This song gave me the strength to walk away from 50 years of wasted time, lies, physical, verbal abuse and years of cheating. At 70 I am finally free or all of the above. And am living my life
Literally one of the most powerful love songs ever written. An incredible song sung by an incredible artist, beautifully accompanied by Bruce Hornsby. Even the great George Michael's version is second to this.
@@justtony21It happens to men & women alike, and if it's cheating, it's NEVER okay. I'm sorry you've been hurt, I have too - don't let it ever stop you from loving again though. The woman that hurt you doesn't deserve to control your emotions or your future. ❤
The worst hurt is when someone awakens your love with no intention of loving you back and then leaves without no explanation; just cut you off like you never meant anything to them.
@@kayesmith3608please. This is Bonnie’s song. It’s one of those that nobody has yet to do well. It all has to do with her perfectly imperfect voice. It just doesn’t have the impact if she’s not singing it. Someday someone might do it justice but as of yet, no way. George Michael? Jesus Christ 😂
A beautiful song , not much of a Bonnie Raitt fan but her voice is therapy for a lonely 62 year old male who has high blood pressure and hates his job . Very tired thank you any one who reads this.
Will, I'm a huge classic rock fan Pink Floyd Deep Purple Uriah Heep King Crimson Moody Blues Led Zeppelin my absolute favourites. But I do love Bonnie Raitt. And she can play slide guitar. What an extremely talented lady Bonnie is
Wil God bless u brother if u lived in Macon ga we would all rally around you at my church God helps with all our struggles and my mother in law is single lol.
I'm one of the people that put this song on repeat and curled up into a ball after my breakup and there were tears, lots of them. I still think this is one of the best songs that speaks of unrequited love or love lost. 2024
Sorry bro, lot’s of us have to go through this, don’t be ashamed of your tears. Keep your head high and enjoy a good company with yourself in those empty moments. 🙏🙏🙏
It's a terrible feeling to wake up and realize that you've been loving someone who never loved you or cared for you the same way you loved them and it's true you can't make the heart feel something that's not there. you can give your all but if it is not reciprocated dry your eyes, swallow your hurt, and move on because you deserve better. spoken from the heart that you need to protect.
Another good 1 take story. Check out the sone aja by steely dan. Story goes, steve gad (drummer on track) was out w friends partying. They ran out of cash, so they said, hey steve, go lay down a trak somewhere. He did it in 1 take, got paid cash, and they kept partying. Lol. Amazing sight read. Amazing trak.
Lost my son July 4th, 2024 due to suicide. Only God has gotten me through this painful time, because l know l will see Jesse one day. I love you son 40-80 ❤
I'm sure your son loved you very much. The pain of being in this world is too much to endure for a lot of us at times. For some, that pain is so unbearable, they choose to go with the only way they see out. I'm making some broad assumptions here about the circumstances that are very personal to your family and your son, but I'm sure he felt loved by you and, again, loved you as much as he could -- given the mental/emotional torment he was battling inside. I hope that at some point in time, you are able to find a sliver of peace with your son's passing. My heart goes out to you, your family, and your son ❤
This song reminds me of my wife. It was her favorite song before she lost battling cancer, I wish I could change the hands of time, she was always there for me and our lovely daughter, life could be so unfair most times, but sometimes I wonder why bad things always happen to good people
I am 28 and heartbroken to the core. Like you say, sometimes there's no one to blame, and I have only love for her. It's very moving how a song brings together all kinds of people with their unique stories. We're all human after all
Things will get better for you I promise. U said loveless at least you know that. A lot of people don't have that awareness. I pray you get every blessing that you pray for 💜❤️
Be true to yourself and you will shine as you should...have no fear...explore...there are fantastic people out there who you may meet by a complete accident...just bear it... it's around the corner...😍⭐️👊
I don't think that there is a greater pain in life than loving someone that doesn't love you. We think it's us or if we just love them enough that they'll love us back. The bottom line is that you can't make someone love you if they don't.
Yes it is 2024 and this is my anthem again. 1993 and 30 years later. Once more I fell for a man whose heart has died to love.. I have to give up on him so he doesn’t take what is left of my soul. Thank you Bonnie
In memory of Ed Cherney, the recording engineer who had recorded this song and many other great records. Ed died peacefully last night, October 21, 2019. RIP, Eddie. We'll be missing you.
Those emotions you showed me tonight I will never forget....you hurt me not only with your words but the raw emotions and feelings towards her i saw in your eyes😢 don't love me...😢
Too many times in my life have I had this song on repeat for hours, days, months. Here I am again, after 17 years. My soul is crushed. Thank you, Bonnie, for giving voice to such pain.
Thanks for confirming that. As watched him play I thought of his other work and how similar it all was to this tune. Great choice to have on the piano!
This is the saddest, most heartbreaking song ever recorded. A true masterpiece of emotions. Great artists like Adele and Prince have covered this song, but Bonnie's original is untouchable.
PREACH THE TRUTH❣ EXACTLY HOW I LOOK AT IT.. ONLY BONNIE RAITT THE ORGINAL VOCALIST OF THIS SONG CAN DO IT JUSTICE... PLENTY HAVE TRIED, AND DONE WELL BUT CAN'T QUITE CUT IT! I FEEL SO MUCH EMOTIONS WHEN SHE SING😭
Did you know that Bonnie recorded this song in one take? She didn't think she could get the raw emotion more than once. Somehow that makes this song even more powerful than it already is.
That’s not really correct-although the reason it wasn’t in one take is even more heartbreaking… producer Don Was said that there were a couple times when Bonnie broke down crying. The song struck such raw emotion in her that Don had to do a few lines over. Note that Hornsby was the piano player on this flawless song, I’m sure most people know that. Greatness all around.
When I was 5, I remember watching my mom sing this song. At the time, my dad was doing drugs and mentally and physically beating her. She used alcohol to escape a lot and dealt with a lot of stuff for me and my sister. Randomly yesterday I heard this song for the first time in 25 years and I was balling my eyes out. I felt all of her pain and suffering and had me on my knees. It takes a lot for me to cry but this song hit so close to home and now im calling my mom to tell her about it.
I witnessed my dad do the same to my mom. But he also sexually abused her after drugging her and her falling asleep. I was 6 when I saw him do that to her. He destroyed her, beat his first wife, and did the same to his own daughters and his sisters. Thank the Lord he is in prison until 2035 now. He can't hurt no more women and children. She doesn't have anything to do with us oldest 2 daughters and none of her 5 biological grandkids. Only the youngest sister that barely remembers much of him. It's hard to say you witnessed your dad destroy your mother and she will never be the women she was before him. Here I am today finally married trying to break the bad family cycles I witnessed or that was done to me growing up. Raising my kids with my husband but have no biological grandparents to healthy be there for them. Sorry you witnessed rough stuff Dylan. I hope you decided to break the cycles to instead of repeating what you witnessed. Hope things get better for you guys.
57 year old big biker type. Song still brings a tear. Living one of the greatest love affairs ever 22+ years married. Feel so so sad for those who don’t find their true love. My wife and I’s love could move a mountain.
I'm not talking about your relationship but the sad part about this song is the fact that one partner can have the same exact thought as you do and the other is ready to leave.
Bonnie, do you realize how much this song resonates with so many hearts who know they must give up the fight? I've listened to this song so many times I couldn't even count. It was true for many of us who needed just one more chance to imagine, fooling only ourselves. You are a gift beyond words. Thank you Bonnie.
This is the first time in five years I have listened to this song. The last time I did was the night I decided I couldn’t keep denying how hurt and lonely I was in my 32 year marriage. Shortly afterwards my world burned to the ground. The papers were signed, and I physically moved 1,000 miles away. One of the worst things to happen to me, yet one of the best. There is no kind of lonely, that I have experienced in my 61 years, that is as lonely as lying next to someone who doesn’t love you back.
