The 25 Most Exquisitely Sad Songs in the Whole World: No. 15
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'My Mom'Chocolate Genius (1998)
The Breakdown: Recent Springsteen sideman cut this heartbreaker about a return visit to his childhood home, and the mother he was losing to senility.
The Waterworks: "My mom, my sweet mom/She don't remember my name."
Casualty Count: One Alzheimer's victim (and one dog).
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Sandraat 10-08-2009
Trully a sad song. I had to pause the song for a bit.
ed chapmanat 10-12-2009
WOW......great
Christianat 11-08-2009
My grandmother is suffering from dementia. Its hard enough to watch her seize and hardly make sense and the one thing I can't help but think to myself "If I have to see my mother go through this, I would die of a broken heart." My prayers go out to all of you who have friends and relatives going through such a painful and devastating disease.
Starrockaat 5-06-2007
Very sad indeed.
Dawnat 5-05-2007
I been thru this twice, my dad, my grandma and now my mother it isn't easy to see your loves one that were once so brillant, loving and knows every one, full of lif. And now it hurts them as weel as you , when they don't remmeber but they remmber 30 yrs or more ago. I wil always love my mom not matter if remmber my name or not
Dawnat 5-05-2007
I been thru this twice, my dad, my grandma and now my mother it isn't easy to see your loves one that were once so brillant, loving and knows every one, full of lif. And now it hurts them as weel as you , when they don't remmeber but they remmber 30 yrs or more ago. I wil always love my mom not matter if remmber my name or not
Lisaat 5-05-2007
I understand. Beautiful.
big bat 5-05-2007
I do not usually address sites like this. But this touched me so deeply that I just had to say, "Wow", what a powerful song , I loved it.
Kenat 5-05-2007
This is the saddest song I ever heard!!!
Donnaat 5-13-2007
It was 5 years ago this past February,2007 that my sister and I had to put our Mom in a nursing home..
"Toni" worked two jobs to take care of "her girls"
when our Dad left..There were no Dead beat Dad laws in 1965.Alzheimers struck when she was only 65...Why???Did God want her to forget all the hard times she went through?
The first time I realized she didn't know me I cried for days...my son consoled me saying "At least you were the last one she forgot" I miss my Mom even though I could still see her..
pooksilbyat 5-06-2007
Donna you have a great son to say something like that. I love that quote, "At least you were the last one she forgot."
kathyat 5-05-2007
We are going through this now with my father-in-law. Thankfully, he can still remember immediate family names. But he thinks his parents are still alive. They passed away in 1983 and 1985. He keeps asking my mother-in-law when they are getting married. They just celebrated their 54th wedding anniversary!
This song was tough to listen to but it reminds us that we are not alone in dealing with this disease.
janaat 5-05-2007
now this IS a sad song.
Donnaat 5-05-2007
Kathy...
I will pray for your father in law...
Your right "we are not alone"
but when I look in my Mom's eyes she's so emty and
she seems alone...
I want to say...."How could you forget me, I'm your baby girl"
sherryat 5-05-2007
A very sad and heart tugging song. Makes you want to grab a tissue and just have a good cry...
yvetteat 5-06-2007
this song is actually the first one i have come to that was truely sad....one of my grandfathers died not remembering anyone and my living grandfather doesnt remember too much anymore and its hard to watch that happen especially since my grandmother recently died of cancer and she is the only one he sometimes remembers and everytime someone has to remind him of what happened....he doesnt remember any of his children....my mama has been through a lot and the doctors say my fathers supposedly gonna have memory problems too....what a depressing thought....damn time to get off depressing songs!!!!!!!!!!!
Daphneat 5-06-2007
My mother died in 2001 of Alzheimers. The one thing I remembered was that I sang her favorite song at the nursing home. She hadn't talked for months they told me (I live out of state and culd only visit occasionally). This most amazing voice came from her and we sang verse after verse, chorus after chorus until I was out of breath. Then the door shut on her eyes and she was gone again. My last gift to her was to style her hair for her funeral..to see my dad's face and his tears of losing his bride of 51 years...this song reminds me of all these things. I miss her so.
Darat 5-06-2007
Ok this has got be closer to # 1.I cried from beggining to end.
theresaat 5-06-2007
My memere (grandma) did not have Alzheimers but she did have cancer. I was her first granddaughter, God child, named after her, and very close with her. She was dying a little everyday and the last time I saw her, on a nursing bed at my pepere's house, she didn't remember me. She remembered people she barely knew, my brothers, my sisters.. but not me. It's okay though because I already knew she loved me, and maybe God only let her remember the people that needed to know that she loved them too.
Hollyat 5-06-2007
My grandmother passed away in my arms just 3 weeks ago. THis song says it all. She didn't recognize any of us until the final moment. She told me to always stay right with myself. Get healthy and happy for myself because when my time comes only I will be accountable. She said she loved me and called me by name. It had been 4 years since she knew my name. Thanks so much for this beautiful song. It has touched my heart in such a way.