Songs that make you cry

[Msterbeau]

This one makes me both cry and angry:

Dear God - XTC

Dear God,

Hope you got the letter,

And I pray you can make it better down here.

I don't mean a big reduction in the price of beer,

But all the people that you made in your image,

See them starving on their feet,

'Cause they don't get enough to eat

From God,

I can't believe in you.

Dear God,

sorry to disturb you,

but I feel that I should be heard loud and clear.

We all need a big reduction in amount of tears,

And all the people that you made in your image,

See them fighting in the street,

'Cause they can't make opinions meet,

About God,

I can't believe in you.

Did you make disease, and the diamond blue?

Did you make mankind after we made you?

And the devil too!

Dear God,

Don't know if you noticed,

But your name is on a lot of quotes in this book.

Us crazy humans wrote it, you should take a look,

And all the people that you made in your image,

Still believing that junk is true.

Well I know it ain't and so do you,

Dear God,

I can't believe in,

I don't believe in,

I won't believe in heaven and hell.

No saints, no sinners,

No Devil as well.

No pearly gates, no thorny crown.

You're always letting us humans down.

The wars you bring, the babes you drown.

Those lost at sea and never found,

And it's the same the whole world 'round.

The hurt I see helps to compound,

that the Father, Son and Holy Ghost,

Is just somebody's unholy hoax,

And if you're up there you'll perceive,

That my heart's here upon my sleeve.

If there's one thing I don't believe in...

It's you,

Dear God.

[TitsMcGee]

I'm so retarded, I shouldn't have looked this song up, I'm crying now..

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I wanna make you smile whenever youre sad

Carry you around when your arthritis is bad

All I wanna do is grow old with you

Ill get your medicine when your tummy aches

Build you a fire if the furnace breaks

Oh it could be so nice, growing old with you

Ill miss you

Ill kiss you

Give you my coat when you are cold

Ill need you

Ill feed you

Even let ya hold the remote control

So let me do the dishes in our kitchen sink

Put you to bed if youve had too much to drink

I could be the man who grows old with you

I wanna grow old with you

Ahh good old Adam Sandler...I think that song can make anyone cry

[TitsMcGee]

Lately this one has been making the water works flow

Pale - Within Temptation

The world seems not the same,

Though I know nothing has changed.

It's all my state of mind,

I can't leave it all behind.

Have to stand up to be stronger.

Have to try to break free

From the thoughts in my mind.

Use the time that I have,

I can't say goodbye,

Have to make it right.

Have to fight, cause I know

In the end it's worthwhile,

That the pain that I feel slowly fades away.

It will be alright.

I know, should realize

Time is precious, it is worthwhile.

Despite how I feel inside,

Have to trust it'll be all right.

Have to stand up to be stronger.

I have to try to break free

From the thoughts in my mind.

Use the time that I have,

I can't say goodbye,

Have to make it right.

Have to fight, cause I know

In the end it's worthwhile,

That the pain that I feel slowly fades away.

It will be all right.

Oh, this night is too long.

Have no strength to go on.

No more pain, I'm floating away.

Through the mist see the face

Of an angel, who calls my name.

I remember you're the reason I have to stay.

Have to try to break free

From the thoughts in my mind.

Use the time that I have,

I can't say goodbye,

Have to make it right.

Have to fight, cause I know

In the end it's worthwhile,

That the pain that I feel slowly fades away.

It will be alright.

[hunhee]

Truly, Madly, Deeply... by Savage Garden

I'll be your dream

I'll be your wish

I'll be your fantasy.

I'll be your hope

I'll be your love

Be everything that you need.

I love you more with every breath

Truly madly deeply do..

I will be strong I will be faithful

'Cos I'm counting on a new beginning.

A reason for living.

A deeper meaning.

Chorus

I want to stand with you on a mountain.

I want to bathe with you in the sea.

I want to lay like this forever.