@ Anthony Broaddus Yes it is sir.😂😂😂 Not many songs can make a strong, tough, prideful woman like myself cry either but this one does, but it happens to the best of us
I am an old sailor. It is good to have something makes you cry. I think it shows you are human. No need to cry for others though. People have to earn my tears.
So sad to think this is a real situation for many people. Makes me feel so lucky to have been with the love of my life for 55 years. I thank the Lord for her every day. ❤
Bonnie's version is the standard, period. It's grown people music, not young love and giddy romance. It's about real life, lived over time. It's about the resignation, the struggle towards acceptance, the love in spite of the loss, it's the void AFTER the anger, the rage, the hurt and betrayal are over. It's about moving on with integrity in spite of the scars. It's the 62-year-old lady finally leaving her once whirlwind/long since bad 40-year marriage after decades of abuse, it's the 53-year-old mom of college aged kids who finds out her husband's been cheating on her with a woman half her age and has spent the past 2 years fighting out and now finalizing her messy divorce with a man she still loves but knows that it's over with. It's about LIVED experience, about the subtleties and contradictions and complexities of ending life-changing, decades long relationships and the quiet aftermath once the dust has started to settle. Bonnie doesn't try to oversing, overemote, over share. Her character knows what she's been through and has nothing to prove to anyone. She's just saying goodbye, with love and affection for what once was and is proudly moving forward with the rest of her life, scarred and weary but with gentle hope in what might still be ahead for her. She's saying in spite of the pain, life still moves on, so one should do it with dignity and grace.
I couldn’t make him love me after 16 years...siting here with a broken heart and spirit packing my belongings. I know the road ahead me will be rough. But my children and I will make it❤️
Hon you dont have to be worried, your future is bright and that of your kids, God guide you through this journey. Ourdreamsandhope@gmail.com i would love for you to write me on my email, would love to talk to you.
Hang in there. Everything happens for a reason. Sometimes we think someone is the final destination, when they're really just a brief, and sometimes unpleasant, step along the path. Better things will come.
Better things ahead for you and your kids, keep your face to the sun! There is a higher love waiting for you, but first you must learn to love yourself. You deserve the best.
When loving someone with all your heart and soul hurts when the love isn't shown in return, I think this song was made for anyone who poured all their love into that one person only to find out they never loved you
@@hollydavis2261 praying that time has healed your heart and soul, use what has happened as a lesson well learned. Love yourself more than that 1 person
I heard a girl in rehab sing this acapella our last night in front of the entire facility after realizing and accepting her long term relationship was over and she was accepting it. One of the most beautiful and painful moments I’ve ever experienced in a group setting. An absolutely perfect song on every level. ❤
I would have given her a hug and thanked her for the song. Then wished her luck. I meant all that in a good way. Now adays you have to be careful. I hope you are doing good too.
I’ll always loved this song by Bonnie Raitt, long before I even experienced what she was singing about in this song but I do now. This song is dedicated to all the people who’s waking up from unrequited love. It hurts but you gotta let go of people who don’t love you.
My heart is in this song after 28 years of marriage he left. But God has delivered me from that heart ache, thank you Bonnie for singing what we are feeling.
I am an African American man and I love this song. Need I say more? Heart breaks has no color, gender or greed. I love this song. I love Bonnie Raitt... Sue me for appreciating real music.
The hardest thing to do is accepting that you love someone that doesn't love you in return the same. Letting go of a person who became a part of you is like killing off a part of yourself I hope one day to let that person go and be able to feel loved by someone who loves me as much as I do them. Time just isn't on my side lately I really connect with this song on that level
The hardest thing to do is to walk away from someone you love so much, and in return they don't stop you. I gave her my heart and soul. I feel every part of this song. Some day you will find love again.
When you found that person that you always dreamed of and.her beauty was far beyond you ever could imagine. And she was actually yours for years you where the envy of all men and you where so dreamed strucked for eight years and the physical connection was amazingly beyond pleasurable exhaustion.That one you had to dpend the rest of your life with or you would die.To that point of hamacidal or suicidal would be your ONLY alternative if that person left uou how could I ever be funcional again then after you thought you guys where unseperable the worst fear thst could ever happen does how do you move on ? Blinding love ?😣
@@judibulanowski5368 you should hear Teddy Swims do this song I believe he does it well or even better and I love the way she does it. Look up Teddy Swims and this song you wouldn't believe it.
Just saw Bonnie Raitt get honored at the Kennedy Awards a few nights ago and this beautiful heart wrenching song was sung. I can tell you it pulled at my heart!!! Miss Raitt is one talented musician and singer! She deserved to be honored!! God bless her, hope she gives us more great songs to fill the heart!
Thats why being young is so great you are just innocent but nothing lasts forever and honestly thats what makes it beautiful. Life that is, hope you're doing well
I know went through a situation like this just before I met my husband. I want to encourage anyone who is going through this situation to be strong and know that you are special, beautiful, and worthy of love. You don't have to convince or beg anyone to love you. Sometimes it takes us a while to realize this for ourselves, but I can testify that after I became strong enough to let the person go who was not returning the love that I was giving the healing process began. It was rough, many crying nights...I liken it to withdrawal and while I thought I'd be alone for ever (because as we know rejection does a beat down on your self-esteem) I met my husband and he showed me what it was to be loved as you are without trying to work like a slave for it. If I can have it so can anyone else. Peace & Blessing xoxo
I cried with this song more than 100 times during my last breakup. It was therapeutic. Even 6 years have passed, every time I hear this song, my heart is swelled with emotion. The power of music.
"It doesn't take a lot of strength to hang on. It takes a lot of strength to let go." ~ J.C. Watts When you're still in love but realize your love will never be reciprocated... It is MUCH MORE DIFFICULT to leave/set that person free than it is to feign blissful ignorance & stay put bc the change will be (temporarily) painful. OF. COURSE it's easy to leave when you don't GAF or aren't truly in love. But that is NOT what this song is about. She's in love but is setting him free bc she understands she cannot change his feelings about her. Why KNOWINGLY live a lie? We aren't immortal!
@@devinjessicaharris5632 No one said letting go doesn't sometimes hurt like hell. But it's necessary for us to grow, move forward and be emotionally healthy.
I think this song is from the prospective of someone dying. Wanting to reach out to the people they care about but knowing it’s too late to make amends. It’s heartbreaking. But extremely powerful.
Until you made the comment it never occurred to me that this song was about one person not appreciating the other. I always thought it was about two people who knew exactly what they were doing and one of them was willing to make the sacrifice to get what they wanted because one of them believe that having that one pearl of great price one time in your life was worth the grief of a lifetime. The way she sang the song it just always seemed to me that both knew exactly the deal they were making and we're okay with it as evidenced by the fact that they went through with the deal. It's a tribute to the song and the way was performed that we can come away with different opinion and still love the song
I can''t bear the sadness of this song...covered by many singers such as George Michael,Adele but the version by Bonnie is still the best...no one can beat the original one
I'll never forget this song. I was leaving Amy's house late on a Sunday night. I knew it was over. I did my best to make it work. As I drove off onto Pellissippi Parkway this song came. I cried those sad tears.
+Steve Cappiello I am from K-town as well and live close to there now! I have been there too man, I feel your pain. There is someone out there for you that it will work with.... just gotta find em.
I was a child when this song came out and never appreciated its power until I had grown older and experienced unrequited love towards the end of a long term relationship. Your heart literally aches, you can't breathe, eat or sleep, your stomach is in a knot. Emotional hurt is incredibly painful. I'm not surprised people can literally die of a broken heart. This song brings me to my knees every time.
