone else enjoy a sad song now and then? What are some of the songs that bring a tear to your eye every time you hear them?

My favorites might be a little old/obscure, but nevertheless, here's my list (in no particular order):

1) "No Charge" by Melba Montgomery

2) "Soldier's Last Letter" by Ernest Tubb

3) "Little Boy Soldier" by Wanda Jackson

4) "My Mother Was a Lady" by Jimmie Rodgers (or Marty Robbins)

5) "I Hear a Sweet Voice Calling" by Bill Monroe*




* Even Bill Monroe himself said that he had a hard time performing that song, because he'd get choked up while singing it...

 

[mel78]

mine would have to be by the Dixie Chicks, but I don't know what its calle but it goes a little something like this:
Two days past 18, waiting for the bus in his army greens, sat down in a booth at a cafe there, gave his order to a girl with a bow in her hair, hes a litlle shy so she gave him a smile and he said would you mind sitting down for a while....

the words might not be exact but you get the point.

It makes me cry everytime i hear it.

 

[DixieBelle]

That's Travelin' Soldier, mel78. It's a good one! Whiskey Lullaby is another recent sad one. I love sad songs...don't know why! Just off the top of my head, another one that'll get you every time is that old Red Sovine (I think?) song "Teddy Bear"...at least it gets me everytime!

God bless!

 

[mel78]

That's Travelin' Soldier, mel78. It's a good one! Whiskey Lullaby is another recent sad one. I love sad songs...don't know why! Just off the top of my head, another one that'll get you every time is that old Red Sovine (I think?) song "Teddy Bear"...at least it gets me everytime!

God bless!

Whiskey lullaby hits a little close to home for me.

 

[The Theory]

"Hurt" as interperted by Johnny Cash.

Especially in music video form. The day after his death I was watching the video for it and it was just incredibly sad. I was a teary mess that whole day.

 

[Redneck]

"I'm so Lonesome I Could Cry" -- Hank Williams

'nuff said.

 

[allieisme]

I watched the "American Soldier" video for Toby Keith... Talk about a tear jerker! I swear I am so sappy, but I guess that shows heart and feeling right

 

[Redneck]

Sing me Back Home- Merle Haggard
Mama Tried- Merle Haggard
Hungry Eyes- Merle Haggard

 

[southrnbygrace]

I'm a sucker for songs about kids....so for me,

"Let Them Be Little" Billy Dean
"The Little Girl" John Michael Montgomery
"Then They Do" Trace Atkins...

I cry almost everytime I hear those songs.

 

[.Mikha'el.]

"Hurt" as interperted by Johnny Cash.

Especially in music video form. The day after his death I was watching the video for it and it was just incredibly sad. I was a teary mess that whole day.

To me, that song has taken on a very morbid quality to it after his death.

 

[SpaceProg]

Here's the ones that tug at my heartstrings:

Almost Home (Craig Morgan)
The Greatest Man I Never Knew (Reba McEntire)
He Stopped Loving Her Today (George Jones)
Not Me (Keni Thomas)
The Little Girl (John Michael Montgomery)
Chain of Love (Clay Walker)
If Nobody Believed in You (Joe Nichols)
How Do You Get That Lonely? (Blaine Larsen)
The Baby (Blake Shelton)

 

[dmiller]

*Sing Me Back Home* by: Merle Haggard

Ahhhh. Haven't thought of that song for years. What a good one it is!

 

[I'ddie4him]

I watched the "American Soldier" video for Toby Keith... Talk about a tear jerker! I swear I am so sappy, but I guess that shows heart and feeling right

YUP, I can relate to that.
I don't really care for dixie chicks after what Natalie said and did to Toby.

 

[Kasia]

Oh, I love listening to tear-jerkers every once in a while. I believe it's good for the soul to have a good, hard cry every once in a while. Anywho, here are my fave heart-wretching songs:

"You'll Be There" - George Strait
Ever since the first time I heard this song my eyes tear up everytime I hear it. It makes me think of someone very special to me. He's still alive (thank God), but he's a Marine and more than likely going to be deployed to Iraq next year, and if, God forbid, something should happen to him, this song would hit the chords perfectly.

"If Something Should Happen" - Darryl Worley
If this one doesn't get you crying, then you must be a robot.

"Whiskey Lullaby" - Brad Paisley ft. Allison Krauss
Self-explanatory.

"There You'll Be" - Faith Hill
Just an amazing song. First time I heard it was when Pearl Harbor first came out. Even though I didn't see the movie until just recently, this song stuck with me.

"Not A Day Goes By" - Lonestar
I love this song to pieces, 'nuff said =P

 

[I'ddie4him]

I think the one song that really gets to me and I'm not ashamed to say, Is a song by Alan Jackson, Remember When. And several by Travis Tritt, Best of Intentions and I love you more than you'll ever know.
Ever since my 1st marriage failed, I wondered if I could ever feel loved and love again. My wonderful wife has shown me that I can.

 

[ashes2beauty]

Tough Little Boys by Gary Allen (I want it to be my father/daughter dance when I get married)

 

[MrsSeptemberPenguin]

One of the biggest one's for me was "Don't take the girl" sung by Tim McGraw! Also another one is oh nevermind, I can't think of what it's called, and I don't know the lyrics well enough. They don't play it enough though.

 

[LondonsBurning]

"Every New Day" by Five Iron Frenzy , especially the version on the 2nd Live Album where he goes "You are not alone....You are not alone..."

 

[hippie4jesus]

the Whiskey Lullabye gets me so teary eyed every time I hear it.
I also like the Dixie Chicks Traveling Soldier...and when it came out I thought how good the timing was.

 

[Ameriskool]

Whiskey Lullaby
How Do you Get that Lonely
If Something Should Happen
I Go Back