songs that make you cry (happy or sad)

[TooPatient]

I've heard a few songs on the radio recently that left me sitting in the car crying. Some happy, some sad.
What songs make you cry?

 

[february2003bride]

Let Them Be Little by Rascal Flatts. My kids preschool class sang it at preschool graduation and I could not stop crying! I downloaded it to my ipod and everytime it comes on, I cry. I can't help it!

 

[TooPatient]

Carrie Underwood -- Temporary Home

Little boy, 6 years old
A little too used to bein' alone.
Another new mom and dad,another school,
Another house that'll never be home.
When people ask him how he likes this place...
He looks up and says, with a smile upon his face,

"This is my temporary home
It's not where I belong.
Windows and rooms that I'm passin' through.
This is just a stop, on the way to where I'm going.
I'm not afraid because I know this is my
Temporary Home."

Young mom on her own.
She needs a little help, got nowhere to go.
She's lookin' for a job, lookin' for a way out,
Because a half-way house will never be a home.
At night she whispers to her baby girl,
"Someday we'll find our place here in this world."

"This is our temporary home.
It's not where we belong.
Windows and rooms that we're passin' through.
This is just a stop, on the way to where we're going.
I'm not afraid because I know this is our
Temporary Home."
http://www.elyricsworld.com/temporary_home_lyrics_carrie_underwood.html

Old man, hospital bed,
The room is filled with people he loves.
And he whispers don't cry for me,
I'll see you all someday.
He looks up and says, "I can see God's face."

"This is my temporary Home
It's not where I belong.
Windows and rooms that I'm passin' through.
This was just a stop,on the way to where I'm going.
I'm not afraid because I know... this was
My temporary home."

This is our temporary home.

 

[Kismet]

The Living Years by Mike & the Mechanics. It reminds me of all the things I didn't get to say to my dad.

 

[dragonfly411]

Letters From Home
My Little Girl
The House That Built Me - BIG TIME on this one. My original house is gone, so I start crying the minute she says "you can't go home again".
Have a beer for me - This was most recent SO's dad's favorite song and it is exactly what we did when he died. We had a beer for him.
Don't Forget to Remember Me

 

[TooPatient]

Craig Morgan -- This Ain't Nothing

He was standing in the rubble of an old farmhouse outside Birmingham
When some on the scene reporter stuck a camera in the face of that old man
He said "tell the folks please mister, what are you gonna do
Now that this twister has taken all that's dear to you"
The old man just smiled and said "boy let me tell you something, this ain't nothing"

He said I lost my daddy, when I was eight years old,
That cave-in at the Kincaid mine left a big old hole,
And I lost my baby brother, my best friend and my left hand
In a no win situation in a place called Vietnam
And last year I watched my loving wife, of fifty years waste away and die
And I held her hand til her heart of gold stopped pumping,
So this ain't nothin'

He said I learned at an early age,
There's things that matter and there's things that don't
So if you're waiting here for me to cry,
I hate to disappoint you boy, but I won't
Then he reached down in the rubble and picked up a photograph
Wiped the dirt off of it with the hand that he still had
He put it to his lips and said man she was something
But this ain't nothin'

He said I lost my daddy, when I was eight years old,
That cave-in at the Kincaid mine left a big old hole,
And I lost my baby brother, my best friend and my left hand
In a no win situation in a place called Vietnam
And last year I watched my loving wife, of fifty years waste away and die
We were holding hands when her heart of gold stopped pumping
So this ain't nothin'

This ain't nothin' time won't erase
And this ain't nothin' money can't replace
He said you sit and watch your loving wife fifty years fighting for her life
Then you hold her hand til her heart of gold stops pumping
Yeah boy that's something,
So this ain't nothin'
No this ain't nothin'

 

[stephbolt]

Jamie O'Neal - Somebody's Hero

This last verse kills me, mostly because it makes me think of my mother and grandmother (who has severe dementia):

She's somebody's hero
A hero to her mother in a rockin' chair
She runs a brush through her silver hair
The envy of the nursing home
She drops by every afternoon
Feeds her mama with a spoon
And that smile lets her know
Her mother's smile lets her know
She's somebody's hero

 

[Kaleigh]

Tainted love by Soft cell.

