Subject: Songs for a Broken Heart From: BeauDangles Date: 05 Apr 01 - 11:02 AM Hi, Mudcatters... I have been away from the 'Cat for a while. Mostly just living life and working too hard. One really important part of my life for the past year has been a woman named Christine. We came together under challenging circumstances. We fell in love. We healed each other of some long-standing wounds. We dared to dream of a life together, dancing, playing music, making babies. She was extraordinary. And I have never known anyone like her. I had never allowed myself to love, or to be loved, so deeply. But something in her heart changed. I think we got too close for her comfort, and she began to withdraw emotionally. A couple of weeks agao, on the vernal equinox, she lowered the boom. She said she needed for once in her life to not be in a relationship, to be just by herself. Long story short, we ended the relationship, and my heart lies in ruins and ashes. I need songs that can help me mend my shattered heart. Can you help? BeauD |
Subject: RE: BS: Songs for a Broken Heart From: Allan C. Date: 05 Apr 01 - 11:20 AM Hi, Beau! Good to see you again. Here is a song that has been somewhat cathartic for me. I believe it was originally written by a man in similar circumstances. BTW, I'll be in town next week, give the house a call (I'm in the book or PM me if you've forgotten) and we'll see about getting together, okay? |
Subject: RE: BS: Songs for a Broken Heart From: Louie Roy Date: 05 Apr 01 - 12:44 PM Two songs that I'd recommend is Waltzing with tears in my eyes by Cowboy Copas written in the late 1940s and Waltzing with tears in my eyes.I don't know the original artist ,but it came out in 1949 and Bob Wills did it ,but he is not the original artist.I believe one of his band members is the artist.Louie Roy |
Subject: RE: BS: Songs for a Broken Heart From: Louie Roy Date: 05 Apr 01 - 12:47 PM BeauDangles sorry I made a mistake the correct title to the song by Bob Wills is Waltzing with a broken Heart aaand it did come out in 1949 Louie Roy |
Subject: RE: BS: Songs for a Broken Heart From: katlaughing Date: 05 Apr 01 - 12:51 PM BeauDangles, sorry this has happened to you. I am just learning Bill Staines' Phoenix and would imagine it'd be a good one to wail on. Nice to see you, again, and I hope you'll stay in touch and let us know how you are doing. kat |
Subject: RE: BS: Songs for a Broken Heart From: Bert Date: 05 Apr 01 - 12:52 PM Can't beat this one |
Subject: RE: BS: Songs for a Broken Heart From: Amergin Date: 05 Apr 01 - 01:06 PM Oh, sorry, to hear that....here's a song that I would listen to alot....West Coast Of Clare
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Subject: RE: BS: Songs for a Broken Heart From: kendall Date: 05 Apr 01 - 01:14 PM The Faded roses of December..Utah Phillips. |
Subject: RE: BS: Songs for a Broken Heart From: Morticia Date: 05 Apr 01 - 01:24 PM I am sorry to hear what has happened, maybe she'll come back if you give her a little space? My last have-a-good- sob-and-a-pound-bar-of-chocolate moment found me singing what I think was a Paul Williams song, the verse which got to me in particular went:
Gone forever, and all the fools have told me Unashamedly sentimental but cathartic...hope you feel better soon. |
Subject: RE: BS: Songs for a Broken Heart From: thosp Date: 05 Apr 01 - 01:24 PM "how can we hang on to a dream" tim hardin "misty roses" tim hardin peace (Y) thosp |
Subject: RE: BS: Songs for a Broken Heart From: BeauDangles Date: 05 Apr 01 - 05:37 PM Thanks to you guys for the good thoughts and the song lyrics. I have to remember that this is a a process of grieving. Part of me wants to rage at her for leaving me, another part wants to stay away until we each heal enough to be around each other again, yet another part just wants to run to her and hold her until we both have cried all the tears we have to cry. I am sure that with time this will become easier. Thanks again BeauD
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Subject: RE: BS: Songs for a Broken Heart From: kendall Date: 05 Apr 01 - 07:33 PM It's not fatal, it's kinda like seasickness. At first you afraid you are going to die, then you are afraid you wont.But, in time your perspective changes, and, thank God, the pain eases.
