Songs That Bring Tears To Your Eyes.

This song always makes me feel rather weepy.
And of course even to this day, sadly, nothing has changed.

In The Ghetto. (Elvis Presley)



"In The Ghetto"


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


People, don't you understand
the child needs a helping hand
or he'll grow to be an angry young man some day
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
a 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 on the street with a gun in his hand
In the ghetto


As her young man dies,
on a cold and gray Chicago mornin',
another little baby child is born
In the ghetto
 

Pardon me, But I can't understand why anybody would want to spoil a perfectly nice day by

listening to a song that would make them cry ??! Am I missing something here ?
 
Falcon said:
Pardon me, But I can't understand why anybody would want to spoil a perfectly nice day by

listening to a song that would make them cry ??! Am I missing something here ?
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Hi Falcon.
Well you watch the News on the telly don't you?
There is a lot in there that make me want to weep.
But we watch it all the same don't we?

You have watched the odd sad film now and again, haven't you?

With respect, perhaps it is those facts are what you are missing?:playful::D
 
The song, "Last Kiss" was made most popular by J. Frank Wilson & The Cavaliers and was one of many teenage tragedy songs from that era. The song and the story that is connected to the song by the artist's actions are profound; meaning that they lost a member of their band when the driver of the car J. Frank Wilson and others were traveling in when the driver fell asleep, crossed the center line and hit a tractor trailer head-on killing one of the band members (the driver) instantly. (I can't remember his name.) BTW, I also like Pearl Jam's version.

 
I can relate to this song very much. Never mind he is my favorite artist Vincent Van- Gogh..Makes me cry every time.
 
Arachne said:
I can relate to this song very much. Never mind he is my favorite artist Vincent Van- Gogh..Makes me cry every time.
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Me too Arachne.
Me too.
They just don't do lovely lyrics in songs like this anymore.

Starry, starry night.
Paint your palette blue and grey,
Look out on a summer's day,
With eyes that know the darkness in my soul.
Shadows on the hills,
Sketch the trees and the daffodils,
Catch the breeze and the winter chills,
In colors on the snowy linen land. Now I understand what you tried to say to me


how you suffered for your sanity
how you tried to set them free.
They would not listen
they did not know how


perhaps they'll listen now.

Except perhaps...

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The Day The Music Died.
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"He Stopped Loving Her Today"


He said I'll love you 'til 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.


He kept some letters by his bed
Dated 1962
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:]
Ya' know she came to see him one last time
Oh, we all wondered if she would
And it kept running through my mind
This time he's over her for good.


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

 
Natalie Merchant


"Seven Years"


How did I love you?
There was no measuring
Far above this dirty world
Far above everything
In your tower over it
You were clean


So warm and insightful
Were you in my eyes
I was sure the rightful
Guardian of my life
Damn you betrayer
How you lied


But for seven years
You were loved
I laid golden orchid crowns
Around you feet


For seven years
I bowed down
To touch the ground
So wholly your devotee


You were
All that I could see


I've got my sight now
I see everything you hid
So don't you try to right now
All the wrong you did
I might forget you
But not forgive


But for seven years
You were loved
I laid golden orchid crowns
Around your feet


For seven years
I bowed down
To touch the ground
So wholly your devotee


For seven years
You were so revered
I made offerings of
Anything and everything I had


You were
All that I could see

 

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