Sad....


It was the last dance I had with my best buddy Tim in college. He took his life that night, and none of us saw any signs. Everyone loved him, he was the greatest guy ever.

 

[TooPatient]

I heard this song on the radio the other day and it left my sniffling. I want to surprise my mom by singing it to her (maybe at the rehearsal?):

Carrie Underwood --- Mama's Song

Mama, you taught me to do the right things.
So, now you have to let your baby fly.
You've given me everything that I will need.
To make it through this crazy thing called life.
And I know you watched me grow up,
and only want what's best for me.
And I think I found the answer to your prayers.

And he Is good, so good.
He treats your little girl,
like a real man should.
He is good, SO good.
He makes promises he keeps.
No, he's never gonna leave.
So, don't you worry about me.
Don't you worry about me.

Mama, there's no way you'll ever lose me.
Giving me away is not goodbye.
As you watch me walk down to my future,
I hope tears of joy are in your eyes.

Cause, he is good, so good.
And, he treats your little girl,
like a real man should.
He is good, SO good.
He makes promises he keeps.
No, he's never gonna leave.
So, don't you worry about me.
Don't you worry about me.

And when I watch my baby grow up,
I'll only want what's best for her.
And I hope she'll find,
the answer to my prayers.
And that she'll say...

He is good, so good.
And he treats your little girl,
like a real man should.
He is good, SO good.
He makes promises he keeps.
No, he's never gonna leave.
So, don't you worry about me.
Don't you worry about me.

Mama, don't you worry about me.
Don't you worry about me.

 

[TooPatient]

Let Them Be Little by Rascal Flatts. My kids preschool class sang it at preschool graduation and I could not stop crying! I downloaded it to my ipod and everytime it comes on, I cry. I can't help it!

Awwww! That was so touching with the guys singing it.... All the parents must have been in tears with their kids singing this.

 

[TooPatient]

I just found this on CMT..... OMG....

Trace Adkins -- Arlington

I never thought that this is where I'd settle down,
I thought I'd die an old man back in my hometown,
They gave me this plot of land, me and some other men, for a job well done,
There's a big white house sits on a hill just up the road,
The man inside he cried the day they brought me home,
They folded up a flag and told my mom and dad, we're proud of your son

[Chorus:]
And I'm proud to be on this peaceful piece of property,
I'm on sacred ground and I'm in the best of company,
I'm thankful for those thankful for the things I've done,
I can rest in peace, I'm one of the chosen ones, I made it to Arlington

I remember daddy brought me here when I was eight,
We searched all day to find out where my granddad lay,
And when we finally found that cross,
He said, "son this is what it cost to keep us free" Now here I am,
A thousand stones away from him,
He recognized me on the first day I came in,
And it gave me a chill when he clicked his heels, and saluted me.

[Repeat Chorus]

And everytime I hear twenty-one guns,
I know they brought another hero home to us

We're thankful for those thankful for the things we've done,
We can rest in peace, 'cause we are the chosen ones,
We made it to arlington, yea dust to dust,
Don't cry for us, we made it to arlington

 

[princesss]

My Little Girl by Tim McGraw! I start sobbing right about the time he says, "Daddy love you more," and the tears just don't stop. I honestly can't listen to this song in public it's so bad. (Can you tell I'm a daddy's girl?)

 

[dragonfly411]

My Old Friend - Tim McGraw - I plan to make up a slide show of pictures of my horse when he dies, and this song will be playing. He has touched SO MANY people, and of course the slide show will be shown to as many of them as I can get in one spot. The song describes me and him perfectly too. I cry every time.