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Subject: Lyr Add: MANY TIMES BEFORE (Patrick Sky) From: catspaw49 Date: 05 Apr 01 - 09:44 PM Hi Beau........Tough times my friend.....Try this one: ********************************************************** MANY TIMES BEFORE--Patrick Sky
If you look for hidden things, you can find them.
And if you go I guess you know just what you're doing.
When you wake in the morn and find you're lonely.
And there is one more thing I'd like to say dear, ********************************************************** Spaw |
Subject: RE: BS: Songs for a Broken Heart From: Naemanson Date: 05 Apr 01 - 09:53 PM Sally Free And Easy and The Oggy Man both by Cyrill Tawney. You can do Sally... without accompaniment and really let your heart bleed into the words. Oggy Man needs a simple quiet accompaniment and says a lot in a few words. |
Subject: RE: BS: Songs for a Broken Heart From: katlaughing Date: 06 Apr 01 - 12:35 AM Any of the songs on Donovan's 1996 "Sutras" CD, but esp. Please Don't Bend. YES!!! Someone finally put up some sound files from this superb CD!!!! I've only been crowing about it since it came out and never could find any audio or lyrics. He holds his property very close. Well worth the listen! kat |
Subject: Lyr Add: FOR THE GOOD TIMES^^ From: Mark Clark Date: 06 Apr 01 - 02:16 AM How about Kris Kristopherson's great song, "For The Good Times."
For The Good Times
Don't look so sad, I know it's over,
Refrain:
I'll get along, you'll find another, (refrain) I recomend this with plenty of Maker's Mark on the rocks or straight up but not mixed and no chaser. Now that reminds me of Willie Nelson's "Whisky River." - Mark |
Subject: RE: BS: Songs for a Broken Heart From: Peter T. Date: 06 Apr 01 - 09:58 AM It depends on whether you want to wallow in it or not. Wallowing is good, don't get me wrong. But there are different songs for different phases (Elizabeth K-R, where are you?): 1) Serious wallowing, throw yourself off the bridge wallowing. "Crying" -- Roy Orbison. "You Don't Know Me" Emmylou Harris. "The Man That Got Away", Judy Garland. 2) Moody wallowing. Frank Sinatra albums in the mid 1950s.
3) Come back, I will humiliate myself. Dusty Springfield (who else, what else?) "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me". Patsy Cline passim.
4) Snapping out of it, plus wallowing. Nothing beats George Jones: "He Stopped Loving Her Today". Good for a laugh, it is so pathetic. |
Subject: Lyr Add: GETTING TO THE POINT (Jeff Lynne) From: GUEST,Matt_R Date: 06 Apr 01 - 10:13 AM It's out of control And there's nothing I can do now Out of control Spinning softly through the blue now And look beyond these walls
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Subject: RE: BS: Songs for a Broken Heart From: SINSULL Date: 06 Apr 01 - 10:32 AM "If He Walked Into My Life Today" "Though I ask myself the whole night long 'What went wrong along the way' Would I be there when he called If he walked into my life today?" |
Subject: Lyr Add: THE MONKEYS HAVE NO TAILS IN ZAMBOANGA From: Fortunato Date: 06 Apr 01 - 10:51 AM "Oh The Monkey's Have No Tails in Zamboango" (arranged and adapted by myself and my children) Oh the monkey's have no tails in Zamboango, Oh the monkey's have no tails in Zamboango, Oh the monkey's have no tails, they were bitten off by whales, The monkey's have no tails in Zamboango Oh the hyenas do not laugh in Lubumbashi, Oh the hyenas do not laugh in Lubumbashi, Oh the hyenas do not laugh, they're annoyed by the giraffes The hyenas do not laugh in Lumbumbashi. PM me if you want more lyrics. Sing it to any damn melody you want. Follow this up with a pint of your favorite (or two) and then sing 'em a chorus of "Howja" "Oh, howja, howja, howja like to bite my ass?" regards, Fortunato