It's certainly a powerful song, and I Agree with your description of unrequited love....and at the same time, we can switch off to move on which is not the easiest route, but possible!
Sometimes it's really hard.... when you then have to deal with the using..abusing. and tge discarding.. after you gave 6 years of caring.. and loving... working on that anger part.. much luv to all of you going through it :)
Think I'm in that situation, but don't wanna let go without putting everything on the table. So hanging in there and fighting everyday. Hopefully, it all work's out.
It's the honest truth. Eventually your heart can't take anymore, and you have to walk away, because you realize you're unhappy and unloved, and there's no point in fighting any longer. You just have to move on and be happy again. 😞 I hope one day he realizes what he let slip through his fingers. Because I deserve better than this.....
@@lisaking9854 Yes, and how many of us have experienced circumstances that are similar to the message in the song? Many, I am sure, which causes us to strongly identify personally, with that message.
Bonnie Raitt is one of the most amazingly talented singer songwriters I have ever heard. A singer called Julia Fordham introduced me to Bonnie Raitt. So glad that she did.
Well said. She is such a true artist and absolutely wrote this beautiful song, you can hear it in every single way she belts out this painfully sad story..
@@alexgibbons2188 She didn't write this song. It was written by two Nashville musicians and recording artists. Mike Reid and Alan Shamblin in 1991 wrote this and it was added to Reid's debut album "Walk on Faith" in 1992.
In 1997 I used to lay in bed listening to this song and thinking about her..... tonight in 2024 I'm doing the same thing thinking about the same woman.
This song has an important message for anyone going through a heavy breakup: No matter how much you try, sometimes, the other person doesn't WANT it to work out, in the end. You can try to change their mind and try to fix their heart, but sometimes, it's best to let go.
That's EXACTLY what I had to several times...im be sooo single till the ONE that's worth my tears comes along...and I will feel it in my heart....I just know it..inshaAllah it will happen for me...This world is a lonely place without that special someone...but if you LOVE yourself enough...You can fall in love over and over again..that's how you will know when the right comes along..cus u will give up the fight. .namean.. nuff said.
It's one of the few songs that makes me literally feel all the hurt I was feeling back then, and of course remember the one that made me feel so strongly.
I remember being in bed with him, knowing it was over. Im my head im telling myself that in the morning im done. Im just gonna hold him until the morning. When morning came i threw him out. Well he ended up going to prison and wrote me a letter. We ended up back together. I found out he was using heroin. So i got rid of him. I started to miss him and i was gonna let him come back, and when i told my 5 year old she told me things he had done to her. The police did nothing! I became severely depressed and it has lasted 14 years. I blame myself for letting the bastard back in our life. Id do anything to go back to when i left him.
Crying as I am listening, last year in the pandemic I had a breakdown which led me to lose my wife. Tomorrow we are starting the divorce process and tonight this lyric is resonating with me like never before. I only wish to turn the levers of time to make up for my mistakes.
Reminds me of Marina and the Diamonds "Lies". She sings: You only ever touch me in the dark Only if we're drinking, can you see my spark? And only in the evening could you give yourself to me Cause the night is your woman, and she'll set you free th-cam.com/video/hig5uLy2fe0/w-d-xo.html
Right here with you, brother. I thought it was the real thing, but...at least I have my fantasies of what I envisioned reality would be. Great Michael McDonald line serves my foolish follies "What a fool believes"
20 years of marriage and she's found someone else a couple of months ago. Yah I feel this song. All that's left to do is moving on you can't change reality sadly.
Same here after 22 years he just up and left me for another woman and gotten her pregnant and get this we are still married , he told me he just dont love me anymore, i feel every word from this song. Better said then done but We will find love again 🌬💕💕🙏🏾
Im so sorry to hear this....I fear this daily....A simple sentence from someone else can change everything.....and youre right...there is nothing you can do about it.....The heart wants what the heart wants....
I’m so sorry Dan. Been in love with an ex for 5 years. See his face everywhere. It haunts me. Found out he’s engaged yesterday. Now I don’t know what to do; make the suffering end.
My mother used to sing this song and cry because my dad left her for another woman. Still hurts me to hear... *edit* allow me to clarify, my mother did not do this in front of me, she thought I was asleep or distracted. I only found out why she was crying as an adult bc I asked her. It was as an adult that the circumstances were explained to me. My pain was that of pure empathy, not abuse. Much love to you all.
and you took that pain into your heart. i am sorry your mom was so weak that she did that in front of you. Your dad didn't leave her for another woman. he just left her, that's all.
Lust is often confused with Love. It took a lot of nights laying next to women to realize it. I hurt many woman and for that I'm sorry. I'm older now and cannot change the past. I love the woman that loves me and that's my truth and future.
I am going to leave a note every time I listen to what I think could be the best possible song ever written. I love heartbreak songs. Writing this while looking over the beautiful Pacific Ocean near Santa Barbara on Christmas Day. I am one of the lucky ones to end up with my forever love. If you are reading this I hope you are too.
When you think you are head over heels in love with someone only to realize they never loved you from the beginning and never took you seriously. This song is life ✊
hang tough Jan...things can get brutal...it took me a long time to find my love..their is someone out there looking for you...peace...have a sweet night hon..
This song gave me the strength to walk away from 50 years of wasted time, lies, physical, verbal abuse and years of cheating. At 70 I am finally free or all of the above. And am living my life
The world is waiting for someone like you, enjoy it!
@@greekbecky1 thanks
Good to hear you are finally healed! Nothing's more painful when you are cheated on 😢
@potatojoe02 thank you
@@potatojoe02 It breaks a trust you can never regain. Just been through that. They wouldn't have cheated if they truly loved you. Don't be fooled.
It’s like grieving someone who’s still alive and boy does that hurt.
or when that woman is off loving someone else and she has left you cold after loving her with just about everything you had and it wasn't good enough.
Yes...for 39 years even
Literally one of the most powerful love songs ever written. An incredible song sung by an incredible artist, beautifully accompanied by Bruce Hornsby. Even the great George Michael's version is second to this.
@@justtony21It happens to men & women alike, and if it's cheating, it's NEVER okay.
I'm sorry you've been hurt, I have too - don't let it ever stop you from loving again though. The woman that hurt you doesn't deserve to control your emotions or your future. ❤
when, everyday ,your love and emotions aren't returned, it like taking away a small piece of a gigsaw puzzle piece taken away and thrown away..
For all the people who loved someone who didn't love them back. This is your song.
😢😢i know
To Lilly...
Yep..!
Tank beat her out on this one sorry
Why I'm alone❤❤❤
I came to listen again as I’m watching Ms. Bonnie Raitt get honored at the 47th Annual Kennedy Center tonight. Congratulations Bonnie!!!!
Me too! Have a great night. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
@ Thank you and may you and yours have a joyful holiday and a great New Year.
Me too, and I hadn't heard this song in so many years.
Me too beautiful song
A sad song
The worst hurt is when someone awakens your love with no intention of loving you back and then leaves without no explanation; just cut you off like you never meant anything to them.
Nerla Remy and it happens at all ages...
And it can happen with someone you thought was a friend as well.
Going through this right now.
@@SewerShenanigans2 ssme worst feeling ever
swagbucksman34 very true...
Probably one of the most beautiful and powerful songs ever written
Yes, you are right, the only one that comes anywhere near close is Different Corner by George Michael!
Monica, I totally agree with you. The song is such a beautiful true life romance
@@kayesmith3608please. This is Bonnie’s song. It’s one of those that nobody has yet to do well. It all has to do with her perfectly imperfect voice. It just doesn’t have the impact if she’s not singing it. Someday someone might do it justice but as of yet, no way. George Michael? Jesus Christ 😂
Agreed. This song is from a time in my life...
