Stop Your Sobbing With These Songs About Crying

Frank Mastropolo
The Riff
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12 min readMay 8

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“When the tides of life turn against you, and the current upsets your boat, don’t waste those tears on what might have been, just lay on your back and float.” — Ed Norton

Warner Bros. Records

“Tears in Heaven” by Eric Clapton

Eric Clapton was inspired to write “Tears in Heaven” by the death of his four-year-old son Conor, who fell from an apartment building in 1991. Clapton…

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Frank Mastropolo
The Riff

“Laugh and the world laughs with you. Prov and you provolone.” — Sicilian proverb