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Only Love Can Break Your Heart

Lyrics

Transcribed by Mark Dorset

When you were young / and on / your own, / how did it feel / to be / alone? / I was always thinking, / games that I was playing, / trying to make the best of my time. /

But only love / can break / your heart; / try to be sure / right from / the start. / Yes, only love / can break / your heart, / but if your world / should fall / apart... /

I have a friend / I've nev- / -er seen / He hides his head / inside / a dream / Someone should call him / and see if he can come out, / Try to lose the gang that he's found.

But only love / can break / your heart; / try to be sure / right from / the start. / Yes, only love / can break / your heart, / but if your world / should fall / apart... /

I was always thinking, / I was always thinking. / I was always thinking, / I was always thinking. / I was always thinking, / I was always thinking. / I was always thinking. /

I was always thinking, / games that I was playing. / I was always thinking, / games that I was playing. / I was always thinking, / I was always thinking. / I was always thinking, / I was always thinking. / I - / I - / I - / I - / I was always thinking, / games that I was playing. / I was always thinking, / games that I was playing. / I was always thinking, / games that I was playing. / I was always thinking, / games that I was playing.

Credits

Composition:
Arrangement:
Vocals:

References

This is a cover of a Neil Young song, which is a slightly more guitar-based ballad from the After The Goldrush album.

Trivia

Moira Lambert used to front Faith Over Reason, who were up-and-coming as the next All About Eve at the time this single was recorded. They were Croydon based, as were Bob & Pete, whose brother was a friend of Moira's, hence the connection.

Here's the band talking about the track, shamelessly pinched from Melody Maker:

Bob:
Psychic TV had just done Only Love..., and we thought it was a really good idea. This is true, this is just the first time I've been pissed enough to admit it. We saved up two hundred quid and went into the studio to do two songs, but we hadn't written any, so we decided on Only Love Can Break Your Heart, and Kiss And Make Up by the Field Mice.
Pete:
Two milestones in rock.
Bob:
We were thinking of doing Ambulance Blues by Neil Young, but it was too long. And it was too difficult.

Highly subjective opinion

Most people familiar with the Neil Young track might doubt that this can be turned into a clanky piano disco-shuffle and still work, but it does, and loses none of its poignancy.

Versions and sources

Only Love Can Break Your Heart
Only Love Can Break Your Heart (5-oh beats)
Only Love Can Break Your Heart (a mix of two halves)
Only Love Can Break Your Heart (a mix of two halves)[edit]
Only Love Can Break Your Heart (bonus beats)
Only Love Can Break Your Heart (chr mix)
Only Love Can Break Your Heart (flowered up remix)
Only Love Can Break Your Heart (kenlou b-boy mix)
Only Love Can Break Your Heart (masters at work dub)
Only Love Can Break Your Heart (version)
Only Love Can Break Your Heart [second video]

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