A beautiful song , not much of a Bonnie Raitt fan but her voice is therapy for a lonely 62 year old male who has high blood pressure and hates his job . Very tired thank you any one who reads this.
Will, I'm a huge classic rock fan Pink Floyd Deep Purple Uriah Heep King Crimson Moody Blues Led Zeppelin my absolute favourites. But I do love Bonnie Raitt. And she can play slide guitar. What an extremely talented lady Bonnie is
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Wil God bless u brother if u lived in Macon ga we would all rally around you at my church God helps with all our struggles and my mother in law is single lol.
Close your eyes and relax .yes her voice is very calming. Take care 🙂.
I've had a crush on Bonnie Raitt for almost as long as you've been alive. This IS a GREAT song.
I'm one of the people that put this song on repeat and curled up into a ball after my breakup and there were tears, lots of them. I still think this is one of the best songs that speaks of unrequited love or love lost. 2024
Sorry bro, lot’s of us have to go through this, don’t be ashamed of your tears. Keep your head high and enjoy a good company with yourself in those empty moments. 🙏🙏🙏
Going through it right now
I am also we can do this it’s too painful to be in denial and try to pretend they care when they treat a person like a scumbag I pray I stay away from
It's a terrible feeling to wake up and realize that you've been loving someone who never loved you or cared for you the same way you loved them and it's true you can't make the heart feel something that's not there. you can give your all but if it is not reciprocated dry your eyes, swallow your hurt, and move on because you deserve better. spoken from the heart that you need to protect.
Well said
Easier said than done.
That's real 💯
So many wasted years. Time is the currency here that matters
Sometimes there is no blame with either party. As it says, "You can't make your heart feel something it won't."
She perfectly captures the excruciating pain of a broken heart
Even a good man knows this deep pain
@@steveo936 And this night it's my turn, again...
Being heartbroken leaves you empty inside. But time heals it eventually. I'm getting better everyday now.
Sunshine Fogleman ......mine
good caption of yours too
Fun fact: Raitt recorded the vocal track for this in one take. One. Take.
And she cried when she did it.
One take, or 1st take?
Another good 1 take story. Check out the sone aja by steely dan. Story goes, steve gad (drummer on track) was out w friends partying. They ran out of cash, so they said, hey steve, go lay down a trak somewhere. He did it in 1 take, got paid cash, and they kept partying. Lol.
Amazing sight read. Amazing trak.
She must of been going thru this in real life, those situations make the best music
Cause she's a real performer not auto tune or crap like that you had to be able to actually sing at one point in music history
Lost my son July 4th, 2024 due to suicide. Only God has gotten me through this painful time, because l know l will see Jesse one day. I love you son 40-80 ❤
SOoo sorry I lost my Son 7 years ago but it never gets better only GOD can help me !
Prayers going up for you 🙏
Yes you will! ❤️
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I'm sure your son loved you very much. The pain of being in this world is too much to endure for a lot of us at times. For some, that pain is so unbearable, they choose to go with the only way they see out. I'm making some broad assumptions here about the circumstances that are very personal to your family and your son, but I'm sure he felt loved by you and, again, loved you as much as he could -- given the mental/emotional torment he was battling inside. I hope that at some point in time, you are able to find a sliver of peace with your son's passing. My heart goes out to you, your family, and your son ❤
I am 72 and have been listening to this for a long time. It is so simple and blames no one. Heartbreaking.
Gut-wrenching and heartbreaking, even at 71 years old!! 😢
This song reminds me of my wife. It was her favorite song before she lost battling cancer, I wish I could change the hands of time, she was always there for me and our lovely daughter, life could be so unfair most times, but sometimes I wonder why bad things always happen to good people
I am 28 and heartbroken to the core. Like you say, sometimes there's no one to blame, and I have only love for her. It's very moving how a song brings together all kinds of people with their unique stories. We're all human after all
Oh whadda gorgeous number this actually is..
Even in '24
I'm 69 y.o. this 4/29/24 been loving Bonnie Raitt since 1973!
Lyrically, this is one of the saddest songs ever written. Nothing hurts quite as much as unrequited love.
I cry listening to it no matter who refix it
All these comments breaks my heart
Amen to that!
Many things do. You'll get over it.
So sadly true 😔 after loving someone so much and then bye and see you as any average person. Love gone
"I close my eyes. Then i wont see.. the love you dont feel when youre holding me". Thats heartbreaking felt that girl
This line gets me in my feels
Hard lines...gut wrenching!!
john hunter: Boy, you got that right! Heartbreaking.
💯
How so very sad...girl knows it, and man is thinking of someone else. Whoever has gone through this, love yourself more.
17 years in a loveless marriage 10 years alone and I'm to broken to ever trust anyone again this song tells the whole story
Things will get better for you I promise. U said loveless at least you know that. A lot of people don't have that awareness. I pray you get every blessing that you pray for 💜❤️
Keep loving yourself. You are the only person that matters. Best of luck.
I'm sorry to hear that. Nonetheless, continue to love and soar
Stay strong.
Be true to yourself and you will shine as you should...have no fear...explore...there are fantastic people out there who you may meet by a complete accident...just bear it... it's around the corner...😍⭐️👊
The older I get, the more I appreciate this song...
me too
ME TO
Indeed
me too
yes true true
I don't think that there is a greater pain in life than loving someone that doesn't love you. We think it's us or if we just love them enough that they'll love us back. The bottom line is that you can't make someone love you if they don't.
Robert Nieten yep and sometime we have to love them enough to let go!
I can totally understand where you ate coming from.
I know how that feels right now 5:28. The saddest part is that I've loved him for 3 years now. But the heart wants what the heart wants. 😔😞😢😪
losing someone who did love you?
No greater pain.
That is one of the most beautiful songs ever written.
The lyrics are but I find the music quite bland.
One of the saddest.
Prince version is more Passionate
...and one of the most beautiful women with one of the most beautiful voices in music!!
It’s sad though, tragically sad
Yes it is 2024 and this is my anthem again. 1993 and 30 years later. Once more I fell for a man whose heart has died to love.. I have to give up on him so he doesn’t take what is left of my soul. Thank you Bonnie
You deserve what you want…it’s a new year so go get it Charlene!😊
In memory of Ed Cherney, the recording engineer who had recorded this song and many other great records. Ed died peacefully last night, October 21, 2019. RIP, Eddie. We'll be missing you.
God Bless
21st is my moms birthday
Rip ED🎶🎹prayers going out 4 FRIENDS and FAMILY
😢
Those emotions you showed me tonight I will never forget....you hurt me not only with your words but the raw emotions and feelings towards her i saw in your eyes😢 don't love me...😢
One of the most beautiful songs ever written.
Hi Beverly nice smile you have on here, ourdreamsandhope@gmail.com you can reach me on that email.
Yes, simply beautiful.
And deepest ....
Big facts! Eerily beautiful.
@jimmy mac He went on to play for the Bengals.
Too many times in my life have I had this song on repeat for hours, days, months. Here I am again, after 17 years. My soul is crushed. Thank you, Bonnie, for giving voice to such pain.
I can empathize…. Please know that you aren’t alone. I’m living it as well.
((hugs))
Keep your head up. Yours is out there...
stay strong and heads up, brother!
I too have played this song throughout my life. I had hope but it's just not meant to be.
As an old dog music producer through out the years, I can hands down say this is one of the best tunes ever to come out.
Mike Reid and Allen Shamblin knocked me down with this one. Bonnie and Bruce treated it so fine.
Let's not overlook the masterful piano playing by Bruce Hornsby. Those slash chords he's playing creates the song's mood.
