Buzz·Posted on Jun 2, 201429 Songs From Musicals Guaranteed To Make You Cry"I've heard it said—" *BAWLS* (Warning: minor spoilers ahead!)by Matt OrtileBuzzFeed StaffLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail 29. "What I Did For Love" — A Chorus Line View this video on YouTube youtube.com Music and lyrics: Marvin Hamlisch & Edward KlebanWhat it's about: When they realize their careers can end in an instant with the simplest injury, an ensemble of dancers express how much they love their craft and will be free of regret doing what they do out of love. 28. "I Am The One (Reprise)" — Next to Normal View this video on YouTube youtube.com Music and lyrics: Tom Kitt & Brian YorkeyWhat it's about: After years of attempting to forget the death of his infant child, a man's son appears to him as a teenager after his wife leaves him, who was also tormented by the same hallucinations of their son. 27. "The Flesh Failures/Let The Sun Shine In" — HAIR View this video on YouTube youtube.com Music and lyrics: Galt MacDermot, James Rado & Gerome RagniWhat it's about: A man succumbs to the pressures of his parents (and conservative America) to serve in Vietnam. 26. "When I Grow Up" — Matilda the Musical View this video on YouTube youtube.com Music and lyrics: Tim MinchinWhat it's about: Children come together to sing about their hopes for the future and make you nostalgic for the simpler joys of youth. 25. "Sorry/Grateful" — Company View this video on YouTube youtube.com Music and lyrics: Stephen SondheimWhat it's about: A series of husbands explain to their single friend the happy and sad contradictions of married life. 24. "How To Return Home" — Tales From The Bad Years View this video on YouTube youtube.com Music and lyrics: Kait Kerrigan & Brian LowdermilkWhat it's about: A woman comes back to her childhood home and realizes how it feels, for the first time, incredibly foreign. 23. "I Am What I Am" — La Cage Aux Folles View this video on YouTube youtube.com Music and lyrics: Jerry HermanWhat it's about: A drag queen parks and barks in the ultimate song of self in defiance of his husband who requested that he makes himself absent for the visit of their son's potential in-laws. 22. "The I Love You Song" — The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee View this video on YouTube youtube.com Music and lyrics: William FinnWhat it's about: A young girl's fantasy sequence where she imagines her parents being there for her at the spelling be and saying the words of encouragement she never got growing up. 21. "Fable" — The Light in the Piazza View this video on YouTube youtube.com Music and lyrics: Adam GuettelWhat it's about: At her daughter's wedding, a once-hesitant mother realizes that the beauty and joy of love outweighs its risks and joins the wedding. 20. "What Would I Do" — Falsettos View this video on YouTube youtube.com Music and lyrics: William FinnWhat it's about: A man shares one final duet with his lover who has died after being sick (alluded to as AIDS). 19. "Some Things Are Meant To Be" — Little Women View this video on YouTube youtube.com Music and lyrics: Jason Howland & Mindi DicksteinWhat it's about: A kite-flying moment between sisters before the younger one dies due to scarlet fever. 18. "As Long As He Needs Me" — Oliver! View this video on YouTube youtube.com Music and lyrics: Lionel BartWhat it's about: A woman declares her unconditional love for a man who physically abuses her whom she believes genuinely cares for her in return. 17. "Legally Blonde" — Legally Blonde the Musical View this video on YouTube youtube.com Music and lyrics: Nell Benjamin & Laurence O'KeefeWhat it's about: A Harvard law student contemplates returning home to California after her professor hits on her, then is joined by her colleague who realizes he is in love with her. 16. "Losing My Mind" — Follies View this video on YouTube youtube.com Music and lyrics: Stephen SondheimWhat it's about: A woman reminisces on her infatuation—now obsession—for her former lover who chose to marry her roommate instead of her. 15. "On My Own" — Les Misérables View this video on YouTube youtube.com Music and lyrics: Claude-Michel Schönberg & Alain BoublilWhat it's about: A street urchin walks around Paris at night pretending her crush walks beside her; the other ultimate anthem of unrequited love. 14. "With You" — Ghost the Musical View this video on YouTube youtube.com Music and lyrics: Dave Stewart, Glen Ballard & Bruce Joel RubinWhat it's about: A woman laments the death of her husband who still walks the earth as a ghost. 13. "Not A Day Goes By" — Merrily We Roll Along View this video on YouTube youtube.com Music and lyrics: Stephen SondheimWhat it's about: A woman's confessional ballad to her ex-husband whom she still loves even after he cheated on her. 12. "One Hand, One Heart" — West Side Story View this video on YouTube youtube.com Music and lyrics: Leonard Bernstein & Stephen SondheimWhat it's about: Two star-crossed teen lovers have a make-believe wedding that'll never happen because (spoiler alert!) one of them will die. 11. "Left Behind" — Spring Awakening View this video on YouTube youtube.com Music and lyrics: Duncan Sheik & Steven SaterWhat it's about: A musical eulogy for a high-school boy who killed himself explaining the factors that led to his death, including his parents' treatment of him. 10. "I''m Here" — The Color Purple View this video on YouTube youtube.com Music and lyrics: Brenda Russell, Allee Willis & Stephen BrayWhat it's about: A torch song for a woman who, despite all the hardships she has faced over the course of the musical, feels a deep love for herself at last. 9. "My Man" — Funny Girl View this video on YouTube youtube.com Music and lyrics: Jacques Charles, Channing Pollock, Albert Willemetz, & Maurice YvainWhat it's about: The ultimate anthem of unrequited love. 8. "No One Is Alone" — Into The Woods View this video on YouTube youtube.com Music and lyrics: Stephen SondheimWhat it's about: A man and a woman sing to two children about moral relativity and the gray areas of life. 7. "Move On" — Sunday In The Park With George View this video on YouTube youtube.com Music and lyrics: Stephen SondheimWhat it's about: An artist's great-grandmother appears to him in a vision and reminds him to forget about his critics and learn how to move on. 6. "Still Hurting" — The Last 5 Years View this video on YouTube youtube.com Music and lyrics: Jason Robert BrownWhat it's about: An actress mulls over the aftermath of her divorce from a pedantic writer who cheated on her. 5. "Your Daddy's Son" — Ragtime View this video on YouTube youtube.com Music and lyrics: Stephen Flaherty & Lynn AhrensWhat it's about: A woman apologizes to her infant child for burying him in the ground because he reminded her of his father. 4. "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" — Dreamgirls View this video on YouTube youtube.com Music and lyrics: Henry Krieger & Tom EyenWhat it's about: In the face of attempts to oust her from the group, a singer stands defiant and insists to her manager and lover that she's not going anywhere. 3. "Alabanza" — In The Heights View this video on YouTube youtube.com Music and lyrics: Lin-Manuel MirandaWhat it's about: A neighborhood in Washington Heights holds a vigil for the community's de facto matriarch upon her passing. 2. "For Good" — Wicked View this video on YouTube youtube.com Music and lyrics: Stephen SchwartzWhat it's about: Two best friends saying goodbye forever; often reprised for graduations. 1. "I'll Cover You (Reprise)" — RENT View this video on YouTube youtube.com Music and lyrics: Jonathan LarsonWhat it's about: A man mourning the loss of his lover to the AIDS epidemic. Get ready for more tears while you watch the 2014 Tony Awards on Sunday, June 8, at 8 p.m. on CBS! 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