Song That Makes You Cry Because Of A Lost Love

[TicklishGrl4Lfe]

but it's a pop song from the 1940s called "My Little Playmate".
She and I were both 15 when she was killed by ALS.
That's Amlyotropic Lateral Sclerosis, also known as Lou Gherig's Disease.
It was just one year from first onset to death.
She was training to be a ballerina. Her dancing was the loveliest sight I had ever seen.
First the disease stole her grace, then her ability to move at all, then her life.
It took me years to stop hating God for that.
We had been friends since we were three.
I was holding her hand when she died, because her parents knew we loved each other.
That dumb little tune had been 'our song' since we played the 78 RPM record on her mom's record player when we were five.

"My little playmate come out
and play with me,
And bring your puppies three,
Climb up my apple tree,
shout in my rain barrel
slide down my cellar door,
And we’ll be jolly friends forever more."

I know, I know. We were five years old when we made it our song.
We always 'knew' we would stay together forever. We would grow up together, get married, and live together for life, and then die and be together in heaven. Show's you how much we knew.
She was a virgin and I wasn't, and we were both looking forward to changing her status on our wedding noght after we graduated college. She knew she was gonna get tickled that night and was looking forward to that too.
We thought we had all the time in the world.

Here it is, 43 years later, and I still can't hear that song without crying.
It was bad enough that she had to die, but that she had to die THAT WAY was just so DAMNED unfair.

Sorry for the rant, folks. It still hurts.

Awwwwww poor MT. That has to be so rough. I can't fathopm losing a sweetheart like that.

 

[Mz Chaos]

Well... Ironically... Racheal my deceased friend... made a CD for me that included the song "How Do You Get That Lonely" by Blaine Larsen that tells of a boy that commits suicide.

I play the CD... but I skip that song... it's all too fresh to listen to it yet... so yeah... there is at least that one song.

It was just another story printed on the second page
Underneath the Tiger's football score
It said, he was only eighteen, a boy about my age
They found him face down on his bedroom floor
There'll be services on Friday at the Lawrence Funeral Home
Then out on Mooresville highway, they'll lay him neath a stone

How do you get that lonely, how do you hurt that bad
To make you make the call, that having no life at all
Is better than the life that you had
How do you feel so empty, you want to let it all go
How do you get that lonely and nobody know

Did his girlfriend break up with him, did he buy or steal that gun
Did he lose a fight with drugs or alcohol
Did his Mom and Daddy forget to say I love you son
Did no one see the writing on the wall
Now, I'm not blaming anybody, we all do the best we can
I know hindsight's 20/20, but I still don't understand

How do you get that lonely, how do you hurt that bad
To make you make the call, that having no life at all
Is better than the life that you had
How do you feel so empty, you want to let it all go
How do you get that lonely and nobody know

It was just another story printed on the second page
Underneath the Tiger's football score

 

[Ethical Edward]

Funny. It's not a song but a movie I saw that showed pretty much how my reationship with Tanya ended. I'm sure a lot of you saw it, it's called appropriately The BreakUp with Jennifer Anniston and Vince Vaughn. Sometimes it just doesn't work no matter how hard you try and songs like the one's we describe I wonder if they overly romanticize our relationships to the point that we forget the bad times. I still love Tanya and I will forever...I knew it in 1989 and I know it now...she's my soulmate and now she's gone forever.

 

[BigBrownEyes]

That would be "What Hurts the Most" by Rascal Flatts.

I don't hate country music with every fiber of my being and am glad I could help you out with this.

Well, thank you, I can always use help like that! It make sense that's the name of the song. That would've been my first guess. If country music lyrics are any indication, those poor singers really had some screwed up personal lives! Then again, Mr. Smooth Moves is really one to talk...

"Take These Broken Wings" is another 80s song that reminds me of the same girl mentioned above. Actually, I'm over this person, but certain songs take me back to the break-up. It's amazing what a mark an experience like that can leave on your psyche, even if you've moved way past it.

 

[gabrielle]

"Who wants to live forever" by Queen
whenever I hear this song, I have to turn it off or run away, I just can't stand it, not even now..
it reminds me of my best friend. he died from AIDS a couple of years ago. I still miss him terribly ...

 

[Capnmad]

Goo Goo Dolls: "Iris"

Just remind me of a rough time with a troubled girl. Were cool now, though.

 

[Myriads]

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[Ethical Edward]

Thanks Myriads! I really thought this was a good thread to start plus I found out Mz. Chaos is the spitting image of my mother! 🙂 Now that the weekend is nearing it's end i'm sure we heard some songs driving or sitting at home that make us think of the girl/guy that got away. Another one for me is You're Where I Belong by Trisha Yearwood because my soulmate send it to me as a download. It insprired me and now it brings me to sadness. 🙁

 

[Avenger314]

I lose so many good songs that way...

When a girl and I date, we pick out an 'our song.' It frequently pains me to hear it when it comes on the radio.

I've lost enjoyment for (chronological order), Just Call Me Angel, Hero, This Magic Moment, and (most recently) Eres Tu.

I'm still friends with two of the girls, so I can still enjoy Brown Eyed Girl and My Maria. That's about it, though.

