Has a song ever pulled a tear from your eye?

GaryHoetker · Post by **GaryHoetker** » 17 Dec 2002 2:49 pm

"I Love Lucy Brown" by Little Jimmy Dickens and "Getting Used to Losing You" by Buck Owens did it for me.

Glenn Suchan · Post by **Glenn Suchan** » 18 Dec 2002 5:42 am

Steve Goodman's "The Dutchman"
Rory Block's "Mother Marian"
Jim Post's "Three Soft Touches"
Guy Clark's "That Oldtime Feelin'"
Townes Van Zandt's "Marie"

All five do it everytime.

Keep on pickin'!
Glenn[This message was edited by Glenn Suchan on 18 December 2002 at 05:44 AM.]

Bob Snelgrove · Post by **Bob Snelgrove** » 18 Dec 2002 7:20 am

Current song: Kenny Chesney "A Lot Of Things Different"

bob

Ken Williams · Post by **Ken Williams** » 18 Dec 2002 7:33 am

There's too many songs to mention. I'm sensitve guy you know.

A couple of gospel songs that will leave me crying like a baby are "When He Was On the Cross" and "I've Never Seen the Righteous Forsaken".

Ken

Martin Abend · Post by **Martin Abend** » 18 Dec 2002 1:40 pm

John Prine - the "Souvenirs"-CD brings me down every time, also late recordings from Townes van Zandt, and The Bulgarian Women Choires. The best songs are always the sad ones for me.

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Stephen Gambrell · Post by **Stephen Gambrell** » 18 Dec 2002 1:58 pm

"Bed by the Window," by bluegrasser James King.
And one I just heard, "Mama's Christmas Shoes."
And the lyrics of "Amazing Grace," when you consider...

Rick Ulrich · Post by **Rick Ulrich** » 19 Dec 2002 1:39 am

The song "What a Day Yesterday Was" from Alan Jacksons CD "High Mileage" I had listened to this song and played along with it and it didn't tug at my emotions until a long time friend of mine suffered fatal injuries when his highway patrol Crown Vic cruiser was struck from behind and the fuel tank burst engulfing the car in flames. This song was played at his funeral. I sat there listening to the words of the song and thought of him and his wife. He was recently remarried and seemed to have found happiness. Now his life was snuffed out prematurely. Of course recollections play a big part in personal emotions. I recalled some thirty years earlier, him sitting in my living room saying, "So you think I should quit my job at the mine and join the highway patrol?" My reply was always in the affirmative. Being analytical, he would ask me to recite all the reasons he should make this move. I would have to dig down deep and come up with all the reasons. This conversation was repeated many times. Finally he left the mine but not for the highway patrol, but to go into local law enforcement. Eventually, he saw the light and made the move to the highway patrol. He went on to become the epitome of what one would expect in a highway patrolman.
We cried together when his first child was born and within a week was dead due to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. We laughed together when he first started riding motors for the highway patrol and he ran into a cow. He helped me move when I was transferred. I could leave my dog with him when I went on vacation. He was a coach and excellent trainer of new officers. He could be tough when he needed to be, but he had a tender spot when one was needed. He could bend the rules when common sense prevailed over regulation. Man!!! My throat just knots up and tears well up when I hear those words. If forever ends today and there is no tomorrow for us. What a day yesterday was!

nick allen · Post by **nick allen** » 19 Dec 2002 6:45 am

One that always gives me the shivers (English for "goose bumps") at the end is San Francisco Mabel Joy...
Nick

Rick Jackson · Post by **Rick Jackson** » 19 Dec 2002 7:20 pm

After reading Gram Parson's biography, I listened to "Brass Buttons" and I have to admit it did bring a tear or two because I had a little more insight about the song after reading about his early life tragedies....rj

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Jerry Bruner · Post by **Jerry Bruner** » 19 Dec 2002 7:55 pm

