Cry me a river: the 20 most heartbreaking songs of all time!

**John1112** · July 3rd, 2012, 08:16 AM

very nice songs!

**greysfang** · July 3rd, 2012, 12:49 PM

The Wrong Child by REM.

**Air Quotes** · July 3rd, 2012, 12:58 PM

Goddammit Greys I can't even think about that one.

**MohandasKGanja** · July 3rd, 2012, 01:05 PM

"Everything I Own" by Bread. It was written by lead singer David Gates as a tribute to his father, who had passed away a few years earlier:

You sheltered me from harm.
Kept me warm, kept me warm
You gave my life to me
Set me free, Set me free
The finest years I ever knew
were all the years I had with you

I would give anything I own,
Give up my life, my heart, my home.
I would give everything I own,
just to have you back again.

You taught me how to love,
What it's of, what it's of.
You never said too much,
but still you showed the way,
and I knew from watching you.
Nobody else could ever know
the part of me that can't let go.

I would give anything I own,
Give up my life, my heart, my home.
I would give everything I own
Just to have you back again.

Is there someone you know,
you're loving them so,
but taking them all for granted.
You may lose them one day,
someone takes them away,
and they don't hear the words you long to say

I would give anything I own,
Give up my life, my heart, my home.
I would give everything I own
Just to have you back again.
Just to touch you once again

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**greysfang** · July 3rd, 2012, 01:05 PM

I said I'm not supposed to be like this
I'm not supposed to be like this, but its okay
Okay?

**MohandasKGanja** · July 3rd, 2012, 01:18 PM

Originally Posted by greysfang

I said I'm not supposed to be like this
I'm not supposed to be like this, but its okay
Okay?

That's the first time I've ever heard of that song. I looked it up. Very powerful, haunting lyrics. That's in the #1 position with a bullet.

**Clubber Lang** · July 3rd, 2012, 02:24 PM

Nice thread! Music's my main squeeze so I'll put the Cranberry's "Linger" on the list. And the Temptations "I Wish It Would Rain." And Smokey's "Tracks of My Tears"... God damn it, far too many great one's too post.

**greysfang** · July 5th, 2012, 01:03 PM

Originally Posted by MohandasKGanja

That's the first time I've ever heard of that song. I looked it up. Very powerful, haunting lyrics. That's in the #1 position with a bullet.

Take a quick listen, its sung so plaintively and with a rather happy mandolin melody. Its insanely sad.

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it was really strange that I happened to be reading this thread when this song popped up on my iTunes.

**witchcurlgirl** · July 5th, 2012, 02:31 PM

Warren Zevon's Keep Me In Your Heart For A While.

Written while he was dying, it never fails to break my heart:

Shadows are falling and I'm running out of breath
Keep me in your heart for awhile
If I leave you it doesn't mean that I love you any less
Keep me in your heart for awhile
When you get up in the morning and you see that crazy sun
Keep me in your heart for awhile
There's a train leaving nightly called when all is said and done
Keep me in your heart for awhile

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Operator- Jim Croce

I can't read the number that you just gave me.
There's something in my eye...you know it happens every time
that I think about the love that I thought would save me

[YOUTUBE]3RA4MykPm4s[/YOUTUBE]

**HelpMeRhonda** · July 5th, 2012, 02:50 PM

dan fogelberg - same auld lang syne - YouTube

Dan Folgelberg- Same Old Lang Syne

**greysfang** · July 5th, 2012, 02:51 PM

Originally Posted by witchcurlgirl

Operator- Jim Croce

I can't read the number that you just gave me.
There's something in my eye...you know it happens every time
that I think about the love that I thought would save me

[YOUTUBE]3RA4MykPm4s[/YOUTUBE]

One of my favorite songs of all time. Now I gotta pull it up on my itunes and listen to it.

**MohandasKGanja** · July 5th, 2012, 04:03 PM

Originally Posted by greysfang

Take a quick listen, its sung so plaintively and with a rather happy mandolin melody. Its insanely sad.

[YOUTUBE]RJflQnMDTcs[/YOUTUBE]

it was really strange that I happened to be reading this thread when this song popped up on my iTunes.

Thanks. I had read the lyrics, but didn't look up the song itself. In a way, for me, it was like reading a book, and then watching the movie version, very different from what I imagined.