Songs that make the tears flow

Oh that one is a killer Judthepud2. I always think it sounds like he is really living the situation. Had to listen to it all the way through and now feel thoroughly .

Oh, just remembered this one youtu.be/_bQGRRolrg0

This makes me choked. ? RIP Harry Nilsson

Driving home from work just after my dad's funeral playing Neil Diamond's Stones cd (bought because he'd asked for Chealsea Morning to be played at the funeral, I was surprised to find myself crying not at that but at 'The last thing on my mind'. (I should have loved you better, didn't mean to be unkind). Still gets me.

Plus load of the others mentioned on here.

Definitely "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", although I prefer the Stereophonics version to Roberta Flack, and "Don't Want to Miss A Thing" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkK8g6FMEXE) by Aerosmith as it seems incredible to me that a heavy-metal rock band could produce such a poignant love song.

I'll take you home again Kathleen......my lovely mum was called Kathleen and was born in Ireland. Always brings a tear to my eye.

`When I was sweet sixteen` by the Furies always gets to me, my Gran used to sing it to me as a child .

Just came back to this post , reading through so many lovely choices. I hadn't even thought of Christmas music yesterday, but oh yes " Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", "I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas" , purely sentimental but in the right setting those words get to me.
Also Danny Boy for my Mum.
It's got me thinking about funeral songs which I'm sure was not the initial intention!
Sometimes these songs that make us cry aren't so much sad as nostalgic or memories.
I think my choices are mainly based on the words in the songs.

Sunrise, sunset from Fiddler on the Roof and The Way We Were.

Just remembered Time in a Bottle by Jim Croce, which we played that at my DD's fathers funeral together with Smile in a Whisper by Fairground Attraction.

The rose bette middler
I will always love you dolly parton
Nothing compares to you sinnead oconnor

At DS's recent wedding we were all delighted at the surprise appearance during the reception of a full pipe band.
When they started Highland Cathedral I was so overcome that I had to move indoors and remember Mum's funeral.
DD plans to have it at her wedding so I need to get a grip and cope!
Fields of Gold was recorded by 15 yr-old GD of a friend and played at the funeral. She knew she wouldn't manage to sing without breaking down so the recording was the answer.

Ready to Take a Chance Again...Barry Manilow..thankyou google.

Living Years inspired me to start a novel - but I never had enough time to develop and finish it. Then along came Windows 10 and it got annihilated.
Another one for me is On Days Like These...Matt Monro
And the one by Barry Manilow....cant remember,will google it......

Into the Mystic by Van Morrison

In 'have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas', the words ' Through the years we all will be together. If the fates allow.' I have sung this in my choir concert almost every Christmas for a number of years, and these words choke me.
Also the soundtrack of the film, Cinema Paradiso.

God Only Knows by the Beach Boys gets me blubbing.

He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother by the Hollies, as well.

Sometimes, a good greet, for no particular reason, is just what I need to make me feel better. Strange but true.

Definitely 'The Living Years' Mike and the Mechanics
Also Sarah McLachlan - 'Angel' This came on when I was driving home one evening and knew my father did not have long to live. I just had to stop the car - I couldn't see through my tears.

Time to say goodbye also does it for me too - brings back memories of another sad time when I just had my beloved cat Charlie put to sleep.

?????? Oh dear, so many of these songs get me blubbing. But Lewlew was the last straw! 'The Old Man'! I remember this playing on the car radio just after my dad died and I wept buckets. It just summed up how I felt about him.

The nice thing about this thread is that lots of different names have felt moved to post. Good to see!

The Rose
How much do I love you (Ellie Goulding )
Cwm Rhondda(Guide me o thou Great Jehovah)This was sung at my wedding,my daughters' blessings and the funerals of my parents and my brother.It reduces me to an emotional wreck .But sung in parts by Welsh voices it is profoundly moving .
Myfanwy (my DD2 second name )
Suo gan (Welsh lullaby ,especially sung by Bryn Terfel -my mum used to sing it to my babies )
Danny Boy ..
I see a Celtic theme developing here ...

Also Adele's 'Someone Like You'. Gets me every time.

'The Shadow of Your Smile', music by Johnny Mandel and lyrics by Paul Francis Webster which was the theme tune to the film, 'The Sandpiper' and Jaques Brel's' If you go away'.

Dilly Keane (from Fascinating Aida)'s 'Look Mummy No Hands' does it for me without fail. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBW_LPzbqBQ

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack. Reduces me to a quibbling wreck every time........

The song I will always love you by dolly parton or most of Neil diamond as my precious mum who we lost in may loved him

Jerusalem for me and I'm neither religious or a nationalist