On the country side:
Between the Two of Them - Alabama
Raggedy Ann - Little Jimmy Dickens
She Misses Him on Sunday The Most - Diamond Rio
When You Are Old -Gretchen Peters or Martina McBride

on the rock side:
Independence Day - Bruce Springsteen
Father And Son - Cat Stevens

David Pennybaker · Post by **David Pennybaker** » 20 Dec 2002 12:17 pm

"The Little Girl" by John Michael Montgomery

The last verse gets me every time:

Her first day of sunday school, the teacher walked in
And a small little girl stared at a picture of Him
She said I know that man up there on that cross
I dont know His name but I know He got off
'Cause He was there in my old house
And held me close to His side
As I hid there behind our couch
The night that my parents died

Kenny Dail · Post by **Kenny Dail** » 20 Dec 2002 9:38 pm

Add these 2 to the list for me; "Bringing Mary Home" by Mac Wiseman and "I can't Stop My Loving You" by Buck Owens."

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Theresa Galbraith · Post by **Theresa Galbraith** » 20 Dec 2002 10:58 pm

"My Baby" by Blake Sheldon brings a tear everytime I hear it! Well written song....
Theresa

John Steele (deceased) · Post by **John Steele (deceased)** » 21 Dec 2002 12:03 am

Bill Evans - You must believe in Spring.

Matt Brydges · Post by **Matt Brydges** » 21 Dec 2002 12:23 am

Maiden's Prayer (Instrumental).
Matt
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Andy Volk · Post by **Andy Volk** » 21 Dec 2002 5:23 am

Yes, John, Bill Evans! for me, it's "Haunted Heart".

David Pennybaker · Post by **David Pennybaker** » 21 Dec 2002 10:35 am

"My Baby" by Blake Sheldon brings a tear everytime I hear it! Well written song...

That's "THE Baby".

I had the pleasure of hearing this song about a month ago performed by one of the co-writers, Jimmy Melton. My immediate thought was "wow, that'll be a hit". When I got back home, I hear that song on the radio at least once a day now.

Richard Bass · Post by **Richard Bass** » 22 Dec 2002 9:13 pm

Have to agree with Theresa, "The Baby" by Blake Shelton is a great song and it will sure bring a tear to your eye.
Richard

David Pennybaker · Post by **David Pennybaker** » 23 Dec 2002 8:27 am

Another song similar to "The Baby" (which was written by Michael White, NOT by Jimmy Melton as I previously said) is the song "She Was" by Mark Chestnutt.

That song WAS co-written by Jimmy Melton and Neal Coty.

Two songs about "momma", and she dies in both of them at the end. A sure recipe for a tear-jerker.

Joe Casey · Post by **Joe Casey** » 23 Dec 2002 8:51 am

Danny Boy on St. Paddys day.........

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Rich Paton · Post by **Rich Paton** » 25 Dec 2002 3:07 am

One night about two years ago, I got (not just a tear) but a stiff One-Two punch in the gut...after the first time I heard Jones' "The Hard Facts Are Cold" on FM, I immediately happened to put Vern Gosdin's "Chisled In Stone" on the stereo. And that was the very first time I realized the true meaning of that phrase in the tune & title! Heck, yeah that brought a tear, and then...
WHAM! POW! KABAM! UGH...
NO MAS!

R. L. Jones · Post by **R. L. Jones** » 25 Dec 2002 6:30 pm

Terry Farmer;; You drug one up fella. Seems we all have been down that road.Pretty songs have always got under my skin, some more than others.

All these songs mentioned here have a special meaning, Some old songs I cant sing anymore, some I wont even listen to. Brings to mind "Put my Little Shoes Away", " Mommy Please stay home with me"

R. L.

CrowBear Schmitt · Post by **CrowBear Schmitt** » 26 Dec 2002 7:24 am

Precious Memories by Aretha Franklin

Chip Fossa · Post by **Chip Fossa** » 26 Dec 2002 8:50 pm

Louie, Louie