What's The Saddest Song You Have Ever Heard?

Well mine would have to be "Shame" by "Low".
But what songs do the rest of you drown your sorrows in when the black eyed dog comes knocking?

Puff The Magic Dragon

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"Show"-Beth Gibbons (as well as "Sand River")
"Into Dust"-Mazzy Star


[Edited on May 15, 2005 by Siouxsie]

And All That Could Have Been - NIN

Me and a gun Tori Amos

Rose Parade by Elliot Smith or Konstantine by Something Corporate

strange fruit- sarah vaughan or billie holiday they both recorded it

Do I really have to go through half of my cds and find one song? I'll have to think about this one.

George Jones--"He Stopped Loving Her Today"

Apocalyptica - Bittersweet

Pink Floyd - Wish you were here

smashing pumpkins - melon collie and the infinite sadness, here is no why, muzzle...about half their songs really

"Where Did You Sleep Last Night?" - Nirvana Unplugged cover version, also Jeff Buckley's version of "Hallelujah" always makes me sad.

Martha by Tom Waits.

Most definitely - Cat's in the Cradle
I don't remember who did the song, but when I hear it the song bums me out.

"Strawberry Blonde" by Ron Sexsmith makes me cry almost every time.


She was not the girl next door
But the girl from 'round the corner
It was at the tail end of grade four
When she came to school one morning
And all eyes were upon her as she took her seat
Her name was Amanda with pretty eyes of green
And hair of blonde, strawberry blonde

Springtime and dandelions
And summer 'round the corner
Was at the tail end of age nine
With a million dreams before her
She lived with her mother in an old decrepit house
If there was trouble she kept it to herself
All summer long, the strawberry blonde

And by her face there was no way to tell
It seemed like all was well in her world
But the neighbours said
Her mother had lost her will
To gin and sleeping pills
It was no life for a little girl

Still I see her face framed in blue sky
At the top of a slide coming down
And when the sirens wailed
(her mother had failed to rise)
All the neighbours stood outside
As Amanda just stared at the ground

Time flies and years are piled
I'd forgotten all about her
When I saw her down the aisle
Of a streetcar with her daughter
Then I heard Amanda say as she got up
"C'mon Samantha, girl, this is our stop"
And they were gone
Two strawberry blondes

I think it was Harry Chapin who did the original

misery signals "when summer ended in june"
jawbreaker "kiss the bottle"

this bitter pill by dashboard confessional

at the end it sounds like he just breaks down and starts crying.

"Lie-Bot, what is the saddest thing?"

Regina Spektor's flyin -
"I went flyin' out of my window
I went flyin' out of my window
been caught doin' it once or twice
but it feels so real nice
oh it feels so real nice

saw the earth and I saw the sky
saw the earth and I saw the sky
been caught doin' it once or twigh
but it feels so real nigh
oh it feels so real nigh
oh it feels so real nigh

went to school with them boring teachers
who thought they was all my preachers
so I went starin' out of my window
I went starin' out of my window
been caught doin' it once or twice
but it feels so real nice
oh it feels so real nice,
oh it feels so real nice, that I might even do it again

one of them took me with him to sleep
said not to make a peep
said it'll be a secret we keep
so I didn't make a peep
kissed my cheek and rubbed my feet
but his kissin' didn't taste so sweet
told him I just wanted to sleep
so he got mad
and he got madder, and he got maddest of them all

sent me flyin' out of his window
sent me flyin' out of his window
not caught once, not caught twice

and I've been flyin' ever since and I've been "

Maybe not the saddest, but the one that sticks out most in my mind right now.

"house of secrets" by otep. doesn't sound sad, but it makes me sad

Keep me in Your Hart - Warren Zevon

Damn, how could I forget that. I remember hearing that on the radio the day he died and having to pull over to cry.