What's The Saddest Song You Have Ever Heard?

Mr. Bojangles

I tear up about the part with his dog up and dying...

For me Everytime I hear the Quitter by Rasputina I feel like blowing my brains out...

"He Stopped Loving Her Today" by Johnny Cash. I know it's not the original, but his voice singing that song tears me up.

They're hard to listen to ... .

Definitely "Broken Heart" by Spiritualized

Cheesy but Tim McGraw's Don't take the girl

Mrs. Sullivan by Caroline's Spine

Martha by Tom Waits

Hospital Vespers by The Weakerthans.

Roads - Portishead
The orchestra just adds that extra bit of sadness, it's amazing.

Johnny Cash- Hurt
(country I know, sue me) Nickel Creek- A Lighthouse's Tale and Brad Paisley - Whiskey Lullaby
Billie Holliday- Gloomy Sunday
Jim Varney(Ernest goes to camp)- Gee I'm Glad It's Raining
Louis Armstrong- Wonderful World and The Hawaiin version of Somewhere over the Rainbow- in context to a suicide
and

My friend assures me its all or nothing
I am not worried- I am not overly concerned
My friend implores me for one time only,
Make an exception. I am not not worried
Wrap her up in a package of lies
Send her off to a coconut island
I am not worried - I am not overly concerned
With the status of my emotions
Oh, she says, were changing.
But were always changing
It does not bother me to say this isnt love
Because if you dont want to talk about it then it isnt love
And I guess Im going to have to live that
But, Im sure theres something in a shade of gray
Or something in between
And I can always change my name if thats what you mean
My friend assures me its all or nothing`
But I am not really worried
I am not overly concerned
You try to tell your self the things you try tell your self to make
Yourself forget
To make your self forget
I am not worried
If its love she said, then were gonna have to think about the
Consequences
She cant stop shaking and I can t stop touching her and.....
This time when kindness falls like rain
It washes her away and anna begins to change her mind
These seconds when Im shaking leave me shuddering
For days she says.
And Im not ready for this sort of thing
But Im not gonna break
And Im not going to worry about it anymore
Im not gonna bend. and Im not gonna break and
Im not gonna worry about it anymore
It seems like I should say as long as this is love...
But its not all that easy so maybe I should just
Snap her up in a butterfly net-
Pin her down on a photograph album
I am not worried
Ive done this sort of thing before
But then I start to think about the consequences
Because I dont get no sleep in a quiet room and...
The time when kindness falls like rain
It washes me away and anna begins change my mind
And every time she sneezes I believe its love
And oh lord.... Im not ready for this sort of thing
She s talking in her sleep-it s keeping me awake
And anna begins to toss and turn
And every word is nonsense but I understand it and
Oh lord. I m not ready for this sort of thing
Her kindness bangs a gong
Its moving me along and anna begins to fade away
It s chasing me away. she dissappears, and oh lord Im not ready for this sort of thing

I've got one more song....

Delia, oh, Delia Delia all my life
If I hadn't have shot poor
Delia I'd have had her for my wife
Delia's gone, one more round Delia's gone

I went up to Memphis
And I met Delia there Found her in her parlor
And I tied to her chair
Delia's gone, one more round Delia's gone

She was low down and trifling
And she was cold and mean
Kind of evil make me want to Grab my sub machine
Delia's gone, one more round Delia's gone

First time I shot her I shot her in the side
Hard to watch her suffer
But with the second shot she died
Delia's gone, one more round Delia's gone

But jailer, oh, jailer Jailer,
I can't sleep 'Cause all around my bedside
I hear the patter of Delia's feet
Delia's gone, one more round Delia's gone

So if you woman's devilish
You can let her run
Or you can bring her down and do her
Like Delia got done
Delia's gone, one more round Delia's gone

-By the late, great Johnny Cash

The Counting Crows are amazing... Sad, but great. I'd have to go with Raining In Baltimore...... That song makes me feel...

someone mentioned bonni prince billy and also mazzy star.

i have a contribution. i feel like shit whenever i listen to it.


the cure - siamese twins

Raining in Baltimore is a good one!

damn it.... modest mouse - little motel

Bleed the Dream - Jack and White

good choice, but i'll have to say "stay with me"

The Used - On My Own

See all those people on the ground
Wasting time
I try to hold it all inside
But just for tonight
The top of the world
Sitting here wishing
The things I've become
That something is missing
Maybe I...
But what do I know

And now it seems that I have found
Nothing at all
I want to hear your voice out loud
Slow it down, slow it down
Without it all
I'm choking on nothing
It's clear in my head
And I'm screaming for something
Knowing nothing is better than knowing it all

On my own [x6]

Without it all
I'm choking on nothing
It's clear in my head
And I'm screaming for something
Knowing nothing is better than knowing it all

On my own [x4]

So Sister (The Country Song)- The Verve

Beach Boys 'Til I Die'

It goes:

I'm a cork on the ocean
Floating over the raging sea
How deep is the ocean?...
I lost my way...

I'm a rock in a landslide
Rolling over the mountainside
How deep is the valley?...
It kills my soul...

I'm a leaf on a windy day
Pretty soon I'll be blown away
How long will the wind blow?...
Until I Die...

and the melody's even glummer.