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Subject: RE: BS: Songs for a Broken Heart From: LR Mole Date: 06 Apr 01 - 11:39 AM Long as we've mentioned "He Stopped Loving Her Today", go with "She Thinks I Still Care". As Mr. Taylor says, It'll make you weep. It'll make your dog weep. It'll make your roof leak. |
Subject: RE: BS: Songs for a Broken Heart From: catspaw49 Date: 06 Apr 01 - 12:05 PM Look, I'm not here to defend George Jones.....I'm not a big fan, but if he isn't the ultimate honky-tonk singer, than who is? Can you listen to any of those "breakup" songs without getting the image of some poor slob, sitting in the back of a dark and smoky dive, listening to George crank one out............and as the last tearjerker comes to an end, he takes out his .357 and blows his brains out? I mean really??? I don't recommend his stuff unless your sense of humor is still intact. Spaw |
Subject: Lyr Add: I DREAMED YOU From: Dave (the ancient mariner) Date: 06 Apr 01 - 12:30 PM It's all a big illusion mate, all a dream in the end. Yours, Aye. Dave
I Dreamed You
The night is cold the air is still the earth lies frozen in the chill
All at once the winters done and warm I feel the summers sun
Chorus
But now the summer sun is growing dim I stand here lonely in the wind
Chorus
Repeat last verse with ending I only dreamed you three times fading..
Written by Sklerov… as performed by Nana Mouskouri |
Subject: RE: BS: Songs for a Broken Heart From: Lonesome EJ Date: 06 Apr 01 - 12:35 PM I remember listening to Gram Parsons and Emmy Lou Harris' Sleepless Nights over and over again during a particularly painful breakup. Those aching harmonies pulled me through. |
Subject: RE: BS: Songs for a Broken Heart From: Jim Krause Date: 06 Apr 01 - 12:42 PM Beau, I haven't read every post, so if I'm repeating something, do pardon me. There are two songs that couldn't be beat when I went through the same thing: for just plain ol' cryin' try It is an awful sentiment, I know; but there were days when if it hadn't been for my upbringing and some deeply held philosophical and spiritual values, well.... |
Subject: RE: BS: Songs for a Broken Heart From: katlaughing Date: 06 Apr 01 - 02:57 PM Gotcha, Spaw....also Freddy Fender's "Till the Last Teardrop Falls" THAT is a real tearjerker and I love it! |
Subject: RE: BS: Songs for a Broken Heart From: jaze Date: 07 Apr 01 - 12:58 PM "Making Beleive" by Emmylou Harris aptly describes the longing for somone no longer in your life. Good luck. Hopes everything works out as you want. |
Subject: RE: BS: Songs for a Broken Heart From: Kaleea Date: 08 Apr 01 - 12:31 AM Hard to beat good old Hank Williams "Thar's a tear in my Beer" but John Denver (God rest his soul!) did sing the classic: Ya done stomped on my heart And ya mashed that sucker flat (steel guitar modulation) Yew just sorta (gospel 3rds harmony) stomped on my aeorta! etc. |
Subject: RE: BS: Songs for a Broken Heart From: Keith A of Hertford Date: 08 Apr 01 - 06:46 AM The False Bride (I once loved a maid) is a truly lovely song of dealing with betrayal. As Easter draws near, Said Judas To Mary is full of the sadness of a lover about to lose her love. Hope this helps (and also Guest#1) Very best wishes to you both, Keith |
Subject: RE: BS: Songs for a Broken Heart From: GUEST,Firecat in Berlin Date: 08 Apr 01 - 04:24 PM If I'm ever upset, I find George Michael's "Careless Whisper" helps. If you had any special songs try listening to them. Believe me, it works wonders!! Hope that helped. Love and butterflies, Firecat. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx |
Subject: RE: BS: Songs for a Broken Heart From: Amergin Date: 08 Apr 01 - 04:47 PM Is that what he was singing when he got caught in the restroom? |
