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Thread #50060   Message #761079
Posted By: GUEST,Opelia
06-Aug-02 - 11:31 PM
Thread Name: What is the saddest song?
Subject: RE: What is the saddest song?
There is a song John Prine wrote, can't remenber the name but it has the line "there's a hole in Daddy's arm, where all the money goes.."

Guest, Kevin - That John Prine song is called Sam Stone, and I agree, very sad.

My sad vote goes to "He Fades Away" written by Alastair Hulett whilst he was in Australia from a women's p.o.v. about her husband dying from exposure to asbestos:

v.There's a man in my bed, I used to love him His kisses used to take my breath away There's a man in my bed, I hardly know him I wipe his face and hold his hand And watch him as he slowly fades away.

And he fades away, Not like leaves that fall in autumn turning gold against the grey, He fades away Like the bloodstains on his pillow case that I wash every day, he fades away.