Until the sky falls down on me...

Verse 2

And when the stars are shining brightly

In the velvet sky,

I'll make a wish

Send it to heaven

Then make you want to cry..

The tears of joy

For all the pleasure and the certainty.

That we're surrounded

By the comfort and protection of..

The highest power.

In lonely hours.

The tears devour you..

I want to stand with you on a mountain,

I want to bathe with you in the sea.

I want to lay like this forever,

Until the sky falls down on me...

Bridge

Oh can't you see it baby?

You don't have to close your eyes

'Cos it's standing right before you.

All that you need will surely come...

I'll be your dream

I'll be your wish

I'll be your fantasy.

I'll be your hope

I'll be your love

Be everything that you need.

I'll love you more with every breath

Truly madly deeply do...

Chorus

Edited July 23, 2008 by hunhee

[TitsMcGee]

Truly, Madly, Deeply... by Savage Garden

I'll be your dream

I'll be your wish

I'll be your fantasy.

I'll be your hope

I'll be your love

Be everything that you need.

I love you more with every breath

Truly madly deeply do..

I will be strong I will be faithful

'Cos I'm counting on a new beginning.

A reason for living.

A deeper meaning.

Chorus

I want to stand with you on a mountain.

I want to bathe with you in the sea.

I want to lay like this forever.

Until the sky falls down on me...

Verse 2

And when the stars are shining brightly

In the velvet sky,

I'll make a wish

Send it to heaven

Then make you want to cry..

The tears of joy

For all the pleasure and the certainty.

That we're surrounded

By the comfort and protection of..

The highest power.

In lonely hours.

The tears devour you..

I want to stand with you on a mountain,

I want to bathe with you in the sea.

I want to lay like this forever,

Until the sky falls down on me...

Bridge

Oh can't you see it baby?

You don't have to close your eyes

'Cos it's standing right before you.

All that you need will surely come...

I'll be your dream

I'll be your wish

I'll be your fantasy.

I'll be your hope

I'll be your love

Be everything that you need.

I'll love you more with every breath

Truly madly deeply do...

Chorus

Sadly, I don't believe that guy exsists.

[TitsMcGee]

Full of Grace - Sarah McLachlan

The winter heres cold, and bitter

Its chilled us to the bone

We havent seen the sun for weeks

To long too far from home

I feel just like Im sinking

And I claw for solid ground

Im pulled down by the undertow

I never thought I could feel so low

Oh darkness I feel like letting go

If all of the strength and all of the courage

Come and lift me from this place

I know I could love you much better than this

Full of grace

Full of grace

My love

So its better this way, I said

Having seen this place before

Where everything we said and did

Hurts us all the more

Its just that we stayed, too long

In the same old sickly skin

Im pulled down by the undertow

I never thought I could feel so low

Oh darkness I feel like letting go

If all of the strength

And all of the courage

Come and lift me from this place

I know I could love you much better than this

Full of grace

Full of grace

My love

[Msterbeau]

Hmmm... a new one for me, as i found out this morning:

Soap and Water - Suzanne Vega

Soap and water

take the day from my hand

scrub the salt from my stinging skin

slip me loose of this wedding band

Soap and water

hang my heart on the line

scour it down in a wind of sand

bleach it clean to a vinegar shine

Daddy's a dark riddle

Mama's a headful of bees

you are my little kite

carried away in the wayward breeze

Soap and water

wash the year from my life

straighten all that we trampled and tore

heal the cut we call husband and wife

Daddy's a dark riddle

Mama's a handful of thorns

you are my little kite

caught up again in the household storms

Daddy's a dark riddle

Mama's a headful of bees

you are my little kite

carried away in the wayward breeze

[Msterbeau]

While we're at it:

