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113. The Boxer by Simon and Garfunckle.

Sat May 23, 2015, 12:02 AM

May 2015

In the clearing stands a boxer,
And a fighter by his trade
And he carries the reminders
Of ev'ry glove that laid him down
Or cut him till he cried out
In his anger and his shame,
"I am leaving, I am leaving"
But the fighter still remains,

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Saddest songs ever?....I'll start, [View all] clarice May 2015 OP

"Build me up, Buttercup." Everytime I hear it I cry ... Scuba May 2015 #1

JUST FOR YOU MY SWEET Skittles May 2015 #12

love this!! I have done this in our car. soooooooooooooooooooooo funny trueblue2007 May 2015 #31

Long, Long Time (Linda Rondstadt) ailsagirl May 2015 #2

I always think of Auld Lang Syne has a happy song mythology May 2015 #131

The only times I ever seem to hear it... ailsagirl May 2015 #139

"Alone Again", Gilbert O'Sullivan. Arkansas Granny May 2015 #3

Ditto. That song used to make me feel suicidal it was so sad. Lil Missy May 2015 #15

Ark Granny-- SCantiGOP Jun 2015 #150

'Have yourself a merry little Christmas. trof May 2015 #4

Boulder to Birmingham - Emmylou Harris greendog May 2015 #5

ha! you already posted it. nt. hopemountain May 2015 #146

Bonnie Raitt's "I Can't Make You Love Me"... Tom_Foolery May 2015 #6

The Host Of Seraphim seveneyes May 2015 #7

Love sad songs cemaphonic May 2015 #8

Dark Was the Night, Cold was the Ground is just sublime Tom Ripley May 2015 #17

I'll pick "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" CrawlingChaos May 2015 #9

Excellent choice n/t ailsagirl May 2015 #32

An excellent choice! n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2015 #55

Back on the Chain Gang panader0 May 2015 #10

the formerly married Lulu and Maurice Gibb singing First of May Skittles May 2015 #11

Thought of a few more..... clarice May 2015 #13

okay, go listen to this one -- by the man who voiced Jiminy Cricket grasswire May 2015 #14

The Kids Tom Ripley May 2015 #16

Hello In There Tom Ripley May 2015 #18

Paradise bullsnarfle May 2015 #46

D.R.S.: "Gangsta Lean" Jamaal510 May 2015 #19

"Ave Maria." WinkyDink May 2015 #20

Which one? There are two very famous Ave Marias aint_no_life_nowhere May 2015 #105

Diary LoveMyCali May 2015 #21

ooooooooo....GREAT one. nt clarice May 2015 #48

See your Diary and raise you Aubrey malthaussen May 2015 #66

I'll see you both and add this: Everything I Own DebJ May 2015 #106

Wildfire & Tears In Heaven In_The_Wind May 2015 #22

Tears in Heaven is heartbreaking. Arkansas Granny May 2015 #23

We all miss loved ones who have gone before us. In_The_Wind May 2015 #117

I listened to that song a lot when my Jeanne was fighting her last fight with cancer! LongTomH May 2015 #137

The song from this Kodak camera TV commercial from the 60s I always found very, very sad aint_no_life_nowhere May 2015 #24

LOL -- Great minds think alike! femmocrat May 2015 #26

I'm crying now just having listened to it again - lol aint_no_life_nowhere May 2015 #27

"Turn Around" femmocrat May 2015 #25

American Anthem by Norah Jones LuckyLib May 2015 #28

American City Suite (Full Version)-Cashman & West (HQ) part 4 "A Friend Is Dying" Omaha Steve May 2015 #29

Heh, I posted that one in a "Songs About New York" thread. malthaussen May 2015 #65

Janis Ian: At 17 mucifer May 2015 #30

I thought of this as *jarring*. Not sad. Smarmie Doofus May 2015 #103

FYI I saw her in concert a few weeks ago with John Prine here in Chicago mucifer May 2015 #115

I have a few marym625 May 2015 #33

Your choices brought this one to mind discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2015 #56

Great choice marym625 May 2015 #58

Thanks and thanks for your additions as well discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2015 #85

. marym625 May 2015 #86

Wharf Rat -- The Grateful Dead The Second Stone May 2015 #34

Incredible! And with Pete Townshend too! Enthusiast May 2015 #40

Mr. Bojangles Danmel May 2015 #35

"the dog up and died.....he up and died..after twenty years he still grieves" Skittles May 2015 #77

Mr. Bojangles ..... that one gets me every time. nt. polly7 May 2015 #144

Luba laundry_queen May 2015 #36

I love that song sharp_stick May 2015 #60

Here's an oldie that makes me cry every time HeiressofBickworth May 2015 #37

Another Bonnie Raitt classic DFW May 2015 #38

Baker Street, Diamonds and Rust, Brothers in Arms, Leaving on a Jet Plane, Daniel. n/t sarge43 May 2015 #39

Looking for space... Ron Obvious May 2015 #41

Denver had an incredible talent for writing plaintive melodies (Leaving On A Jet Plane... Tom Ripley May 2015 #45

I think I wor this album out... Gloria May 2015 #126

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2015 #42

Wind on the Water (To the Last Whale) - Crosby / Nash Number9Dream May 2015 #43

speaking of George Jones... CanSocDem May 2015 #44

The King of "cryin in your beer" nt clarice May 2015 #49

That song is so, so sad. Much sadder than most mentioned here. Thx for posting nt okaawhatever May 2015 #134

any smooth jazz makes me cry...... a kennedy May 2015 #47

As someone who played the saxaphone -- Hell Hath No Fury May 2015 #50

"The Dutchman" always brings a tear. Probably no more than 20% of DUers even heard of it. Gidney N Cloyd May 2015 #51

