Songs That Have Moved You To Tears — Page 2

Yes I forgot Momma Look Sharp also from 1776. Duh.

Also, to agree with some above - Being Alive - Company & For Good - Wicked.

Adding - The finale and just about any song with Tateh, The Mother and the children in Ragtime.

"Epilogue/Finale" of Les Miserables - when Fantine steps out and sings "Take my hand..." I just burst out in tears.

"Lament" from Evita, as well. I try to contain myself but the feeling is strong.

though I have not seen a production "LEARNING TO LET GO" from Elegies, For Angels Punks and Raging Queens just destroys me, as does "ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS" from Tick, Tick, Boom also reduces me to a puddle every time.

So many... but, only songs from "In The Heights" come to mind at the moment.
Breathe
and probably the only uptempo song to do so: Enough

I know "Next to Normal" had me going several times. As did "Momma" from Spelling Bee.

I think the first time I remember crying at a musical was "Where is Love?" from Oliver!

No matter how many times I hear it, I always cry listening to "My Brother Lived in San Francisco"

A lot of mine have already been said but I would like to add:

- "Pretty Funny" among others from Dogfight
- "When There's No One" from Carrie
- "How Could You" among others from Scandalous
- "This Man" from Chaplin

I will post more if I think of them.

The finale of "Les Mis" and the last scene in "Carousel" get me every time. "Wishing You were Somehow Here Again" moves me to tears when I think about it at home because it makes me remember my own beloved, musical father. There's a Jewish song, I think by Doug Kotler, that they often sing in synagogue before the Kaddish Prayer -- "A Rose in December" -- that always gets me crying. I guess death stuff does it to me -- I clutched my dog and sobbed at the end of "Marley and Me." I always want to cry at the last line in "The Phantom of the Opera," the reprise of "Music of the Night," "It's over now, the music of the night." As for "Music of the Night" itself, it's my favorite song of all time, but it doesn't make me want to cry -- instead it makes me think about much happier activities.

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^The part that destroys me in Next to Normal are the lines in Aftershocks... "Your life goes back to normal now, or so they all believe. Your heart is in your chest again, not hanging from your sleeve." As someone who studies psychology (humanistic and existentialism) it hits HARD. I adore Next to Normal.

And I'm glad a lot of people are saying SITPWG. My friends think it's crazy how emotional I get over the show!

Updated On: 3/10/14 at 07:48 PM

A number of times in "Les Mis", A part that really gets me is in "Drink With Me" when Grantaire starts singing "Can it be, You fear to die?"

I am the one {Reprise} in Next To Normal

I am surprised to see that only one person has mentioned "This Man" from Chaplin; that got me!

And I'm not too sure if this counts because it's not technically in the song, but the dialogue in "Goodbye" from Catch Me If You Can also gets me.

For Good-Wicked
I Hate You, I Love You-If/Then
Hang the Moon-Smash
Always Starting Over-If/Then
With You-Ghost
Last Night of the World-Miss Saigon
I'd Give my life for you-Miss Saigon
All I ask of you(phantom part)-The Phantom of the Opera
Legally Blonde(I'm not kidding)-Legally Blonde the Musical
Edelweiss-The Sound of Music
Climb Ev'ry Mountain(Audra McDoanld version)-The Sound of Music Live

The list is long, but may I add two songs from two lovely shows that deserved better runs:

"The Next Best Thing to Love" from A CLASS ACT
"Promise of the Morning" from SUMMER OF '42"

and a song that always devastates me: "What Would I Do" from FALSETTOLAND

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"How could i ever know" from Secret Garden

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