What's the saddest song ever?

Answer 1

Everybody Hurts by REM

Answer 2

Tears in Heaven, by Eric Clapton.It's about the real life loss of his son.The boy fell out of a high rise building when he was 5.His housekeeper left the window open, and down he went, 50-some stories i think. I really don't understand how he can perform the song, he's a better man than me i guess.
Baby Mine by Alison Krauss is not sad, but it makes me cry because it's so beautifully performed,and because I have a brand new son.

Answer 3

I have two songs that I think tie for the saddes song ever. The first one is a bluegrass tune called "Pretty Polly"

Pretty Polly

Oh Polly, Pretty Polly, come go along with me.
Polly, Pretty Polly, come go along with me.
Before we get married some pleasures to see.

She got behind him and away they did go,
She got behind him and away they did go,
Over the hills and mountains to the valley below.

He rode her over hills and valleys so deep.
He rode her over hills and valleys so deep.
Pretty Polly mistrusted and then began to weep.

Oh Willie, Oh Willie, I’m afraid to of your ways.
Willie, Oh Willie, I’m afraid of your ways.
The way you’ve been acting, you’ll lead me astray.

They went up a little farther, and what did they spy,
They went up a little farther and what did they spy,
A newly-dug grave, and a spade lying by.

Oh Polly, Pretty Polly, your guess is about right.
Polly, Pretty Polly, your guess is about right.
I dug on your grave the best part of last night.

She knelt down before him pleading for her life.
She knelt down before him pleading for her life.
Please let me be a single girl if I can’t be your wife.

He stabbed her in the heart and her heart’s blood did flow.
He stabbed her in the heart and her heart’s blood did flow.
And into the grave Pretty Polly did go.

He threw something over her and turned to go home,
He threw something over her and turned to go home,
Leaving nothing behind him, but the girl left to mourn.

He went down to the jailhouse and what did he say.
He went down to the jailhouse and what did he say.
I killed Pretty Polly and tried to get away.

Oh gentlemen and ladies, I bid you farewell.
Oh gentlemen and ladies, I bid you farewell.
For killing Pretty Polly my soul will go to hell.


The other is "Powder Finger" by Neil Young:

Look out, Mama,
there's a white boat
comin' up the river
With a big red beacon,
and a flag,
and a man on the rail
I think you'd better call John,
'Cause it don't
look like they're here
to deliver the mail
And it's less than a mile away
I hope they didn't come to stay
It's got numbers on the side
and a gun
And it's makin' big waves.

Daddy's gone,
my brother's out hunting
in the mountains
Big John's been drinking
since the river took Emmy-Lou
So the powers that be
left me here
to do the thinkin'
And I just turned twenty-two
I was wonderin' what to do
And the closer they got,
The more those feelings grew.

Daddy's rifle in my hand
felt reassurin'
He told me,
Red means run, son,
numbers add up to nothin'
But when the first shot
hit the docks I saw it comin'
Raised my rifle to my eye
Never stopped to wonder why.
Then I saw black,
And my face splashed in the sky.

Shelter me from the powder
and the finger
Cover me with the thought
that pulled the trigger
Think of me
as one you'd never figured
Would fade away so young
With so much left undone
Remember me to my love,
I know I'll miss her.

Answer 4

Supertramp - The Logical Song

Answer 5

Stole by Kelly Rowland

Answer 6

Last Kiss by Pearl Jam. Pretty sad song.

Answer 7

The Little Girl-I think its by John Michael Montgomery

Answer 8

I'm All Out of Love - Air Supply or That song from Black Sabbath "...I feel unhappy, I feel so sad, I lost the best friend that I ever had..." That's a sad one.

Answer 9

Colorblind by The Counting Crows

and Mad World by Gary Jules

But what tops them all is "How can I help you to say goodbye" by Patti Loveless. No matter how many times I hear that song, I still cry every time. Please listen to it if you haven't yet.


OH!!! And I couldn't forget "Foolish Games by Jewel"

Answer 10

Tears in Heaven ~ Eric Clapton