Songs that made you cry

Definetly Terry Jacks.

How about Neil Young, Old Man.

John Prine, Sam Stone, actually several of John Prine's songs can do it.

Jim
 
Ani D'ifranco did a verson of 'tis of thee which made me feel like crying. I saw an intervew with her on TV a while back and when questioned about the content of the song and why she wrote it she just broke down and cried. It was pretty moving, so I got the CD and had a listen. Here are the words:

they caught the last poor man
on a poor man's vacation
they cuffed him and confiscated his stuff
they dragged his black ass down to the station
and said, ok, the streets are safe now
all your pretty white children can come out and see spot run
and they came out of their houses
and they looked around
but they didn't see no one

my country 'tis of thee
to take swings at each other on the talkshow tv
why don't you just go ahead and turn off the sun
cuz we'll never live long enough
to undo everything they've done to you
undo everything they've done to you

above 96th street
they're handing out smallpox blankets so people don't freeze
the old dogs have got a new trick
it's called criminalize the symptoms
while you spread the disease
and i hold on hard to something
between my teeth when i'm sleeping
i wake up and my jaw aches
and the earth is full of earthquakes

my country 'tis of thee
to take swings at each other on the talkshow tv
why don't you just go ahead and turn off the sun
cuz we'll never live long enough
to undo everything they've done to you
undo everything they've done to you

they caught the last poor man
flying away in a shiny red cape
they took him down to the station
and they said, boy, you should've known better
than to try to escape
i ran away with the circus
cuz there's still some honest work left for bearded ladies
since they put everyone in jail
except the cleavers and the brady's

my country 'tis of thee
to take swings at each other on the talkshow tv
why don't you just go ahead and turn off the sun
cuz we'll never live long enough
to undo everything they've done to you
undo everything they've done to you


but you really need to hear the song for it to really hit you.
 
Back in the early to mid 80s when all rumors about cults and devil worship started (or at least became apparent to me), I was surprised to see that Coven's album cover containing One Tin Soldier showed at least half the band casually showing the so-called sign of Satan with their hands.
This album came out when, 67 or 68?
 
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