A while ago I posted a list of my favorite songs to sing in the car. Here's a new list: songs that make me weep like a baby when I listen to them:

1. "Hallelujah" - The Jeff Buckley version. With all due respect to Leonard Cohen, Buckley recorded the definitive version during his tragically brief career.

2. "Just One Smile" - Dusty Springfield

3. "In A Manner of Speaking" - Martin Gore

4. "All I Want Is You" - U2. I don't care if even the most die-hard U2 fans dislike "Rattle and Hum"--I love this song.

5. "(What Did I Do To Be So) Black and Blue" - Billie Holiday

6. "Crazy" - Patsy Cline

7. "Michelangelo" - Emmylou Harris

8. "Black Boys on Mopeds" - Sinead O'Connor

9. "We Float" - PJ Harvey

10. "Don't Worry Baby" - The Beach Boys. I know, this seems too upbeat to be a tearjerker, but the beautiful vocal harmonies, especially the yearning in Brian Wilson's voice, simply reduce me to tears.

11. "Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me" - The Smiths. It's sacrilege for a diehard Smiths fan like myself to admit that "Strangeways, Here We Come" is my least favorite Smiths' CD. This is the one song from the CD I adore.Posted by Nattie Hattie at 11:55 AM

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