Right, reading this topic alone on a Sunday night was a rather bad idea. Back to project SBA (Suicide By Alcohol). Prosit!

 

[ChosenofMystra]

heh, I'm a sucker for these kinds of songs. Here's a few that have been known to get to me.

In the Air Tonight - Phil Collins
Fire and Rain - James Taylor
That's the Way - Led Zeppelin
Pibroch (Cap in hand) - Jethro Tull
When the Children Cry - White Lion (don't ask why, it just does)

 

[Dianatklee]

I still cry over Gwen Stefani’s Cool. I never thought I would become good friends with my ex-boyfriend, especially since I broke his heart bad. But he is here for me now during my rough time.

 

[Lionhart]

Far Away by Nickelback gets me all misty eyed. Makes me think about my ex. Still cool song though..

 

[luvgirlsfeet]

For me it would be the Ave Maria, that was sung at my moms funeral in june 1997 everytime time i hear that song i immediately breakdown

Helen C. Woods
June 24, 1947--June 15, 1997

 

[hiltopoius]

"The greatest love of all" by - George Benson

I lost my grandmother years ago and this song always stops me in my tracks and reminds me of the greatest woman i have ever known and loved

 

[4Pawz]

Far Away by Nickelback gets me all misty eyed. Makes me think about my ex. Still cool song though..

That one gets me going too, especially if you saw the music video that goes with it. It was on TV at work, I almost had to leave the room. But that is due to lost friends in public service: firefighters, police officers, and friends in the military.

"Billy the Kid" by Billy Dean also gets me going. It was the song that was playing just as my dad boarded his ship (he was in the military) on his last deployment. It was the first time I saw my parents cry. This was just before Desert Storm started. My dad managed to come back in one piece, but that was the first time I realized my parents weren't immortal. -I couldn't even make it through typing that without starting up, GREAT!

"Every Breath you take" remake by Puff Daddy. reminds me of a few friends that have passed on

"Here without you" by 3 doors down. The one time I loved and lost. And those I said goodbye to.

There are a few others also. But I can't see enough to type anymore

 

[Ethical Edward]

We Belong Together by Gavin DeGraw from the Tristian and Isodole soundtrack. My ex downloaded that especially for me as a sentiment for my birthday. Luckily I don't ever hear it anywhere on the radio or something. We saw the movie too.

 

[maureen28]

Fire and Rain-James Taylor

I Miss My Friend-Darryl Worley

When the Children Cry-White Lion

Hurt-Johnny Cash

Sarah Beth-Rascal Flatts

those are just a few

 

[Mastertank1]

thanks, hon.

Awwwwww poor MT. That has to be so rough. I can't fathopm losing a sweetheart like that.

I can't either. I keep asking why and getting no answer.

 

[locker669]

They don't make me cry, but they make me sad when I hear them.

Silent Night Holy Night

If You Needed Somebody by Bad Company

My Heart Can't Tell Me No by Rod Stewart

 

[Doubold_T]

"Danny Boy". Artist doen't matter.

It was the first song I heard after my mother's wake.

 

[tickles]

music

I think if you are a person who takes music into your soul...music will move you and remind you of times that have gone by... listening to certain artisits move me to such a degree that I can recall how I felt when that music was popular. I connect so deeply to music that some I cannot listen to. An old boyfriend contacted me a few years ago and told me that I ruined his ability to listen to the Moody Blues music because he related is so strongly to me.....music can just send me way up...(usually)...or remind of times that were hard .....either way...it just says that music touches your soul...

 

[CurtWild]

after just recently getting dumped:

"we belong together" richie valens
"since i don`t have you" the skyliners
"let`s start over again" the paragons-- especially the second verse
"hold on" fred durst and scott weiland

there is really too many to list here now.....

 

[featherfingers]

I couldn't find the exact performance I was looking for, but this kid plays it on the piano pretty well, so I'll submit it. This is the theme from the made for TV movie, "Brian's Song." The song is called, "The Hands Of Time" and it's guaranteed to remind you of a lost love, especially if that person died.
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"The Hands of Time" ( Brian’s Song )
Music by Michel Legrand and lyrics by Marilyn and Alan Bergman

If the hands of time were hands that I could hold,
I’d keep them warm and in my hands,
They’d not turn cold!

Hand in hand we’d choose the moments that should last,
The lovely moments that should have no future and no past!

The summer from the top of a swing,
The comfort and the sound of a lullaby,
The innocence of leaves in the spring,
But most of all the moment when love first touched me!

All the happy days would never learn to fly,
Until the hands of time would choose to wave good-bye!
< instrumental >
The innocence of leaves in the spring,
But most of all the moment when love first touched me!

All the happy days would never learn to fly,
Until the hands of time would choose to wave good-bye!

~ theme from the television special "Brian's Song"

 

[Tamia78]

"Anytime" Brian McKnight

*sigh* sometimes I wonder.....

--T

 

[tickleshotel]

These two songs just affect me wherever I go,whenever I hear them

1. Poems,prayers and promises;John Denver

2. wherever you are- not sure who sings it