He probably got very slender fingers to reach those very wide chords 👍
Soooo true about the pianists. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Recall seeing them both in concert together years ago. It was superb.
Yes, everything about this song is perfect, from Bonnie's voice to Bruce's piano. Probably my favorite song of all time.
I didn't know Bruce is playing!! Of course he is!! I hear it now! How can an already favorite song become twice as good in an instant? Thank you!!
That moment when you realize you've invested your heart and soul and they can't feel you is a slow dance thru hell..
julie anna 😥
I feel you 😔😔😔😔
Yup 12 yrs later were still dancing
I hear you sister 😔💔
Amen
Pov 2024: Dear future generations, please let this masterpiece rise again
Just money dude!
This song must live forever, CRY PROUDLY😢😢😢😢
Damn this song kills me every time !!
❤️🔥🤟🏼🙋🏻♀️ (July 2024)
Lord, I am with you. It is so gorgeous and so tragic
Me too
@@ElizabethS-wv2ge❤😢
❤️
It's sad but true
Can we talk about how absolutely perfect (and important) Bruce Hornsby's piano work is on this track, though?
Thanks for confirming that. As watched him play I thought of his other work and how similar it all was to this tune. Great choice to have on the piano!
Always thought bruce did the baywatch theme but was wrong..
Yes
I was wondering who the pianist was as I was listening. I should’ve known. Two amazing musicians.
Absolutely! Yes! Will never get old!
This is the saddest, most heartbreaking song ever recorded. A true masterpiece of emotions. Great artists like Adele and Prince have covered this song, but Bonnie's original is untouchable.
George Michael 💕
PREACH THE TRUTH❣ EXACTLY HOW I LOOK AT IT.. ONLY BONNIE RAITT THE ORGINAL VOCALIST OF THIS SONG CAN DO IT JUSTICE... PLENTY HAVE TRIED, AND DONE WELL BUT CAN'T QUITE CUT IT! I FEEL SO MUCH EMOTIONS WHEN SHE SING😭
the original version by Bonnie was so soulfully expressive ....enough said
L like Nancy Wilson's version. The jazz syncopation puts a different turn on it.
@@iamhere1315 Tank did an awesome cover. I think i like take version better 😁
Did you know that Bonnie recorded this song in one take? She didn't think she could get the raw emotion more than once. Somehow that makes this song even more powerful than it already is.
tell that to Mariah Carey, the queen of dubbed vocal recordings
She must have gone through serious some trauma.....
@Eva Cromwell-who hasn't?!
That’s not really correct-although the reason it wasn’t in one take is even more heartbreaking… producer Don Was said that there were a couple times when Bonnie broke down crying. The song struck such raw emotion in her that Don had to do a few lines over. Note that Hornsby was the piano player on this flawless song, I’m sure most people know that. Greatness all around.
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One of the best American pop songs ever written. Just listen and you will get it; and if you don’t, wait a few years
When I was 5, I remember watching my mom sing this song. At the time, my dad was doing drugs and mentally and physically beating her. She used alcohol to escape a lot and dealt with a lot of stuff for me and my sister. Randomly yesterday I heard this song for the first time in 25 years and I was balling my eyes out. I felt all of her pain and suffering and had me on my knees. It takes a lot for me to cry but this song hit so close to home and now im calling my mom to tell her about it.
I hope your mom is well ,she is a survivor ,be well
I witnessed my dad do the same to my mom. But he also sexually abused her after drugging her and her falling asleep. I was 6 when I saw him do that to her. He destroyed her, beat his first wife, and did the same to his own daughters and his sisters. Thank the Lord he is in prison until 2035 now. He can't hurt no more women and children. She doesn't have anything to do with us oldest 2 daughters and none of her 5 biological grandkids. Only the youngest sister that barely remembers much of him. It's hard to say you witnessed your dad destroy your mother and she will never be the women she was before him. Here I am today finally married trying to break the bad family cycles I witnessed or that was done to me growing up. Raising my kids with my husband but have no biological grandparents to healthy be there for them. Sorry you witnessed rough stuff Dylan. I hope you decided to break the cycles to instead of repeating what you witnessed. Hope things get better for you guys.
Please be sure to tell your mom that you love her.
Wow that’s a powerful story been there
Wow what a piece of crap your dad was! Sorry you had to go through that my God! And he's a sorry excuse for a husband and parent by the way!
This song dispells a sad truth that I had to accept today. One-sided love will always rob you of your peace. ❤️
We find peace again....
Wishing you all the best through those tough times :(
@@Jesso_21 ❣
ain’t it the truth
this too shall pass
cheers 🌻
👐
*This is one of those songs* *where you want to sing along *but keep your mouth shut so* *your heart can feel it instead...*
So true.
So true😢
Yess
Nice! Well said.
Exactly!
No one sings this song better than Bonnie! Love this song, it's timeless.
George Michael 😂
30 years of being alone in a relationship. The saddest thing is not dieing alone but with people who make you feel alone.
That hurts me. I'm sorry
🥺😢😭
Boom 😢
I know just how you feel.
Leave them.
57 year old big biker type. Song still brings a tear. Living one of the greatest love affairs ever 22+ years married. Feel so so sad for those who don’t find their true love. My wife and I’s love could move a mountain.
M Pearce that is a beautiful tribute
so sweet and awesome and you like this song you must be a big teddy bear your wife is very lucky congrats to you both i wish you the world
You, sir, are a lucky man!
I'm not talking about your relationship but the sad part about this song is the fact that one partner can have the same exact thought as you do and the other is ready to leave.
Happy for ya man. Take care of each other.
Bonnie, do you realize how much this song resonates with so many hearts who know they must give up the fight? I've listened to this song so many times I couldn't even count. It was true for many of us who needed just one more chance to imagine, fooling only ourselves.
You are a gift beyond words.
Thank you Bonnie.
Well said!
You deserved more upvotes-beautifully expressed.
Yes.
I hope she knows what this song is for so many! ♥️
kkkkk
@@BrunoMei-go5cg
Why would you laugh?
Still listening in 2025 and for years to come ❤️❤️
Still listening broken hearted 2025
This is the first time in five years I have listened to this song. The last time I did was the night I decided I couldn’t keep denying how hurt and lonely I was in my 32 year marriage. Shortly afterwards my world burned to the ground. The papers were signed, and I physically moved 1,000 miles away. One of the worst things to happen to me, yet one of the best. There is no kind of lonely, that I have experienced in my 61 years, that is as lonely as lying next to someone who doesn’t love you back.
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damn...🥺
Good for you! Best of luck!
So true 👍
Most painful lyric of the song for me is
"I close my eyes, then I won't see, the love you don't feel, when you're holding me"
😭
That would feel awful
Its is awful
@@sophiablake2212 life is too short.... Nothing is promised... Go where you are loved and valued
@@sophiablake2212 do not waste time somewhere that you don't feel like you are enough...
I've experienced this and it sucks... What a young naive fool I once was...
Not many songs can make a 49 year old, African American, former Marine like me cry like a baby.
Congratulations Bonnie. This is one of those songs.
This is the sound of a soul in angst my brother.
Youre not alone brother..PI 3065 . 1974 this tears at my heart .Semper Fi
@ Anthony Broaddus Yes it is sir.😂😂😂 Not many songs can make a strong, tough, prideful woman like myself cry either but this one does, but it happens to the best of us
I am an old sailor. It is good to have something makes you cry. I think it shows you are human. No need to cry for others though. People have to earn my tears.
