[Chorus] Turn 'em on, turn 'em on Turn on those sad songs When all hope is gone (ah...) Why don't you tune in and turn them on? They reach into your room, oh Just feel their gentle touch (gentle touch) When all hope is gone (ooh) Sad songs say so much
[Chorus] So turn 'em on, turn 'em on Turn on those sad songs When all hope is gone (ah...) Why don't you tune in and turn them on? They reach into your room, oh Just feel their gentle touch (gentle touch) When all hope is gone (ooh...) You know sad songs say so much
[Bridge] Sad songs, they say Sad songs, they say Sad songs, they say (ah...) Sad songs, they say so much
[Chorus] So turn 'em on (turn 'em on), oh, turn 'em on (turn 'em on) Turn on those sad songs (sad songs) When all hope is gone (ah...) Why don't you tune in and turn them on? They reach into your room, oh Just feel their gentle touch (gentle touch) When all hope is gone (ooh...) You know sad songs say so much
[Outro] When all hope is gone You know sad songs say so much (ooh, la, la-la, ooh, la, la-la) When every little bit of hope is gone Sad songs say so much (ooh, la, la-la, ooh, la, la-la) When every little bit of hope is gone Sad songs say so much (ooh, la, la-la, ooh, la, la-la) When all hope is gone Sad songs say so much (ooh, la, la-la, ooh, la, la-la) When every little bit of hope is gone Sad songs say so much (ooh, la, la-la, ooh, la, la-la) When everything you do is goin' wrong Sad songs say so much (ooh, la, la-la, ooh, la, la-la)
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The lead single from Elton John’s eighteenth studio album, Breaking Hearts, released in 1984. The lyrics describe how it sometimes help for someone who is feeling sad or has lost a friend or partner, to listen to old songs on radio.
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