Just Because — two of the most maudlin songs ever written

Heard the first on the radio and it reminded me of the second.  Talk about self-pitying — but for reasons probably related to the teenage part of my brain, I like both of these songs a great deal:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_P-v1BVQn8[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaCU4w2HTco[/youtube]