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So sad to think this is a real situation for many people. Makes me feel so lucky to have been with the love of my life for 55 years. I thank the Lord for her every day. ❤
You are blessed 🙏
Bonnie's version is the standard, period. It's grown people music, not young love and giddy romance. It's about real life, lived over time. It's about the resignation, the struggle towards acceptance, the love in spite of the loss, it's the void AFTER the anger, the rage, the hurt and betrayal are over. It's about moving on with integrity in spite of the scars. It's the 62-year-old lady finally leaving her once whirlwind/long since bad 40-year marriage after decades of abuse, it's the 53-year-old mom of college aged kids who finds out her husband's been cheating on her with a woman half her age and has spent the past 2 years fighting out and now finalizing her messy divorce with a man she still loves but knows that it's over with. It's about LIVED experience, about the subtleties and contradictions and complexities of ending life-changing, decades long relationships and the quiet aftermath once the dust has started to settle. Bonnie doesn't try to oversing, overemote, over share. Her character knows what she's been through and has nothing to prove to anyone. She's just saying goodbye, with love and affection for what once was and is proudly moving forward with the rest of her life, scarred and weary but with gentle hope in what might still be ahead for her. She's saying in spite of the pain, life still moves on, so one should do it with dignity and grace.
This is so beautifully written.
Wow...this touched my heart
God bless you
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Wow, that was just beautiful. Thank you
No matter how many covers to this song, this version will always be the best.
You took the words right out of my mouth
I agree! Teddy Swims takes #2 spot tho ❤
Now The Chainsmokers have a version-ish on Soundcloud.
George michael did it better
George Michael version is the best
I couldn’t make him love me after 16 years...siting here with a broken heart and spirit packing my belongings. I know the road ahead me will be rough. But my children and I will make it❤️
Hon you dont have to be worried, your future is bright and that of your kids, God guide you through this journey. Ourdreamsandhope@gmail.com i would love for you to write me on my email, would love to talk to you.
Hang in there. Everything happens for a reason. Sometimes we think someone is the final destination, when they're really just a brief, and sometimes unpleasant, step along the path. Better things will come.
you go girl keep your head up
I miss my baby
Better things ahead for you and your kids, keep your face to the sun! There is a higher love waiting for you, but first you must learn to love yourself. You deserve the best.
This song made it to the R&B charts as well. This song crosses all genres. I can even hear a classical version. A Bonnie Raitt masterpiece.
When loving someone with all your heart and soul hurts when the love isn't shown in return, I think this song was made for anyone who poured all their love into that one person only to find out they never loved you
Perfectly said!
My ex….
@@hollydavis2261 praying that time has healed your heart and soul, use what has happened as a lesson well learned. Love yourself more than that 1 person
@@darryldemota8301 🤣 and maybe you should take time to pray for a sense of humour 🤣
true.......
I heard a girl in rehab sing this acapella our last night in front of the entire facility after realizing and accepting her long term relationship was over and she was accepting it. One of the most beautiful and painful moments I’ve ever experienced in a group setting. An absolutely perfect song on every level. ❤
Wow. Beautiful 🙏🏽
I hope she’s in a much better place now.
I would have given her a hug and thanked her for the song. Then wished her luck. I meant all that in a good way. Now adays you have to be careful. I hope you are doing good too.
As a recovering alcoholic, I love that she said goodbye to her relationship with her addiction. ❌⭕️✊🏼🙌🏼
I say a prayer for this person and hope she recovers to good health!
I’ll always loved this song by Bonnie Raitt, long before I even experienced what she was singing about in this song but I do now. This song is dedicated to all the people who’s waking up from unrequited love. It hurts but you gotta let go of people who don’t love you.
TRUER Words ever spoken.
I loved a woman who didn't love me and she jilted me after two years of dating .
Yes, even if it's your own mother.
❤️🌹💋
@@thomaspeters5889
I can totally relate to this!
Life has been better with Bonnie Raitt and her music in it.
My heart is in this song after 28 years of marriage he left. But God has delivered me from that heart ache, thank you Bonnie for singing what we are feeling.
It wasn't your fault. Cora God is with you. It's his loss
I'm going through the same thing. You're not alone. Keep your head up love.
@@thepeacecollector8378
t get's better-I promise.
God has someone great for you 🥰🥰🥰
I’m sorry Cora. I know the deep deep pain and pray that God would heal your precious heart…
I am an African American man and I love this song. Need I say more?
Heart breaks has no color, gender or greed. I love this song. I love Bonnie Raitt...
Sue me for appreciating real music.
Same
bollocks, talk about colour as if it is an issue
Greed? I think you mean CREED 😀
Same
Now check out the same song but with a bit of SOUL th-cam.com/video/_Bm14Bv1DKU/w-d-xo.html
The hardest thing to do is accepting that you love someone that doesn't love you in return the same. Letting go of a person who became a part of you is like killing off a part of yourself I hope one day to let that person go and be able to feel loved by someone who loves me as much as I do them. Time just isn't on my side lately I really connect with this song on that level
The best way to receive love is to give love "unconditionally". God Bless You!
The hardest thing to do is to walk away from someone you love so much, and in return they don't stop you. I gave her my heart and soul. I feel every part of this song. Some day you will find love again.
'Time just isn't on my side lately'.........damn
Some Cuts Cut so deep you never stop feeling the pain of the scars that are left behind
When you found that person that you always dreamed of and.her beauty was far beyond you ever could imagine. And she was actually yours for years you where the envy of all men and you where so dreamed strucked for eight years and the physical connection was amazingly beyond pleasurable exhaustion.That one you had to dpend the rest of your life with or you would die.To that point of hamacidal or suicidal would be your ONLY alternative if that person left uou how could I ever be funcional again then after you thought you guys where unseperable the worst fear thst could ever happen does how do you move on ? Blinding love ?😣
It's funny how six simple words in one sentence can be so powerful. Just brilliant...
I just discovered this song. I am so emotional. This is amazing.
Song is great ! Listen to Teddy Swims version too, so beautiful.
Where ya been?
Isn't it? I grew up on it, and George Michael's live version for MTV blows my mind. I like going between two.
I'm assuming you're a young buck?
@@dallasj244 George introduced me to this song!
In a way, this a brave statement of acceptance. Time to move on, no delusions. There is strength in the pain.
Yes indeed!!!👏 👏 👏 👏 👏
Yes thank you for writing this. I feel that.
Yes, I have learned this to be true.
Strenght in the pain !!!
Hello Pretty 💖
one of the most beautiful songs ever written
One of.....
Bonnie Raitt's voice sells it. Nothing like her!!
@@judibulanowski5368 you should hear Teddy Swims do this song I believe he does it well or even better and I love the way she does it. Look up Teddy Swims and this song you wouldn't believe it.
I agree !
@@judibulanowski5368 actually the prince version is pretty powerful apart from his taking a bit of liberty by adding to the lyrics
Just saw Bonnie Raitt get honored at the Kennedy Awards a few nights ago and this beautiful heart wrenching song was sung. I can tell you it pulled at my heart!!!
Miss Raitt is one talented musician and singer! She deserved to be honored!! God bless her, hope she gives us more great songs to fill the heart!
Hands down one of THE best love songs ever!
This is not a love song. This is about heartache from broken love. Very sad…imo
You sure fooled 114 people
If you're watching this in 2021, I love you and you're not alone
Me too.. Thanks my friend
Damn, all these comments… breaks my heart
Thank you ❤️, & right there with you too.
🇺🇲🇮🇱i am
💙 u 2
Butt i am Alone.
No ones here . An its Caled , aaa... Alone ?!!!!!!!
Likewise!!
The most powerful ballad ever recorded. Ever.
By the way, it was recorded in ONE take.
🙌❤️
I totally believe that she nailed this in one take♥️
@@lisaspayandneuter7402 Have you heard Gladys Knight sing this song? George Michael also sung this song..