Mad World - Tears for Fears

All around me are familiar faces

Worn out places, worn out faces

Bright and early for their daily races

Going nowhere, going nowhere

And their tears are filling up their glasses

No expression, no expression

Hide my head I want to drown my sorrow

No tomorrow, no tomorrow

And I find it kind of funny

I find it kind of sad

The dreams in which I'm dying

Are the best I've ever had

I find it hard to tell you

'Cos I find it hard to take

When people run in circles

It's a very, very

Mad World

Children waiting for the day they feel good

Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday

Made to feel the way that every child should

Sit and listen, sit and listen

Went to school and I was very nervous

No one knew me, no one knew me

Hello teacher tell me what's my lesson

Look right through me, look right through me

And I find it kind of funny

I find it kind of sad

The dreams in which I'm dying

Are the best I've ever had

I find it hard to tell you

'Cos I find it hard to take

When people run in circles

It's a very, very

Mad World

[hunhee]

Sadly, I don't believe that guy exsists.

I'm more of a realist in most aspects of life, but I believe this guy does exist..

[peelingchrome]

...A Distance There Is, by Theatre of Tragedy

Cello (swoon) and Liv Kristine's voice (double swoon) and a thunderstorm in the background simply set thet stage for this piece of heart-rending auditory isolationism. The loneliness and despondancy I felt the first time I heard it started the waterworks. I proceeded to listen to it for the next hour on loop so I could give my tear ducts a really good flushing. Sort of a Victorian version of what I felt at the end of Dead Poets' Society. Only one other song has touched me with that much force...

--

K, maybe 2.

Edited July 24, 2008 by peelingchrome

[peelingchrome]

Truly, Madly, Deeply... by Savage Garden

I'll be your dream

I'll be your wish

I'll be your fantasy.

I'll be your hope

I'll be your love

Be everything that you need.

I love you more with every breath

Truly madly deeply do..

I will be strong I will be faithful

'Cos I'm counting on a new beginning.

A reason for living.

A deeper meaning.

Chorus

I want to stand with you on a mountain.

I want to bathe with you in the sea.

I want to lay like this forever.

Until the sky falls down on me...

Verse 2

And when the stars are shining brightly

In the velvet sky,

I'll make a wish

Send it to heaven

Then make you want to cry..

The tears of joy

For all the pleasure and the certainty.

That we're surrounded

By the comfort and protection of..

The highest power.

In lonely hours.

The tears devour you..

I want to stand with you on a mountain,

I want to bathe with you in the sea.

I want to lay like this forever,

Until the sky falls down on me...

Bridge

Oh can't you see it baby?

You don't have to close your eyes

'Cos it's standing right before you.

All that you need will surely come...

I'll be your dream

I'll be your wish

I'll be your fantasy.

I'll be your hope

I'll be your love

Be everything that you need.

I'll love you more with every breath

Truly madly deeply do...

Chorus

I've felt this before a time or two. And I've always had my heart ripped from my chest. It's kinda hard to find that place again in the presence of that kind of scarring. I'm just adding this because those guys do exist, but they tend to be a little (or a lot) gun-shy. When you find him: hold him and treasure him and NEVER let go!

[hunhee]

I've felt this before a time or two. And I've always had my heart ripped from my chest. It's kinda hard to find that place again in the presence of that kind of scarring. I'm just adding this because those guys do exist, but they tend to be a little (or a lot) gun-shy. When you find him: hold him and treasure him and NEVER let go!

For you

The First Cut Is The Deepest... by Sheryl Crow

I would have given you all of my heart

but there's someone who's torn it apart

and she's taking almost all that I've got

but if you want, I'll try to love again

baby I'll try to love again but I know

The first cut is the deepest, baby I know

The first cut is the deepest

'cause when it comes to being lucky she's cursed

when it comes to lovin' me she's worst

but when it comes to being loved she's first

that's how I know

The first cut is the deepest, baby I know

The first cut is the deepest

I still want you by my side

just to help me dry the tears that I've cried

cause I'm sure gonna give you a try

and if you want, I'll try to love again

but baby, I'll try to love again, but I know

The first cut is the deepest, baby I know

The first cut is the deepest

'Cause when it comes to being lucky she's cursed

when it comes to lovin' me she's worst

but when it comes to being loved she's first

that's how I know

The first cut is the deepest, baby I know

The first cut is the deepest

[peelingchrome]

