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why don’t you give my heart a break
I thought about it once or twice, genre. I like to tell a story in most of my songs, and
Decided I would roll the dice, and be with you country is all about stories, and often, wordplay He’s
I should have contemplated more, been burned before, and here he is again, facing more
I thought as you walked out the door, of the same. So the play on words comes into play, so
when we were through to speak. I have not recorded this yet, as is the case
But now you say that you were blind, with most of my music. I am pretty novice when it
And sorry you were so unkind, to cause me pain comes to recording but I am l exploring and learning
You spent the time, to think it through, some of the basics.
And now you know it’s me for you,
and can we start all over again I am retired now, in my seventies...I started to play at
age 16, having been given a mail order six string
I figured we would be together, guitar and a rudimentary instruction book.
Figured we could stand and weather, anything Painstakingly, I learned to play a few chords and
That’s why I sold my old guitar, struggled with the F as most do, and avoided any
And skipped a payment on the car, to buy your ring barre chords. It was the dawn of the Beatles music
It didn’t take you very long, and I was captivated by their sound. I grew up in a
To show me I was very wrong, to trust my heart small town on Prince Edward Island, Canada and our
So now you claim a big mistake, local radio station played music in the late
And surely you and I can make, a brand new start. aftenoons..all genres, mixed together in no
particular order. Sinatra followed by, Kingston Trio,
CHORUS Chuck Berry, Sedaca, George Jones, Count Bassie,
The Animals, Perry Como, you name it, ,one after the
Well... why don’t you give my heart a break... other. I liked most everything especially Beatles and
You did it once before... struggled to try to play part of anything I could figure
So you know what it takes...J out by ear,
ust to give my heart a break
My one year older sister, her boyfriend and his friend
You said you never led me on, formed a folk trio, playing Peter Paul and Mary,
But I found out while you were gone, to find yourself Gordon Lightfoot, Kingston Trio, Dylan, etc. and I
That you gave me just what it took, would listen and learn the first position chords by
‘cause you could read me like a book, upon your shelf watching and learned to play a lot of their repertoire
You told me it was for the best, by myself, which I would sing and play for anyone
You had a heart that couldn’t rest, and had to move, who wanted to singalong at the beach or house
But now you’re ready to commit, parties.
To me, with all your heart in it, your love to prove
I moved to Toronto in 1966 which had a vibrant
CHORUS music sceneRock at the El Mocambo, Blues at
Grosman’s Tavern, Country at The Horseshoe, Soul
Well why don’t you give my heart a break... at the Brown Derby and Folk in the cafes of Yorkville.
You did it once before There were many concerts at Massie Hall where I saw
So you know what it takes... the great Segovia and Johnny Mathis and in the late
Just to give my heart a break sixties early seventies we went to many arena
concerts like Pink Floyd, Yes, Moody Blues.
his song came about as a result of my in-
Ttrigue with word plays and double entendre. I met my wife Rose in Toronto and she gave me my
It is written from the perspective of a young, second guitar, an Espana, she bought on layaway at
urban cowboy, and that is reflected in the melody, Eaton’s...I still have it today, beat up badly over the
and chord arrangement... those being in the country years, because it went to many parties and
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