What song makes you cry like a baby every time you hear it?

Happy Birthday, usually...

Coat of Many Colors.

None anymore. Sadly .

Against the Wind by Bob Seger

Loving You - Minnie Ripperton

Billy Joel - Goodnight Saigon

I don't know why I had to play it before I came here to post it -- because it made me cry again.

Prison Trilogy by Joan Baez

Times sure were different then.

YMCA.

It was an anthem for what we are experiencing politically in the country today.

Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-rah

"This used to be my playground" by Madonna

“Wildfire” by Michael Murphy

Shatter by Liz Phair.

Sinéad O'Connor's cover of Elton's "Sacrifice"

The Boxer by Simon and Garfunkel

[quote]Said Carlile in an interview, “There are so many people feeling misrepresented [today] … So many people feeling unloved. Boys feeling marginalized and forced into these kind of awkward shapes of masculinity that they do or don’t belong in …

Lyrics: You're feeling nervous, aren't you, boy? With your quiet voice and impeccable style Don't ever let them steal your joy And your gentle ways To keep 'em from running wild They can kick dirt in your face Dress you down, and tell you that your place Is in the middle, when they hate the way you shine I see you tugging on your shirt Trying to hide inside of it And hide how much it hurts Let 'em laugh while they can Let 'em spin, let 'em scatter in the wind I have been to the movies, I've seen how it ends And the joke's on them

Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper

Instrumental: Summer of '42.

Any number of songs which, when used in a movie or television show to extract tears, succeed in doing so.

On their own, “He Stopped Loving Her Today,” “He Thinks I Still Care,” (early Cher), and since Brian Wilson died in June, “Be My Baby.”

The Carpenters' version of "Solitaire." Karen's vocals are just heart-wrenching

“Maybe This Christmas” by Ron Sexsmith gets me every time.

And maybe forgiveness will ask us to call

Someone we love, someone we've lost

For reasons we can’t quite recall

Maybe this Christmas

Streets of Philadelphia, Bruce Springsteen

You Don’t Know Me, Ray Charles

She’s Got A Way, Billy Joel (reminds me of my dead sister)

“Both Sides Now,” Joni Mitchell (2000 version)

Queen’s These Are the Days of Our Lives

"Boxing" by Ben Folds Five

"Babylon" by David Gray.

To be honest, I have no idea why "Babylon" effects me so much, but every time I hear it, I get weepy.

Maybe This Christmas may be the most wistful song I’ve ever heard.

I Wasn’t Expecting That - Jamie Lawson

Rainbow Connection - The Muppets (I know, Inknow)

I don't cry, but the following songs make me wistful

"I Can't Make You Love Me" by Bonnie Raitt

"Bitter" by Me'shell Ndegeocello

"The Dark End of the Street" by Auntie 'Retha

"I Wanna Go Home" by Holly and the Italians" --this makes me feel melancholy

"When Will I See You Again" by Three Degrees

Several, including "Baker Street," "Cat's in the Cradle," "Vincent"

"The Flame" -- Cheap Trick

r24 I feel the same way about 'Babylon'

That lovely waltz-meter theme from Brokeback caught me by surprise earlier this year. It was in some art gallery owner’s playlist, and my eyes brimmed with tears.

Boulder To Birmingham—Emmylou Harris; Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters—Elton John; Hasten Down The Wind—Warren Zevon

Tiny Dancer (Elton John) always gets me

And more recently, this version of Bob Dylan’s Chimes of Freedom (Lynne Arriale Trio)

“A Day in the Life” by the Beatles.

'Fairytale of New York' - Pogues and Kirsty MacColl

'Into The Mystic' - Van Morrison

This song came on the car radio as I drove home after my Rodney's funeral. I had to pull over on the shoulder gutted. Still can't listen to it.

"If there's no one beside you when your soul embarks I'll follow you into the dark."

Livin’ In a World (They Didn’t Make) - Janet Jackson.

"Long, Long Time" and "Goodbye, My Friend," Linda Ronstadt

"Ghost," Indigo Girls

"My Little Town," Simon and Garfunkel

"Say Something," A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera

Speaking of Death Cab for Cutie, "Someday You Will Be Loved" also makes me depressed because it reminds me of my beautiful and sad little niece.

A Summer Place, because it take me back to my childhood—my parents were alive, my grandparents live two blocks away, and my siblings and I all loved each other.

"This Song Should Not Exist" by Ruxley

"Fuck I Wish" by Levantine Geiger

Mr. Bojangles - NGDB

"Sleepy Man" from the musical The Robber Bridegroom. I used to sing it to my husband every night while he was slowly dying in the ICU.

I can't say I cry every time, but there is something about "Ferry Cross the Mersey," by Gerry & The Pacemakers, that just breaks me up. It hits in a weird way that I've never been able to put my finger on. Yes, it's 60 years old but still. . . These have the same effect:

"Ventura Highway" by America.

"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" by B.J. Thomas.

"My Ever-Changing Moods" by The Style Council.

"Body and Soul," Tony Bennett and Amy Winehouse.

Something about this duet is so melancholy.

Ordinary World by Duran Duran

Beautiful song. Makes me want to die.

"Someone That I Used to Love," Natalie Cole.

The sadness and resignation in her voice tears me up every time.

Too many to name but one that gets me very misty kind of inexplicably (the lyrics arent sad, its more the orchestration) is this beautiful colab between Angel Badalamenti and Davie Bowie, a very unique take on "A foggy day in London town"....it's so heart shatteringly melancholy, especially that outro. Bowie does a wonderful job here, but the genius of the song is pure Angelo.

Ferry Cross the Mersey gets me every time too.

R46 I also think "Come Undone" is such a beautifully sad song.

"Can't ever keep from falling apart at seams. Can I believe you're taking my heart to pieces?"

Lots of songs from the 70s, 80s and 90s will make me tearful because of nostalgia, and some of those are happy songs.

But one song that always makes me cry by the end......by the time it gets to 4:00 I'm weepy, and then the crescendo to the ending.....😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