For you

The First Cut Is The Deepest... by Sheryl Crow

I would have given you all of my heart

but there's someone who's torn it apart

and she's taking almost all that I've got

but if you want, I'll try to love again

baby I'll try to love again but I know

The first cut is the deepest, baby I know

The first cut is the deepest

'cause when it comes to being lucky she's cursed

when it comes to lovin' me she's worst

but when it comes to being loved she's first

that's how I know

The first cut is the deepest, baby I know

The first cut is the deepest

I still want you by my side

just to help me dry the tears that I've cried

cause I'm sure gonna give you a try

and if you want, I'll try to love again

but baby, I'll try to love again, but I know

The first cut is the deepest, baby I know

The first cut is the deepest

'Cause when it comes to being lucky she's cursed

when it comes to lovin' me she's worst

but when it comes to being loved she's first

that's how I know

The first cut is the deepest, baby I know

The first cut is the deepest

Too true!

--

Also for me: Live Like You Were Dyin, by Tim McGraw

Edited July 24, 2008 by peelingchrome

[jynxxxedangel]

Withered And Died, by Kate Rusby (this one gets me, because it reminds me of a time in my life)

This cruel country has driven me down

Teased me and lied, teased me and lied

I’ve only sad stories to tell to this town

My dreams have withered and died

Once I was bending the tops of the trees

Kind words in my ears and kind faces to see

Then I struck up with the boys from the west

They’d run and hide, they’d run and hide

Count one to ten and he’s gone with the west

My dreams have withered and died

Silver moon sailor and silver moonshine

On the water so wide, the water so wide

Steal from the bed of some good friend of mine

My dreams have withered and died

If I was a butterfly I’d live for a day

I would be free just blowing away

This cruel country has driven me down

Teased me and lied, teased me and lied

I’ve only sad stories to tell to this town

My dreams have withered and died

Dirty Pearl, by Angela McCluskey (no explanation..it just hits home, that's all)

She's not your average girl

She's just a dirty pearl

She might be priceless

But they're blind to it

She got that halter-top

She haunts the truck-stop

She's got several secrets

Scribbled on a matchbook

She's showing you her scars, isn't she?

She's sleeping with the stars, isn't she?

Oh

You can do what you like, boys

Oh

You can do what you please

Oh

Just be gentle with that girl

She's shining like a dirty pearl

Yeah

It's such a lovely world

You can have her for a rusty dime

When she gets her head

Around to it

She's gonna buy that Chevy Nova

And point it at the ocean

She's showing you her scars, isn't she?

She's sleeping with the stars, isn't she?

Oh

You can do what you like, boys

Oh

You can do what you please

Oh

Just be gentle with that girl

She's shining like a dirty pearl

Shining like a dirty pearl

Shining like a dirty pearl

She's shining like a dirty pearl

[MissKitty]

When I was 13 I was home alone with my G-Ma and she died. At that point she was my best friend, and this was the most popular song on the radio. When dad got there, he put me in the car and turned on the radio...and this fucking song came on. To this day I can't listen to it without crying. It's been 9 years almost, you'd think I'd feel better.

Iris - the Goo Goo Dolls

And I'd give up forever to touch you

Cause I know that you feel me somehow

You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be

And I don't want to go home right now

And all I can taste is this moment

And all I can breathe is your life

Cause sooner or later it's over

I just don't want to miss you tonight

And I don't want the world to see me

Cause I don't think that they'd understand

When everything's made to be broken

I just want you to know who I am

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

When everything's made to be broken

I just want you to know who I am

I don't want the world to see me

Cause I don't think that they'd understand

When everything's made to be broken

I just want you to know who I am

I just want you to know who I am

I just want you to know who I am

I just want you to know who I am

I just want you to know who I am

[hunhee]

I Really Want You.. by James Blunt

Many prophets preach on bended knee

Many clerics wasted wine

Do the bloody sheets

On those cobbled streets mean

I have wasted time

Are there silver shores on paradise?