Bruce hornsby only needs 1
Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery! Listen to that one.
This is such a beautiful, sad song. And Bonnie sings it so well.
The lyrics hit differently after you've loved and lost.
Indeed 💞💞😢
Thats why being young is so great you are just innocent but nothing lasts forever and honestly thats what makes it beautiful. Life that is, hope you're doing well
It really does!!!! This song has a way to make your heart really hurt especially when you experience in real life what she is singing about!!!!
Same. It’s a hard time for me right now.
@@TAHJBecomeYourBestSelf it gets better. Doesn’t feel like it but it will.
I know went through a situation like this just before I met my husband. I want to encourage anyone who is going through this situation to be strong and know that you are special, beautiful, and worthy of love. You don't have to convince or beg anyone to love you. Sometimes it takes us a while to realize this for ourselves, but I can testify that after I became strong enough to let the person go who was not returning the love that I was giving the healing process began. It was rough, many crying nights...I liken it to withdrawal and while I thought I'd be alone for ever (because as we know rejection does a beat down on your self-esteem) I met my husband and he showed me what it was to be loved as you are without trying to work like a slave for it. If I can have it so can anyone else. Peace & Blessing xoxo
Not2008Me Thank you :)
Chadi Shmasnih Welcome :-)
Not2008Me Thank you...and God bless you for your words... :-)
Ricardo Jose Davila You're welcome :-)
Not2008Me listening to this song has me tearing all up. I'm not sure I have ever been really loved. Thank you for your nice words.
I cried with this song more than 100 times during my last breakup. It was therapeutic. Even 6 years have passed, every time I hear this song, my heart is swelled with emotion. The power of music.
The power of love!
Love bites harder when we realize It's the most factual statement of quite possibly all time😢
😢yes true
Keep on keeping on girl!
You said it! Music evokes powerful emotions in me too
63 and lonely this song by Bonnie Ray makes me cry
Same thing for me . 😢
Prayers 🙏🏾
"It doesn't take a lot of strength to hang on. It takes a lot of strength to let go."
~ J.C. Watts
When you're still in love but realize your love will never be reciprocated... It is MUCH MORE DIFFICULT to leave/set that person free than it is to feign blissful ignorance & stay put bc the change will be (temporarily) painful. OF. COURSE it's easy to leave when you don't GAF or aren't truly in love. But that is NOT what this song is about. She's in love but is setting him free bc she understands she cannot change his feelings about her. Why KNOWINGLY live a lie? We aren't immortal!
So true but i just cant.ill always fell it just like the first kiss
Damn the letting go...The strength of God.💔
@@devinjessicaharris5632 No one said letting go doesn't sometimes hurt like hell. But it's necessary for us to grow, move forward and be emotionally healthy.
You can’t make someone love you.....
BumblebeeArt
Wow, I never looked at that way.
Thanks❤
I don't care who they are- No One cant touch Bonnie's version of this song. Its THE BEST
Tamara Natasha Melvin Hunter Elkie Brooks.
Agreeeed
bon iver
Tbh,from a musicians perspective BON IVER is better.
Indeed
No other song captures unrequited love like this song. Pure class 👌
Yessssssss,yes.
Amen!
Darude: sandstorm
You sure got that right Emma, I can't think of any other as well.
Emma: She absolutely owns this song. A better version I have not heard.
I think this song is from the prospective of someone dying. Wanting to reach out to the people they care about but knowing it’s too late to make amends. It’s heartbreaking. But extremely powerful.
This is a masterpiece of Bonnie Raitt, to anyone who gave your all to someone who didn't appreciate it, look at it as their loss. Love this song
Until you made the comment it never occurred to me that this song was about one person not appreciating the other. I always thought it was about two people who knew exactly what they were doing and one of them was willing to make the sacrifice to get what they wanted because one of them believe that having that one pearl of great price one time in your life was worth the grief of a lifetime. The way she sang the song it just always seemed to me that both knew exactly the deal they were making and we're okay with it as evidenced by the fact that they went through with the deal. It's a tribute to the song and the way was performed that we can come away with different opinion and still love the song
@@sidmcwhorter9311😊😊($😢
My whole family doesn't deserve my love. I only realised recently and I'm in my sixties. It's never too late.
Thanks❤
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I can''t bear the sadness of this song...covered by many singers such as George Michael,Adele but the version by Bonnie is still the best...no one can beat the original one
herman abil Check out the one with bon iver. Probably my favorite cover out there of this song.
OMG, I can't imagine enjoying either of those singers with this song.
Prince can
I totally agree.
The live duet with Bruce Hornsby is awesome. Now that one... will make you deep think.
I'll never forget this song. I was leaving Amy's house late on a Sunday night. I knew it was over. I did my best to make it work. As I drove off onto Pellissippi Parkway this song came. I cried those sad tears.
K-town in the house. Pellissippi Parkway is a lonely road at night man.
+Steve Cappiello I feel your pain brother.
Hope all's well now,
+Steve Cappiello hey, I feel your pain… I'm now right where you were back then.. and it hurts!
hope you're doing better now!
+Steve Cappiello I am from K-town as well and live close to there now! I have been there too man, I feel your pain. There is someone out there for you that it will work with.... just gotta find em.
+Steve Cappiello I just drove it on Google Maps. Looks like the perfect long road for sad tears at night. All the best to you Steve.
Oh, what a beautiful masterpiece ❤❤❤
I was a child when this song came out and never appreciated its power until I had grown older and experienced unrequited love towards the end of a long term relationship. Your heart literally aches, you can't breathe, eat or sleep, your stomach is in a knot. Emotional hurt is incredibly painful. I'm not surprised people can literally die of a broken heart. This song brings me to my knees every time.
It's certainly a powerful song, and I Agree with your description of unrequited love....and at the same time, we can switch off to move on which is not the easiest route, but possible!
Sometimes it's really hard.... when you then have to deal with the using..abusing. and tge discarding.. after you gave 6 years of caring.. and loving... working on that anger part.. much luv to all of you going through it :)
I gree with ya. When I wuz 16 or 17 still my song. Now give em ta talk about
I can relate to this so much. Life is pain. Endless pain and suffering…
I been there twice..so painful
The worst part is no matter how much u love someone u will never b enough for them if they don’t love u back. Just try and move on for yourself.😥
Think I'm in that situation, but don't wanna let go without putting everything on the table. So hanging in there and fighting everyday. Hopefully, it all work's out.
until i'd listen to this song and read your comment, i didn't get it . it still hurts though. thanks.
@@francisori9311 - hope it does buddy. really do. hang in there.
Knowledge.
It's the honest truth. Eventually your heart can't take anymore, and you have to walk away, because you realize you're unhappy and unloved, and there's no point in fighting any longer. You just have to move on and be happy again. 😞
I hope one day he realizes what he let slip through his fingers. Because I deserve better than this.....
Bonnie Raitt sings this as if it is actually happening, as she sings it. She paints the picture with her voice, extremely well, beyond description.
@wmden1.... Now this is what real talent sounds like .. pure gold.
@@lisaking9854 Yes, and how many of us have experienced circumstances that are similar to the message in the song? Many, I am sure, which causes us to strongly identify personally, with that message.
Bonnie Raitt is one of the most amazingly talented singer songwriters I have ever heard.
A singer called Julia Fordham introduced me to Bonnie Raitt.
So glad that she did.
Well said. She is such a true artist and absolutely wrote this beautiful song, you can hear it in every single way she belts out this painfully sad story..
@@alexgibbons2188 She didn't write this song. It was written by two Nashville musicians and recording artists. Mike Reid and Alan Shamblin in 1991 wrote this and it was added to Reid's debut album "Walk on Faith" in 1992.