I just posted this downthread! StarlightGold May 2015 #98

The Tears of a Clown lovemydog May 2015 #52

"Suicide is Painless" form M*A*S*H discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2015 #53

Check out this version hifiguy May 2015 #64

Great, thanks discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2015 #87

Oh and pretty much anything by Joy Division lovemydog May 2015 #54

Good call. [n/t] cdogzilla May 2015 #73

No kidding... Rhythm May 2015 #141

Cat's In The Cradle. cwydro May 2015 #57

ANd it was even sadder when Harry Chapin Gloria May 2015 #125

Yep. cwydro May 2015 #127

Elizabeth Cotten's granddaughter singing a haunting rendition of Shake Sugaree Brother Buzz May 2015 #59

Concrete Angel - Martina McBride sharp_stick May 2015 #61

Myfanwy geardaddy May 2015 #62

Learning How to Live - Lucinda Williams geardaddy May 2015 #63

For an aching sense of loss of times and friends now gone hifiguy May 2015 #67

Comin' Back to Me malthaussen May 2015 #68

Without You pokerfan May 2015 #69

You are my Sunshine. Always makes me cry. My Dad usd to sing this all the time to me. Paper Roses May 2015 #70

"Emma" by Hot Chocolate should be right up there ... cdogzilla May 2015 #71

"The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had to Swallow)" by the Jam cdogzilla May 2015 #72

Oh yes shenmue May 2015 #75

"I Know it's Over," the Smiths shenmue May 2015 #74

Seasons in the Sun by Terry Jacks n/t PasadenaTrudy May 2015 #76

Warren Zevon - Keep Me In Your Heart progressoid May 2015 #78

Veracruz also comes to mind n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2015 #84

Without you - Harry Nilsson bobjacksonk2832 May 2015 #79

Dark Globe by Syd Barrett, but the REM Cover makes me cry Heddi May 2015 #80

More Prine...Sam Stone BeyondGeography May 2015 #81

Louise by Bonnie Raitt... TeeYiYi May 2015 #82

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2015 #83

Bee Gees - I started a joke MH1 May 2015 #88

"Maybe" by Janis Joplin and lately for me, tears come when I hear LiberalLoner May 2015 #89

Ok. Ya got me. I'm googling. n/t Smarmie Doofus May 2015 #102

Seasons in the Sun Generic Brad May 2015 #90

Ray Charles singing the greatest version of the greatest song about unrequited love aint_no_life_nowhere May 2015 #91

Abraham, Martin, and John (and Bobby) Art_from_Ark May 2015 #92

Life Without You Bonobo May 2015 #93

"I'm Nobody's Child" Art_from_Ark May 2015 #94

"Friend in a bar" by Tina Dico (sometimes spelled "Dickow") SwissTony May 2015 #95

Billy Joel - Goodnight Saigon pinboy3niner May 2015 #96

Maybe Already Mentioned, But Last Kiss ProfessorGAC May 2015 #97

"Innocent When You Dream", "Grace", and "Suzanne" Recursion May 2015 #99

Concrete Angel. Also, saddest video EVER. Martina McBride kairos12 May 2015 #100

You're all wrong. It's Joni Mitchell's The Arrangement. Smarmie Doofus May 2015 #101

The Drugs Don't Work - Verve Jade Fox May 2015 #104

Honey Bobby Goldsboro DebJ May 2015 #107

Holes in the Floor of Heaven Steve Wariner DebJ May 2015 #108

oh now I'm blubbering.........n/t DebJ May 2015 #109

"Seasons in the Sun," by Terry Jacks lastlib May 2015 #110

Girl From The North Country. Dylan/Cash amerikat May 2015 #111

Roads to Moscow Al Stewart amerikat May 2015 #112

Follow it up by reading... malthaussen May 2015 #114

Al Stewart could set history to music hifiguy May 2015 #123

The Boxer by Simon and Garfunckle. amerikat May 2015 #113

Mr. Tanner mike in raleigh May 2015 #116

When the Tigers Broke Free-Roger Waters ArnoldLayne May 2015 #118

Sarah McLachlan's In the Arms of the Angel... 3catwoman3 May 2015 #119

Wintersong is pretty sad too SwissTony May 2015 #135

Beloved by VNV Nation Lizzie Poppet May 2015 #120

Forever - Bruderschaft Lizzie Poppet May 2015 #121

Everything Is Cold - Lycia Lizzie Poppet May 2015 #122

"Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word", with "Desperado" thrown in for good measure... Gloria May 2015 #124

Blue - Joni Mitchell cbayer May 2015 #128

River - Joni Mitchell cbayer May 2015 #129

The Cat Carol Wolf Frankula May 2015 #130

How many People Posted a Song Made SINCE 2010 (which was, by the way, half a decade ago)? alcibiades_mystery May 2015 #132

Is it Real? - Yoko Kanno sakabatou May 2015 #133

I have two.... quickesst May 2015 #136

Some Fantastic Place by Squeeze TexasBushwhacker May 2015 #138

Such nice songs here. polly7 May 2015 #140

~Any version~ of "You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive" Rhythm May 2015 #142

"The Wrong Child" - R. E. M., for a start AwakeAtLast May 2015 #143

Eva Cassidy - Fields of Gold Sancho May 2015 #145

Poor old Jimmy sits alone in the moonlight DFW May 2015 #147

Hasten down the wind Linda Ronstadt Va Lefty Jun 2015 #148

Not meant to be sad, perhaps, but ... Myrina Jun 2015 #149

Johnny Horton ~ Comanche (The Brave Horse) Lady Freedom Returns Jun 2015 #151

Last Kiss by The Cavaliers. kairos12 Jun 2015 #152