Subject: RE: BS: Songs for a Broken Heart From: pastorpest Date: 08 Apr 01 - 08:02 PM Robert Burn's "The Winter Is Past" tops my list of broken heart songs. Leonard Cohen's "Marianne" is a good song about a relationship at its end. |
Subject: RE: BS: Songs for a Broken Heart From: Peg Date: 09 Apr 01 - 12:15 AM Sinsull; actually that line from "If He Walked into My Life" is "And I'll ask myself my whole life long...what went wrong along the way?" a great song. Other lines: "And there must have been a milion things that my heart forgot to say...Would I think of one or two, if he walked into my life today?" |
Subject: RE: BS: Songs for a Broken Heart From: BeauDangles Date: 10 Apr 01 - 06:03 PM Just checking back in after a few days absence, and I found all of theses wonderful sentiments. It occurs to me, there must be as many ways to feel about this type of situation as there are people who go thru it. I have felt many of these emotions since this whole sh*tty process began. I find myself stuck in a situation where I really want to communiate to her what I am feeling (sadness, anger, a desire to have her back)--anything but to stuff my feelings, which has been a bad habit I acquired--but to do so will make me appear weak, and will send her running for the hills; OR, conversely, I can mask my emotions, at least around her, and act as if I am okay and moving on. This will make her feel better about the situation, and might conceivably have the effect of giving her time to realize how much she misses being in a relationship with me, and thereby preserve the possibility, however unlikely, that we might eventually end up together. The problem with that is that acting that way around her makes me resent her all the more, and makes me LESS inclined to get back together with her--it makes me feel like the love I had for her is eroding. I don't know, maybe that's what I need. Catch 22. Anyways, thanks all for the good vibes. I guess I will get over this the only way I can; one day at a time. Life's a bitch, and then she dumps you, eh? BeauD |
Subject: RE: BS: Songs for a Broken Heart From: GUEST,mgarvey@pacifier.com Date: 10 Apr 01 - 11:53 PM She dumped you. Why should you worry about making her feel better? It doesn't sound like a case of she done you wrong, just like it wasn't mutual enough. But if she done you wrong, get Linda Ronstadt where she sings "You're no good...baby ou'r no good." Play really loud and sing along. mg |
Subject: Lyr Add: SONG FOR THE DUMPED (Ben Folds) From: GUEST,Matt_R Date: 16 Apr 01 - 10:39 AM So you wanted to take a break Slow it down some and have some space Well fuck you too Give me my money back Give me my money back you bitch I want my money back And don't forget To give me back my black T-Shirt Wish I hadn't bought you dinner Right before you dumped me on your front porch Give me my money back Give me my money back you bitch I want my money back --Ben Fold Five Song For The Dumped |
Subject: Lyr Add: BREAKING IN A BRAND NEW BROKEN HEART^^ From: Bert Date: 16 Apr 01 - 12:00 PM Don't forget "Brand New Broken Heart"
If my friends should ask for me
Now the heartaches have begun
Leave me alone, let me cry, cry, cry
Let me take a count of ten |
Subject: RE: BS: Songs for a Broken Heart From: Amergin Date: 16 Apr 01 - 12:39 PM Micca and Johnny Cash wrote a very fitting song together..... |
Subject: RE: BS: Songs for a Broken Heart From: Firecat Date: 27 Jun 01 - 03:34 PM Well, I hope "Careless Whisper" works now, seeing as I'm in that situation. |
