For about an hour, I had an incredibly maudlin poor-pitiful-me post up here.  It's deleted now, because, frankly, it was just...not good.  If anybody saw it, just pretend it never happened, a figment of your imagination, there and gone.
But we're still feeling sentimental around here, and intend to indulge it.  This is a song I used to view with utter indifference, until I noticed my mom cried every time she heard it.  Now, of course, it makes me cry.  Go figure.