Can I come in from the cold?

I killed a man in a far away land

My enemy I'm told.

I really want you to really want me

But I really don't know if you can do that

I know you want to know what's right

But I know it's so hard for you to do that

And time's running out as often it does

And often dictates that you can do that

But fate can't break this feeling inside

That's burning up through my veins

I really want you

I really want you

I really want you... now

No matter what I say or do

The message isn’t getting through

And you’re listening to the sound

Of my breaking heart

I really want you

I really want you

Is a poor man rich in solitude?

Or will mother earth complain

Did the beggar pray for a sunny day but

Lady luck for rain

They say a million people bow and scrape

To an effigy of gold

I saw life begin

And the ship we're in

And history unfold

I really want you to really want me

But I really don't know if you can do that

I know you want to know what's right

But I know it's so hard for you to do that

And time's running out as often it does

And often dictates if you can do that

But fate can't break this feeling inside

That's burning up through my veins

I really want you

I really want you

I really want you... now

No matter what I say or do

The message isn't getting through

And your listening to the sound

of my breaking heart (x2)

[hunhee]

For obvious reasons, this song makes me cry.. *sniffles*

When you called me up this mornin'

Told me 'bout the new love you'd found

I said I'm happy for you

I'm really happy for you

Found someone else

I guess I won't be comin' 'round

I guess it's over, baby

It's really over, baby, whoa-oh

And from what you said

I know you've gotten over me

It'll never be

The way it used to be

So if it's gotta be this way

Don't worry, baby

I can take the news okay

But...

(Chorus:)

If you see me walkin' by

And the tears are in my eyes

Look away, baby, look away

And if we meet on the street someday

And I don't know what to say

Look away, baby, look away

Don't look at me

I don't want you to see me this way

When we both agreed as lovers

We were better off as friends

That's how it had to be

Yeah, that's how it had to be

I tell you I'm fine

But sometimes I just pretend

Wish you were holdin' me

Wish you were still holdin' me, oh, oh

I just never thought

That I would be replaced so soon

I wasn't prepared

To hear those words from you

I know I wanted to be free

Yeah, baby, this is how we wanted it to be

But...

(Repeat chorus twice)

If you see me walkin' by

And the tears are in my eyes

Look away, baby, look away

Don't look at me

I don't want you to see me this way

When you called me up this mornin'

Told me 'bout the new love you'd found

I said I'm happy for you

I'm really happy for you

[industrial_girl_2000]

"Forever Young" by Alphaville

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZswmHokbo1c

Let's dance in style, lets dance for a while

Heaven can wait we're only watching the skies

Hoping for the best but expecting the worst

Are you going to drop the bomb or not?

Let us die young or let us live forever

We don't have the power but we never say never

Sitting in a sandpit, life is a short trip

The music's for the sad men

Can you imagine when this race is won

Turn our golden faces into the sun

Praising our leaders we're getting in tune

The music's played by the mad men

Forever young, I want to be forever young

Do you really want to live forever, forever and ever

Forever young, I want to be forever young

Do you really want to live forever? Forever young

Some are like water, some are like the heat

Some are a melody and some are the beat

Sooner or later they all will be gone

Why don't they stay young

It's so hard to get old without a cause

I don't want to perish like a fading horse

Youth's like diamonds in the sun

And diamonds are forever

So many adventures couldn't happen today

So many songs we forgot to play

So many dreams swinging out of the blue

We let them come true

Forever young, I want to be forever young

Do you really want to live forever, forever and ever

Forever young, I want to be forever young

Do you really want to live forever, forever and ever

Forever young, I want to be forever young

Do you really want to live forever?