Subject: RE: BS: Songs for a Broken Heart From: Liz the Squeak Date: 27 Jun 01 - 04:46 PM One going through my head is called 'Another hump 'em and dump 'em situation', singer unknown to me, but boy, does it get you where it hurts, especially if you've just been shunted out of an intensly intimate relationship for no other reason than paranoia. Otherwise - as recorded by Abba - 'The day before you came' puts a slant on things that might have gone astray.... Life goes on, whether you want to live it or not. You are the only one who can decide. But it is always best to stay friends if at all possible.... LTS |
Subject: RE: BS: Songs for a Broken Heart From: Diva Date: 27 Jun 01 - 05:03 PM Gonna wash that man right outa my hair!!!!!! well just a thought..... get out there and meet new friends!!!!! best of luck |
Subject: RE: BS: Songs for a Broken Heart From: GUEST,SharonA Date: 27 Jun 01 - 06:00 PM At least 3/4 of the songs Patsy Cline sang are appropriate for one phase or another of the whole process of grieving for love lost. One of my favorite nanny-nanny-poo-poo phase songs includes the lyric: "...maybe someday, you'll want me to want you when I am strong for somebody else And although you don't want me now, I'll get along somehow and then I won't want you." At least, Beau, your situation was not "A church, a courtroom and then good-bye!" BTW, how's it going for you now? Please do check in so we won't worry. SharonA |
Subject: Lyr Add: NEXT TIME From: mousethief Date: 27 Jun 01 - 06:13 PM NEXT TIME by Al Stewart
He heard the clatter of her heels in the street
She missed the train, she felt the rain upon her face
When you were just a kid you loved |
Subject: RE: BS: Songs for a Broken Heart From: Jim Krause Date: 27 Jun 01 - 06:15 PM Well, this may be for some where down the line but Remember Me is one that I often sing to myself when memories of HER come unbidden. |
Subject: Lyr Add: ?? From: RangerSteve Date: 27 Jun 01 - 06:27 PM This was recorded by Waylon Jennings and it's the best I've found on the subject.
I hope that I don't get it wrong anymore, Maybe I've learned this time.
Someday I'll get over you, I'll live to see it all through,
I won't let it change me, not if I can, I'd rather believe in love.
Someday, I'll get over you, etc.
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Subject: RE: BS: Songs for a Broken Heart From: A Wandering Minstrel Date: 28 Jun 01 - 09:49 AM There's nothing you can do about a broken heart but hope that time will mend it There's nothing you can do about the love thats gone A love who's time has ended
But time is a healer
There's nothing you can do about a sad sad soul
For time is a healer
but until then...
There's nothing you can do about a broken heart Eddie Walker (Red Shoes on my Feet)
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Subject: RE: BS: Songs for a Broken Heart From: Firecat Date: 28 Jun 01 - 03:22 PM Thanks. I've also found that Jimmy Ruffin's "What becomes of the broken hearted" and Vengaboys "Forever As One" helps as well. |
Subject: RE: BS: Songs for a Broken Heart From: GeorgeH Date: 29 Jun 01 - 09:09 AM Huh! A "love gone wrong" thread and no mention of the mistress of that genre, June Tabor. Any of her CDs would do, but I suppose if I had to choose one track it would be Bob Franke's "Hard Love" - because that seems to fit the original description, where it strikes me that EVEN THOUGH it didn't turn out "as hoped" both parties have benefited from the experience. The other one - for the hell of love's ending - it The McGarrigle's "Heart Like a Wheel" (except no recorded version of THAT comes close to the version June used to sing live . . WHY did she never record it??) G. |
Subject: RE: BS: Songs for a Broken Heart From: Jim Krause Date: 29 Jun 01 - 03:29 PM I remember listening to Linda Ronstadt's recording of Heart Like a Wheel and having to take the record off the player. Another song from that time that I couldn't listen to was Bernie Ledden's Lying Eyes. I still can't listen to the long version of it. Jim |
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