There are times when everybody has memories of when they were growing up. For some reason, I am having them now. I am remembering many things from my “growing – up” years. One of the things I am remembering in particular are sad songs. Some of them are dealing with death, and some are dealing with broken hearts. I am listing a few of them below. Some may bring memories back to you too. There are YouTube links to some of them, and just copies of the lyrics for the others. I went to google to get them.
One of the songs that has been on my mind a lot lately is “Patches”, about a girl that lived in the poor part of town and a rich guy that loved her and wanted to marry her. The YouTube is below.
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Another sad song is by Bobby Goldsboro: “Honey” – URL below:
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Some others are by Anne Murray – The Tennessee Waltz
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You Needed Me
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Another one I used to sing to a lot was Billy Don’t Be A Hero. The URL is below
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I always liked Funny Face by Donna Fargo.
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The Green Beret is another one from the past.
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Where have all the flowers gone? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bI3QVsW30j0
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Tie A Yellow Ribbon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-RlLFxgCkk
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The World Beyond – by Bobby Goldsboro.
The World Beyond by Bobby Goldsboro
I dreamed that I was living in the world beyond
That I was born after they dropped the bomb
I dreamed that I was sitting on my fathers knee
And he told me of the world that used to be
Tell me again how it used to be
Did grass really grow?
And what was a tree?
Did rain really fall from the sky?
What a shame that it all had to die
Tell me about the automobile
How did it run?
And what was a wheel?
Could children stand up all alone?
I think that your putting me on
I dreamed that I was sitting on my fathers knee
And he told me of the world that used to be
Tell me again
How it used to be
Did birds really fly?
And what was TV?
Did concrete cover the land?
And what was a Rock & Roll band?
Tell me again
What kids used to do
What was a doll?
And what was a shoe?
Did children look different from me?
That must have been something to see
I dreamed that I was living in the world beyond
That I was born after they dropped the bomb
I dreamed that I was sitting on my fathers knee
And he told me of the world that used to be
Tell me again
Bout sunshine and rain
What was a boat?
And what was a train?
Were people as lonely as me?
And did they live in caves such as we?
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The Autumn Of My Life by Bobby Goldsboro
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Daddy Don’t You Walk So Fast by Wayne Newton
Lyrics
The love between the two of us was dying
And it got so bad I knew I had to leave
But halfway down that highway when I turned around I saw
My little daughter running after me
Crying
Daddy, don’t you walk so fast
Daddy, don’t you walk so fast
Daddy, slow down some ’cause you’re makin’ me run
Daddy, don’t you walk so fast
Now, it broke my heart to tell my little daughter
That her daddy had to run to catch a train
She had no way of knowin’ I was leavin’ home for good
I turned around and there she was again
As she said to me
Daddy, don’t you walk so fast
My daughter cried, daddy, don’t you walk so fast
Daddy, slow down some ’cause you’re makin’ me run
Daddy, don’t you walk so fast
If only for the sake of my sweet daughter
I just had to turn back home right there and then
And try to start a new life with the mother of my child
I couldn’t bear to hear those words again
She cried and said
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Our D I V O R C E Becomes Final Today by Tammy Waynette
Lyrics
So we spell out the words we don’t want him to understand
Like T-O-Y or maybe S-U-R-P-R-I-S-E
But the words we’re hiding from him now
Tears the heart right out of me.
Me and little J-O-E will be goin’ away
I love you both and it will be pure H-E double L for me
Oh, I wish that we could stop this D-I-V-O-R-C-E.
Or his fifth birthdayhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=394MG8Q60PI
And he thinks C-U-S-T-O-D-Y spells fun or play
I spell out all the hurtin’ words
And turn…
A shaggy cotton skin and just one set of clothes
Sittin’ on the shelf in the local department store
With no dreams to dream and nothing to be sorry for
Not livin’ or lovin’ or goin’ nowhere
I wish I was a teddy bear
And I’m wishin’ that I hadn’t fallen in love with you
Then your mem’ry wouldn’t come around hurtin’ all the time
I’d have a sewed-on smile and a painted twinkle in my eye
And I never would’ve ever had to learn how to cry
Not livin’ or lovin’ or goin’ nowhere
I wish I was a teddy bear
And I’m wishin’ that I hadn’t fallen in love with you
Hi, I’m Teddy ain’t it a lovely day?
Then I’d know every time I spoke the words were right
And no one would know the mess I made in my life
Not livin’ or lovin’ or goin’ nowhere
I wish I was a teddy bear
And I’m wishin’ that I hadn’t fallen in love with you