In 1997 I used to lay in bed listening to this song and thinking about her..... tonight in 2024 I'm doing the same thing thinking about the same woman.
This song has an important message for anyone going through a heavy breakup: No matter how much you try, sometimes, the other person doesn't WANT it to work out, in the end. You can try to change their mind and try to fix their heart, but sometimes, it's best to let go.
That's EXACTLY what I had to several times...im be sooo single till the ONE that's worth my tears comes along...and I will feel it in my heart....I just know it..inshaAllah it will happen for me...This world is a lonely place without that special someone...but if you LOVE yourself enough...You can fall in love over and over again..that's how you will know when the right comes along..cus u will give up the fight. .namean..
nuff said.
Yes! your words are too accurate! #Feels!
joanna Erica fule: don't think so...its a forever thing..once in a lifetime glorious "till death..... accident dpi hit
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kimberlee johnson yes indeed 👍
One of the finest and most beautiful songs ever written. Bonnie’s version is still the best of all.
Written by Mike Reid and Allen Shamblin - both brilliant writers!
Its 2023...and this song still makes me cry....the most powerful song of my lifetime! 😢
"Father & Son" is a pretty close second to "I Can't you Love Me" when it comes to powerful songs.
It's one of the few songs that makes me literally feel all the hurt I was feeling back then, and of course remember the one that made me feel so strongly.
Same crying right now listening… I hope whatever is broken inside that we’re all feeling inside gets healed😭❤️
Bro I'm literally crying for no reason after listening to this..WTF is that😆
George Michael sings this better ❤
I've listened to this song before I go to sleep for years, 100% facts.
"Morning will come and I'll do what's right...just give me til then to give up this fight" If anyone has ever been there you'll never forget it 😢❤
😢😢😢🎉🎉🎉
I remember being in bed with him, knowing it was over. Im my head im telling myself that in the morning im done. Im just gonna hold him until the morning. When morning came i threw him out. Well he ended up going to prison and wrote me a letter. We ended up back together. I found out he was using heroin. So i got rid of him. I started to miss him and i was gonna let him come back, and when i told my 5 year old she told me things he had done to her. The police did nothing! I became severely depressed and it has lasted 14 years. I blame myself for letting the bastard back in our life. Id do anything to go back to when i left him.
2020 listening here. Can’t sleep.
😴it will get better.
Poor thing 😔
@Indio Gangster 💔 live, love, and learn... it's the way for all of us!
me too love this song
@@kimberly090964 Yes l,ove from Ireland x
Can we just take a moment to appreciate what Bruce Hornsby brings to this song? Compliments Bonnie's wonderful voice
Producer Don Was said there was something electrifying when Raitt and Hornsby recorded of this song in the studio.
Wow ! Bruce Hornsby is the pianist!!! ..... This song is so beautiful, and describes many broken 💔's. 😢
SO TRUE!
I can hear Bruce now thanks !
Such a sad song - perfection.
@@siliconesal Also, Dan Fogoleberg : Make Love Stay ..........
Probably the most powerful,beautiful song I've ever heard...a masterpiece....
Crying as I am listening, last year in the pandemic I had a breakdown which led me to lose my wife. Tomorrow we are starting the divorce process and tonight this lyric is resonating with me like never before. I only wish to turn the levers of time to make up for my mistakes.
Right there with you, to the T. ❤️✌️
You are not alone man, best wishes to you
Nothing hurts worse than lost love. %
Stay strong, friend
Anything is possible!
"I'll close my eyes, then I won't see
The love you don't feel when you're holding me"
The most heart breaking words .....
Gets me every time
Reminds me of Marina and the Diamonds "Lies". She sings:
You only ever touch me in the dark
Only if we're drinking, can you see my spark?
And only in the evening could you give yourself to me
Cause the night is your woman, and she'll set you free
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30+ years after the heartbreak, living a good life with a good family... this song I can only listen to alone. It's perfect.
Ultimately love is eternal, I’m happy for you th-cam.com/video/uCsYOgCA68A/w-d-xo.html
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Happy for your outcome. Gives me and others hope.
Right here with you, brother. I thought it was the real thing, but...at least I have my fantasies of what I envisioned reality would be. Great Michael McDonald line serves my foolish follies "What a fool believes"
@@atimtambaby I can't argue with that....
How could you not listen to this? This what art is about, connection to our soul.
❤awwm that’s so sweet of you, I noticed your warm comments no doubt you are a fan of mine,how long have you been my fan ?
I don't care how many artists remake this song..this is the best of the best. I love it🥰
I couldn't agree more.
I only listen to her version
When your right your right.
Agreed. She nailed it.
bonnie does it best
20 years of marriage and she's found someone else a couple of months ago. Yah I feel this song. All that's left to do is moving on you can't change reality sadly.
Same here after 22 years he just up and left me for another woman and gotten her pregnant and get this we are still married , he told me he just dont love me anymore, i feel every word from this song. Better said then done but We will find love again 🌬💕💕🙏🏾
@@brendawrightel7432 I wish you nothing but love and happiness in your future. I'm sorry you went through this too.
@Daniel Smith but you can let go and move on. Pain propels you to. Best wishes.
Im so sorry to hear this....I fear this daily....A simple sentence from someone else can change everything.....and youre right...there is nothing you can do about it.....The heart wants what the heart wants....
I’m so sorry Dan. Been in love with an ex for 5 years. See his face everywhere. It haunts me. Found out he’s engaged yesterday. Now I don’t know what to do; make the suffering end.
My mother used to sing this song and cry because my dad left her for another woman. Still hurts me to hear... *edit* allow me to clarify, my mother did not do this in front of me, she thought I was asleep or distracted. I only found out why she was crying as an adult bc I asked her. It was as an adult that the circumstances were explained to me. My pain was that of pure empathy, not abuse. Much love to you all.
and you took that pain into your heart. i am sorry your mom was so weak that she did that in front of you. Your dad didn't leave her for another woman. he just left her, that's all.
I feel for you. Love makes or breaks us all😢
Lust is often confused with Love. It took a lot of nights laying next to women to realize it. I hurt many woman and for that I'm sorry. I'm older now and cannot change the past. I love the woman that loves me and that's my truth and future.
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@@dmmjsm thank you! She found her true love eventually. And yes, it does serve as a memory of heartbreak but also of acceptance and triumph.
I am going to leave a note every time I listen to what I think could be the best possible song ever written. I love heartbreak songs. Writing this while looking over the beautiful Pacific Ocean near Santa Barbara on Christmas Day. I am one of the lucky ones to end up with my forever love. If you are reading this I hope you are too.
When you think you are head over heels in love with someone only to realize they never loved you from the beginning and never took you seriously. This song is life ✊
Love in this world is always mixed with misery.
It's a hurting feeling
Sounds exactly like my previous relationship. 😭
Yep
😢 been there
Love this song. Makes me cry everytime and I'm a grown man.
Love is love, hurt is hurt, weather your a man or not your human, respect
Same bro, same.
Doesn't make me cry but love this song
@@jeffreylilleberg1057 I had dirt in my eyes. 😂 😂 😂 And I was sipping wine. 😂
Same, 36 year old man blubbering like a baby every time.
I'm 74 and I love her. Love this song❤❤
Hello Rick, no doubt you are a fan of mine perhaps you have met me in person before either at the back stage.
Beautiful explanation of how rejection feels😰🙌
yeah T_T
And how awful that feels...going through it tonight! Trying to let the song heal me. Thank you!
hang tough Jan...things can get brutal...it took me a long time to find my love..their is someone out there looking for you...peace...have a sweet night hon..
+Janet Quigley healing comes with time. Keep an open heart and as time go on, your true love will appear.💜
MultiLivingtestimony exactly. this song sums up how i feel