Only Love Can Break Your Heart Lyrics

[Verse 1]
When you were young and on your own
How did it feel to be alone
I was always thinking of games that I was playing
Trying to make the best of my time

[Refrain]
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

[Verse 2]
I have a friend I've never seen
He hides his head inside a dream
Someone should call him and see if he can come out
Try to lose the down that he's found

[Refrain]
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

[Chorus]
I was always thinking
I was always thinking of
I was always thinking of
I was always thinking of
I was always thinking of
I was always thinking of
I was always thinking of
[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]
I was always thinking of games that I was playing
I was always thinking of games that I was playing
I was always thinking of
I was always thinking of
I was always thinking of
I was always thinking of

[Bridge]
I, I
I, I

[Chorus]
I was always thinking of games that I was playing
I was always thinking of games that I was playing
I was always thinking of games that I was playing
I was always thinking of games that I was playing

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Saint Etienne’s cover of “Only Love Can Break Your Heart”, originally written and sung by Canadian-American musician Neil Young, was the band’s first single release. The cover was recorded in 1990, in producer Ian Catt’s Pollards Hill home studio. A 1991 re-release saw it graze the UK Top 40 Singles Chart in the September of that year. It was also included on the band’s debut 1991 album, Foxbase Alpha.

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October 14, 1991
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