 

[TooPatient]

Carrie Underwood -- Just A Dream

It was two weeks after the day she turned eighteen
All dressed in white
Going to the church that night
She had his box of letters in the passenger seat
Sixpence in a shoe, something borrowed, something blue
And when the church doors opened up wide
She put her veil down
Trying to hide the tears
Oh she just couldn't believe it
She heard trumpets from the military band
And the flowers fell out of her hand

Baby why'd you leave me
Why'd you have to go?
I was counting on forever, now I'll never know
I can't even breathe
It's like I'm looking from a distance
Standing in the background
Everybody's saying, he's not coming home now
This can't be happening to me
This is just a dream

The preacher man said let us bow our heads and pray
Lord please lift his soul, and heal this hurt
Then the congregation all stood up and sang the saddest song that she ever heard
Then they handed her a folded up flag
And she held on to all she had left of him
Oh, and what could have been
And then the guns rang one last shot
And it felt like a bullet in her heart

Baby why'd you leave me
Why'd you have to go?
I was counting on forever, now I'll never know
I can't even breathe
It's like I'm looking from a distance
Standing in the background
Everybody's saying, he's not coming home now
This can't be happening to me
This is just a dream

Oh,
Baby why'd you leave me
Why'd you have to go?
I was counting on forever, now I'll never know
Oh, now I'll never know
It's like I'm looking from a distance
Standing in the background
Everybody's saying, he's not coming home now
This can't be happening to me
This is just a dream

Oh, this is just a dream
Just a dream
Yeah, Yeah

 

[MonkeyPie]

Daddy's Hands ALWAYS makes me cry. I love my daddy.

I remember Daddy´s hands, folded silently in prayer.
And reaching out to hold me, when I had a nightmare.
You could read quite a story, in the callouses and lines.
Years of work and worry had left their mark behind.

I remember Daddy´s hands, how they held my Mama tight,
And patted my back, for something done right.
There are things that I´ve forgotten, that I loved about the man,
But I´ll always remember the love in Daddy´s hands.

Daddy's hands were soft and kind when I was cryin´.
Daddy´s hands, were hard as steel when I´d done wrong.
Daddy´s hands, weren´t always gentle
But I´ve come to understand.
There was always love in Daddy´s hands.

I remember Daddy´s hands, working 'til they bled.
Sacrificed unselfishly, just to keep us all fed.
If I could do things over, I´d live my life again.
And never take for granted the love in Daddy´s hands.

Daddy's hands were soft and kind when I was cryin´.
Daddy´s hands, were hard as steel when I´d done wrong.
Daddy´s hands, weren´t always gentle
But I´ve come to understand.
There was always love in Daddy´s hands.

Daddy's hands were soft and kind when I was cryin´.
Daddy´s hands, were hard as steel when I´d done wrong.
Daddy´s hands, weren´t always gentle
But I´ve come to understand.
There was always love...
In Daddy´s hands.

 

[princesss]

OMG, should not have read the lyrics to Arlington at work. Ex-BF's grandfather (who I was very close to) is buried there.

 

[Steel]

Father figure - George Michael

I lost my Dad this year, 'nuff said.

 

[TooPatient]

My Old Friend - Tim McGraw - I plan to make up a slide show of pictures of my horse when he dies, and this song will be playing. He has touched SO MANY people, and of course the slide show will be shown to as many of them as I can get in one spot. The song describes me and him perfectly too. I cry every time.

I hope that your slideshow doesn't get made for many years!

 

[TooPatient]

This always gets me...

Collin Raye -- Love Me

I read a note my grandma wrote
back in nineteen twenty-three.
Grandpa kept it in his coat,
and he showed it once to me.
He said, "Boy, you might not understand,
but a long, long time ago,
Grandma's daddy didn't like me none,
but I loved your Grandma so.
"We had this crazy plan to meet
and run away together.
Get married in the first town we came to,
and live forever.
But nailed to the tree
where we were supposed to meet, instead
Of her, I found this letter,
and this is what it said:
If you get there before I do,
don't give up on me.
I'll meet you when my chores are through;
I don't know how long I'll be.
But I'm not gonna let you down,
darling wait and see.
And between now and then,
till I see you again,
I'll be loving you.
Love, me.
I read those words just hours before
my Grandma passed away,
In the doorway of a church
where me and Grandpa stopped to pray.
I know I'd never seen him cry
in all my fifteen years;
But as he said these words to her,
his eyes filled up with tears.
If you get there before I do,
don't give up on me.
I'll meet you when my chores are through;
I don't know how long I'll be.
But I'm not gonna let you down,
darling wait and see.
And between now and then,
till I see you again,
I'll be loving you.
Love, me.
Between now and then,
till I see you again,
I'll be loving you.
Love, me.

