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You're a Heartbreaker
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Jack SalleeYou're a heartbreaker,
You're a love faker,
A heartbreaker playing with fire.
You're a tear snatcher,
You're a quarrel patcher,
But you can't break my heart anymore,
For I just found someone else who's sure to take your place.
Someone I can always trust and to fill this empty space.
You're a heartbreaker,
You're a love faker,
But you can't break my heart anymore.
You're a smooth talker,
You're a real cool walker,
But now you have talked out of turn.
You're a high stepper,
You're a eye-catcher,
But you won't catch my glances anymore.
For I just found someone else who's sure to take your place,
Someone I can always trust and to fill this empty space.
You're a heartbreaker
You're a love faker,
But you can't break my heart anymore.
You're a heart breaker
You're a love faker,
A heartbreaker playing with fire.
You're a tear snatcher,
You're a quarrel patcher,
But you can't break my heart anymore.
For I've just found someone else who's sure to take your place.
Someone I can always trust and to fill this empty space.
You're a heartbreaker,
You're a love faker,
But you can't break my heart anymore. Recorded:
1954/11 or 1954/12, first released on
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When I purchased the UK version of Golden Records this song and I Forgot To Remember To Forget were initially my favourite tracks. I have changed the order of favourites through the years but this song, so joyful and full of energy, using that young country boy voice makes it a classic for me.
I've loved this song since I was a kid. I look at it as Elvis' answer to folk music in the early days.
Not quite up to par with the rest of the Sun stuff, but a fun track and I never skip it.
Love it. It was on the UK release of Elvis's Golden Records which I purchased in the autumn of 1963 - my very first Elvis LP. A very pretty tune and, for me, very nostalgic.
A good, but lesser Sun track. I give it three stars.
I must have played this a thousand times over the years, great recording and Elvis vocal.
One of the better Sun recordings.Glad for the lyrics,I can never remember them.
Catchy but a bit repetitive. Not up to par with the other Sun material.
Catchy tune, but not among the best Sun tracks.
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