Songs that make you openly weep... — Page 4

Empty Chairs at empty Tables- Les Mis
Edelweiss- The sound of music
Children Will Listen- Into the Woods

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"Fifty Percent" from Ballroom, as performed by Dorothy Loudon, gets me every time.

As has been previously stated on this thread, basically the entire score of William Finn's Elegies.

"Mama, It's Me" from Kiss of the Spiderwoman.

Have to say...

Phantom
Music of the Night
All I ask of you
All I ask of you reprise
Final Lair, Finale

The Last Five Years
Still Hurting
Nobody Needs to Know
Goodbye Until Tomorrow

Finale - Aida

Days of Plenty - Little Women

Goodbye Love - Rent

Not really a song, but the end of Once on this Island always made me cry.

Phantom always makes me cry... especially if it's Gary Mauer.

And 'For Good' from Wicked. One of my best friends was killed in a car accident in April, and it just fit so perfectly. "It well may be, we will never meet again in this lifetime." My friend and I sang it in memory of her at our concert.

And also the Finale from Wicked. Everytime.

Every Tear a Mother Cries and Different from Honk! and Lily's Eyes from Secret Garden

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"No One is Alone" - Bernadette Peters
"Being Alive" - Bernadette Peters
"I'll Cover You" - Idina Menzel (Katrina Benefit @ Gershwin)
"Home" - The Wiz
"Small World" (Reprise) - Gypsy
"Fable" - The Light in the Piazza

and Judy Garland's rendition of "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" is beautiful.

'I Don't Care Much' and the Finale from Cabaret.

"All the Wasted Time"~Parade
"For Good"~ Wicked (mostly because a friend of mine, at the cast party wrapping up an emotional show I was in recently, pointed this song out as really relating to our production and the friendships we've made.)
"I'll Cover You (Reprise)" That paired with Angel's Eulogy, makes me BAWL.
"Days of Plenty"~Little Women (for reason of same show as the Wicked example. What can I say, the show was amazing!)

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Oh, my God, I forgot "At the Ballet". When she says, "Daddy, I would love to dance" and then belts out that last high "At the BalLEEEEET!!!!!" I'm gone.

"What I Did For Love" can do the job too.

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Wind Beneath My Wings (gets me every time)

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I cry during the song "Real Life" from Tick, tick...Boom! To me it is almost perfect and it makes me think of what Jonathan could have done, had he the time.

I also weep during "Wicked Witch of the East," after Elphaba bewitches Nessa's shoes and is singing the part about finally doing something good with her powers. I have a sister in a wheelchair and I would love to be able to make her walk, so that part really tugs at my heartstrings.

"Welcome To The World" and "Poem" from A Man Of No Importance. As much as I just love the songs, the whole premise show hits me very close to home because I wound up in a very similar situation.

"A Part Of Us"/"Why We Tell This Story" from Once On This Island. I first saw this show when a local high school did it. The end is just so tragic, but beautifully uplifting at the same time. I cried my eyes out.

"No More" and "No One Is Alone" from Into The Woods. ITW is just one of my favorite shows. Ever.

"For Good" from Wicked (yeah, yeah, I know, EVERYONE says this one). I sang this at my High School graduation ceremony, with the girl who has been my best friend since I was two years old (her as Elphaba and me as Glinda). It was probably the most emotional performance I'd ever done, because every word I sang was truth.

"Some Things Are Meant To Be" from Little Women. A beautiful song in it's own right, but more meaningful to me because of the aforementioned best friend. She didn't die, but we both left for college in completely different states. When we were little, we used to play Little Women with her dollhouse. It was our thing. She is like a sister to me. We literally ARE Jo and Beth (personality-wise).

"If I Didn't Believe In You" from The Last Five Years. In fact, about half the songs from The Last Five Years.

Updated On: 11/6/05 at 01:15 AM

I'm not prone to weeping - but there's always the finale of Carousel...Not a Day Goes By (Merrily We Roll Along) ....Beautiful (Sunday in the Park)...If Love Were All (Bittersweet)....Old Man River...that get me teary.

However the other day I was walking along the street, listening to my ipod and out of the blue this beautiful plaintive voice started to sing SO FAR from Allegro and then as if there were not enough SOMETHING GOOD - the singer of course was Bernadette Peters...I was definitely crying in the street by that time.