Edited August 6, 2008 by industrial_girl_2000

[Msterbeau]

For obvious reasons, this song makes me cry.. *sniffles*

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When you called me up this mornin'

Told me 'bout the new love you'd found

I said I'm happy for you

I'm really happy for you

Found someone else

I guess I won't be comin' 'round

I guess it's over, baby

It's really over, baby, whoa-oh

And from what you said

I know you've gotten over me

It'll never be

The way it used to be

So if it's gotta be this way

Don't worry, baby

I can take the news okay

But...

(Chorus:)

If you see me walkin' by

And the tears are in my eyes

Look away, baby, look away

And if we meet on the street someday

And I don't know what to say

Look away, baby, look away

Don't look at me

I don't want you to see me this way

When we both agreed as lovers

We were better off as friends

That's how it had to be

Yeah, that's how it had to be

I tell you I'm fine

But sometimes I just pretend

Wish you were holdin' me

Wish you were still holdin' me, oh, oh

I just never thought

That I would be replaced so soon

I wasn't prepared

To hear those words from you

I know I wanted to be free

Yeah, baby, this is how we wanted it to be

But...

(Repeat chorus twice)

If you see me walkin' by

And the tears are in my eyes

Look away, baby, look away

Don't look at me

I don't want you to see me this way

When you called me up this mornin'

Told me 'bout the new love you'd found

I said I'm happy for you

I'm really happy for you

I would cry too, if I had to listen to Chicago...

[peelingchrome]

Lost and Found, by Al Jarreau

Dark cloud rollin' outside my window.

Thunder rumblin' in a minor key.

It made me remember my Mama, my Mama's smile

She said mind what you thinkin' and

There are places you should

And places you should not be

Workin' on fifth round down at Shelley's

Now if you shoot six the seventh one's free.

I can't be the last one to leave here again tonight.

I was lookin' at number seven when you

Walked in and brought a light

CHORUS:

I was in the wrong place at the right time

The devil had an arm around me,

But your sweet heart found me & I must 'a been prayin' right

I was in the wrong place at the right time, child.

You took a three time loser and you turned him around

Lost and found.

I don't mean to overglorify you

Or make you somethin' that you cannot be

But if you could do me just one favor would you child

Tell me what were you doin' in heaven before you dropped in

And rescued me.

CHORUS x 1

A heart recovered.

What a sight to see.

Would you believe what your love has done for me?

You were good to me.

Tell me what were you doin’ in heaven before you dropped in and rescued me?

CHORUS TO FADE

[Az_]

Chris Rea Road To Hell

Stood still on a highway

I saw a woman

By the side of the road

With a face that i knew like my own

Reflected in my window

Well she walked up to my quarterlight

And she bent down real slow

A fearful pressure paralysed me in my shadow

She said 'son what are you doing here

My fear for you has turned me in my grave'

I said 'mama i come to the valley of the rich

Myself to sell'

She said 'son this is the road to hell'

On your journey cross the wilderness

From the desert to the well

You have strayed upon the motorway to hell

[TitsMcGee]

Skin - Alexz Johnson

I drift away to a place

Another kind of life

Take away the pain

I create my paradise

Everything I've held

Has hit the wall

What used to be yours

Isn't yours at all

Falling apart, and all that I'm asking

Is it a crime, am I overreacting

Oh, he's under my skin

Just give me something to get rid of him

I've got a reason now to bury this alive

Another little white lie

So what you had didn't fit

Among the pretty things

Never fear, never fear

I now know where you've been

Braids have been un-tied

Ribbons fall away

Leave the consequence

My tears you'll taste

Falling apart and all that I question

Is this a dream or is this my lesson

Oh, he's under my skin

Just give me something to get rid of him

I've got a reason now to bury this alive

Another little white lie

I don't believe I'll be alright

I don't believe I'll be ok

I don't believe how you throw me away

I do believe you didn't try

I do blame you for every lie

When I look in your eyes, I don't see mine

Oh, he's under my skin

Just give me something to get rid of him

I've got a reason now to bury this alive

Another little white lie

Oh my permission to sin

You might have started my reckoning

I've got a reason now to bury him alive

Another little white lie.......