 

[charbie]

It doesn't always happen...but "Everything" by Michael Buble. I remember getting into a fight with DH before we were married and I was so mad. I put that song on repeat, sang at the top of my lungs in my car, and bawled like a baby.

 

[vc10um]

Jamie O'Neal - Somebody's Hero

This last verse kills me, mostly because it makes me think of my mother and grandmother (who has severe dementia):

She's somebody's hero
A hero to her mother in a rockin' chair
She runs a brush through her silver hair
The envy of the nursing home
She drops by every afternoon
Feeds her mama with a spoon
And that smile lets her know
Her mother's smile lets her know
She's somebody's hero

Right there with you, Steph.

"This Ain't Nothin" is on my list right now, too, TP.

There are a lot of songs that make me cry, but for the life of me I can't think of any others right now, though I was practically bawling during "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" during Jersey Boys because that's the song I'm going to dance to with my mom at my wedding.

 

[TooPatient]

Martina McBride -- Concrete Angel

She walks to school with the lunch she packed
Nobody knows what she's holdin' back
Wearin' the same dress she wore yesterday
She hides the bruises with linen and lace

The teacher wonders but she doesn't ask
It's hard to see the pain behind the mask
Bearing the burden of a secret storm
Sometimes she wishes she was never born

Through the wind and the rain
She stands hard as a stone
In a world that she can't rise above
But her dreams give her wings
And she flies to a place where she's loved
Concrete angel

Somebody cries in the middle of the night
The neighbors hear, but they turn out the lights
A fragile soul caught in the hands of fate
When morning comes it'll be too late

Through the wind and the rain
She stands hard as a stone
In a world that she can't rise above
But her dreams give her wings
And she flies to a place where she's loved
Concrete angel

A statue stands in a shaded place
An angel girl with an upturned face
A name is written on a polished rock
A broken heart that the world forgot

Through the wind and the rain
She stands hard as a stone
In a world that she can't rise above
But her dreams give her wings
And she flies to a place where she's loved
Concrete angel

 

[dragonfly411]

Martina McBride -- Concrete Angel

She walks to school with the lunch she packed
Nobody knows what she's holdin' back
Wearin' the same dress she wore yesterday
She hides the bruises with linen and lace

The teacher wonders but she doesn't ask
It's hard to see the pain behind the mask
Bearing the burden of a secret storm
Sometimes she wishes she was never born

Through the wind and the rain
She stands hard as a stone
In a world that she can't rise above
But her dreams give her wings
And she flies to a place where she's loved
Concrete angel

Somebody cries in the middle of the night
The neighbors hear, but they turn out the lights
A fragile soul caught in the hands of fate
When morning comes it'll be too late

Through the wind and the rain
She stands hard as a stone
In a world that she can't rise above
But her dreams give her wings
And she flies to a place where she's loved
Concrete angel

A statue stands in a shaded place
An angel girl with an upturned face
A name is written on a polished rock
A broken heart that the world forgot

Through the wind and the rain
She stands hard as a stone
In a world that she can't rise above
But her dreams give her wings
And she flies to a place where she's loved
Concrete angel

love this song

 

[lyra]

Seasons in the Sun. A boy in my class in HS asked that it be played at his funeral. This was written in his suicide note. He was abused by his father.

