Whats the saddest song you have ever heard?

Answer 1

Puff The Magic Dragon by Peter, Paul and Mary.

Still leaves me sobbing after all these years.

Answer 2

Captain Jack by Billy Joel

It's about a loser with a heroin addiction. Most depressing song ever. The push in the chorus refers to a syringe. I read that Captain Jack was the name of the drug dealer in Billy Joe's neighborhood when he was growing up.

Saturday night and your still hangin around
your tired of living in your one horse town
you'd like to find a little hole in the ground for a while
so you go to the village in your tyedye jeans
and you stare at the junkies and the closet queens
it's like some pornographic magazine and you smile

but Captain Jack will get you high tonight
and take you to your special island
Captain Jack will get you by the night
just a little push and you'll be smilin

you're sisters gone out
she's on a date
and you just sit at home
and masturbate
your phone is gonna ring soon
but you just can't wait for that call
so you stand on the corner in your new English clothes
and you look so polished
from your hair down to your toes
but still your fingers gonna pick your nose, after all

but Captain Jack can get you high tonight
and take you to your special island
Captain Jack will get you by the night
just a little Push and you'll be smilin

So you decide to take a holiday
you've got your tape deck and your brand new chevrolet
but there aint no place to go anyway, what for?
so you've got everything but nothings cool
they've just found your father in a swimming pool
and you guess you won't be going back to school anymore

but Captain Jack can get you high tonight
and take you to your special island
Captain Jack will get you by the night
just a little push and you'll be smilin

so you play your albums
and you smoke your pot
and you meet your girlfriend in the parking lot
but still your aching for the things you haven't got
what went wrong?
and if you can't understand why your world is so dead
why you gotta keep in style and feed your head
well your twenty-one and still your mother makes your bed
and that's too long

but Captain Jack will get you high tonight
and take you to your special island
Captain Jack will get you by the night
just a little push and you'll be smilin

Answer 3

Already There (A Message From Home) - Lonestar

It's the families of the troops over in Iraq talking over the song to their soldiers....makes me cry every time.

Answer 4

if nobody believed in you- joe nichols
more than a memory- garth brooks
lullaby- lit
stay- sugarland
i love you this much- jimmy wayne
stay gone- jimmy wayne
winner at a losing game- rascal flats
mad world- gary jules
far away- nickelback
my heart- paramore
total eclipse of the heart- dan band (or other singers too)
ps im still not over you- rihanna
forget december- something corporate
sorry- papa roach
the last something that meant anything- mayday parade
heartstrings come undone & tide began to rise- demon hunter
the impossible- joe nichols

Answer 5

Honey - by Bobby Goldsboro

Answer 6

Danny Boy. A father's lament to his son.

Answer 7

this is a techno version but its pretty sad cause of the lyrics the song is called why do i love you - dj bounce.

Answer 8

"Fred Jones Pt. 2" - Ben Folds
It's about getting old and feeling like your life has had no impact at all.

Answer 9

"going to a town" by Rufus Wainwright

Answer 10

No particular order, just how I thought of them.

Concrete Angel by Martina McBride
"A broken heart that the world forgot"

Hear You Me by Jimmy Eat World
"A song for a heart so big
God wouldn't let it live"

Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls
"And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming
Or the moment of truth in your lies
When everything seems like the movies
Yeah you bleed just to know your alive
And I don't want the world to see me
Cause I don't think that they'd understand"

The Scientist by Coldplay
"Nobody said it was easy
It's such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be this hard"

If Everyone Cared by Nickelback
"If everyone cared and nobody cried
If everyone loved and nobody lied
If everyone shared and swallowed their pride
Then we'd see the day when nobody died"

How to Save a Life by the Fray
"Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness"

Before It's Too Late by the Goo Goo Dolls
"Nothing is real till it's gone"

Become by the Goo Goo Dolls
"And I know how they tried to take you
Held you up and meant to break you down"
"You've been hiding in the shadows
Have you forgotten how we used to dream?"

Feel the Silence by the Goo Goo Dolls
"You lie awake at night
With blue eyes that never cry"

Here Is Gone by the Goo Goo Dolls
"And all your lies weren't enough to keep me here"
"I thought I lost you somewhere
But you were never really ever there at all"

Sympathy by the Goo Goo Dolls
"I'm not sure where I belong
Nowhere's home and I'm all wrong"

Better Days by the Goo Goo Dolls
"I wish everyone was loved tonight
And somehow stop this endless fight
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days"

Name by the Goo Goo Dolls
"Scars are souvenirs you never lose
The past is never far
Did you lose yourself somewhere out there?
Did you get to be a star?
And don't it make you sad to know that life
Is more than who we are?"

Wasted Time by Fuel
"Everything's broken
Everything's vacant
Everything's wasted time again"

Falls On Me by Fuel
"And all of your weight
All you dream
Falls on me, it falls on me
And your beautiful sky
The light you bring
Falls on me, it falls on me"

Here's to the Night by Eve 6
"Here's to the nights we felt alive
Here's to the tears you knew you'd cry
Here's to goodbye
Tomorrow's gonna come too soon"

Away From the Sun by 3 Doors Down
"'Cause now again I've found myself
So far down, away from the sun"

Here Without You by 3 Doors Down
"I'm here without you baby
But you're still on my lonely mind
I think about you baby
And I dream about you all the time"

Over You by Daughtry
"I'm spending all of these years
Putting my heart back together"

All These Lives by Daughtry
"All these lives that you've been taking
Deep inside, my heart is breaking"

Collide by Howie Day
"Even the best fall down sometimes
Even the stars refuse to shine"

All In All by Lifehouse
"All in all it's just another day now
Falling down, whacha gonna do?
Standing on top of the world tonight
No one's looking back at you"

Anchor by Lifehouse
"Hold my hand
While I'm sinking in the sand
No one else could understand
You are my anchor"

Blind by Lifehouse
"After all this time
I never thought we'd be here
Never thought we'd be here
When my love for you was blind
But I couldn't make you see it
Couldn't make you see it
That I loved you more than you'll ever know
A part of me died when I let you go"

Broken by Lifehouse
"I'm falling apart
I'm barely breathing
With a broken heart
That's still beating
In the pain
Is there healing?
In your name
I find meaning
So I'm holding on
I'm barely holding on to you"

K, I'm gonna stop there, since I'd go on for another few hours if I keep going. Sorry, I know this is a lot more than you wanted, but I can't help myself. I just get so into these kinda questions. And a lot of them aren't even sad songs. They just have lyrics in there that relate to me and make me sad, so I consider the whole song sad. Oh, and in case you didn't notice, the Goo Goo Dolls are my favorite band, which is why there are so many songs from them on here. I love them to death =)