[hunhee]

Back At One, Brian McKnight

It’s undeniable that we should be together

It’s unbelievable, how I used to say that I’d fall never

The basis is need to know

If you just don’t know how I feel

Then let me show you that now I’m for real

If all the things in time, time will reveal

Yeah

1 - one, you’re like a dream come true

Two, just wanna be with you

Three, girl it’s plain to see

That you’re the only one for me and

Four, repeat steps one through three

Five, make you fall in love with me

If ever I believe my work is done

Then I’ll start back at one

(yeah)

It’s so incredible, the way things work themselves out

And all emotional, once you know what it’s all about, hey

And undesirable, for us to be apart

I never would’ve made it very far

’cause you know you got the keys to my heart

’cause...

Repeat 1

Say farewell to the dark of night

I see the coming of the sun

I feel like a little child, whose life has just begun

You came and breathed new life into this lonely heart of mine

You threw out the life line

Just in the nick of time

Repeat 1 to fade

[Burrich1]

This song makes me tear up every time I hear it. It's originally by Woody Guthrie, but he sings it way to fast. His son, Arlo does it way more poignant in his slow long drawn out way. Unfortunately, I can’t find his version anywhere online. This dude does a fair job. Incidentally, I lived a few miles from the theatre in the song for over three years. Also, I believe it's the reason it's illegal to yell "fire" in a crowded theatre.

1913 Massacre

Take a trip with me in 1913,

To Calumet, Michigan, in the copper country.

I will take you to a place called Italian Hall,

Where the miners are having their big Christmas ball.

I will take you in a door and up a high stairs,

Singing and dancing is heard everywhere,

I will let you shake hands with the people you see,

And watch the kids dance around the big Christmas tree.

You ask about work and you ask about pay,

They'll tell you they make less than a dollar a day,

Working the copper claims, risking their lives,

So it's fun to spend Christmas with children and wives.

There's talking and laughing and songs in the air,

And the spirit of Christmas is there everywhere,

Before you know it you're friends with us all,

And you're dancing around and around in the hall.

Well a little girl sits down by the Christmas tree lights,

To play the piano so you gotta keep quiet,

To hear all this fun you would not realize,

That the copper boss' thug men are milling outside.

The copper boss' thugs stuck their heads in the door,

One of them yelled and he screamed, "there's a fire,"

A lady she hollered, "there's no such a thing.

Keep on with your party, there's no such thing."

A few people rushed and it was only a few,

"It's just the thugs and the scabs fooling you,"

A man grabbed his daughter and carried her down,

But the thugs held the door and he could not get out.

And then others followed, a hundred or more,

But most everybody remained on the floor,

The gun thugs they laughed at their murderous joke,

While the children were smothered on the stairs by the door.

Such a terrible sight I never did see,

We carried our children back up to their tree,

The scabs outside still laughed at their spree,

And the children that died there were seventy-three.

The piano played a slow funeral tune,

And the town was lit up by a cold Christmas moon,

The parents they cried and the miners they moaned,

"See what your greed for money has done."

[pomba gira]

This song makes me tear up every time I hear it. It's originally by Woody Guthrie, but he sings it way to fast. His son, Arlo does it way more poignant in his slow long drawn out way. Unfortunately, I can't find his version anywhere online. This dude does a fair job. Incidentally, I lived a few miles from the theatre in the song for over three years. Also, I believe it's the reason it's illegal to yell "fire" in a crowded theatre.

Gawd, that's depressing