 

[TooPatient]

Crystal Shawanda You Can Let Go

Wind blowing on my face
Sidewalk flying beneath my bike
A five year olds first taste
Of what freedom's really like
He was running right beside me
His hand holding on the seat
I took a deep breath and hollered
As I headed for the street

"You can let go now daddy
You can let go
Oh I think I'm ready to do this on my own
It's still a little bit scary
But I want you to know
I'll be okay now daddy
You can let go"

I was standing at the altar
Between the two loves of my life
To one I've been a daughter
To one I soon would be a wife
When the preacher asked
"Who gives this woman?"
Daddy's eyes filled up with tears
He kept holding tightly to my arm
'Til I whispered in his ear:


"You can let go now daddy
You can let go
Oh I think I'm ready to do this on my own
It's still feels a little bit scary
But I want you to know
I'll be okay now daddy
You can let go"

It was killing me
To see the strongest man I ever knew
Wasting away to nothing in that hospital room
"You know he's only hanging on for you"
That's what the night nurse said
My voice and heart were breaking
As I crawled up in his bed and said:

You can let go now daddy
You can let go
Your little girl is ready to do this on my own
Its gonna be a little bit scary
But I want you to know
I'll be okay now daddy
You can let go
You can let go

 

[redfaerythinker]

My little girl... I had planned to dance with my father to that song at my wedding. But he died unexpectedly three years ago so every time I hear that song it reminds me that all I've lost and all I'm going to miss out on.

 

[TooPatient]

I'll See You In Hawaii ---- I sang this for my grandma at her funeral. (Grandma loved Hawaii -- she planned most of the funeral herself and it included a group of hula dancers (she took lessons from them) performing several songs. It is really a beautiful song. (I slowed it to about 1/2 what the suggested tempo was). Can't find a recording of it to post so lyrics will have to do:

I'll see you in Hawaii
On the sunny shores of Waikiki
Let the tradewinds blow your cares away
Where every day's a holiday

You'll learn to dance the hula
To a ukulele melody
In a big canoe like beach boys do
We'll ride the lazy ocean blue

There'll be moonlit skies to tantalize
And hula girls with big brown eyes
There'll be gay luaus and hukilaus
We'll eat some fish and laulau and we'll raise a welakahau

I'll see you in Hawaii
On the sunny shores of Waikiki
Where you'll always find a friendly smile
It's heaven on our magic, heaven on our magic
Heaven on our magic isle

 

[TooPatient]

Jason Michael Carrol -- Alyssa Lies


My little girl met a new friend just the other day
On the playground at school
Between the tires and the swings
But she came home with tear-filled eyes
And she said to me, "Daddy, Alyssa lies"


Well I just brushed it off at first
'Cause I didn't know how much my little girl had been hurt
Or the things she had seen
I wasn't ready when I said you can tell me
And she said


"Alyssa lies to the classroom
Alyssa lies everyday at school
Alyssa lies to the teachers
As she tries to cover every bruise"


My little girl laid her head down that night to go to sleep
As I stepped out the room I heard her say
A prayer so soft and sweet
"God bless my mom and my dad
And my new friend Alyssa"
Oh I know she needs you bad because


Alyssa lies to the classroom
Alyssa lies everyday at school
Alyssa lies to the teachers
As she tries to cover every bruise


I had the worst night of sleep in years
As I tried to think of a way to calm her fears
I knew exactly what I had to do
But when we got to school on Monday I heard the news


My little girl asked me why everybody looked so sad
The lump in my throat grew bigger
With every question that she asked
Until I felt the tears run down my face
And I told her that Alyssa wouldn't be at school today


'Cause she doesn't lie in the classroom
She doesn't lie anymore at school
Alyssa lies with Jesus
Because there's nothing anyone would do


Tears filled my eyes
When my little girl asked me why
Alyssa lies
Oh daddy, oh daddy tell me why
Alyssa lies

 

[Steel]

Seasons in the Sun. A boy in my class in HS asked that it be played at his funeral. This was written in his suicide note. He was abused by his father.

That is very sad. The poor boy.

___________________________

Toopatient, you chose another of my favourites :
Collin Raye -- LoveMe

along with

Richard Marx -- Right here waiting for you
Richard Marx -- Hazard
Phil Collins -- One more night

 

[packrat]

The Living Years by Mike & the Mechanics. It reminds me of all the things I didn't get to say to my dad.

My mom says the same thing, for the same reason.