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You're a Heartbreaker

Rating:
4.3 / 5

Words & Music: Jack Sallee

You'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.

Recordingdate: 1954/11 or 1954/12, first released on: single (album)

Musicians

Musicians who contributed to the first recording of You're a Heartbreaker:

(guitar)
(guitar)
(bass)

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Lex wrote on August 06, 2008
Catchy tune, but not among the best Sun tracks.
Steve V wrote on August 23, 2009
Catchy but a bit repetitive. Not up to par with the other Sun material.
Deke Rivers 6 wrote on May 22, 2011
One of the better Sun recordings.Glad for the lyrics,I can never remember them.
old shep wrote on May 22, 2011
I must have played this a thousand times over the years, great recording and Elvis vocal.
Deano1 wrote on May 22, 2011
A good, but lesser Sun track. I give it three stars.
Steve Morse wrote on February 22, 2012
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.
dgirl wrote on February 22, 2012
Not quite up to par with the rest of the Sun stuff, but a fun track and I never skip it.
freedom101 wrote on February 22, 2012
I've loved this song since I was a kid. I look at it as Elvis' answer to folk music in the early days.
Gorse wrote on October 18, 2012
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.
sugartummy wrote on July 03, 2013
This is the first song that was written for Elvis. Would've been a good song for the "Love me tender" soundtrack.
Great Dane wrote on September 20, 2013
Like it, even the echo is great. 4 stars.
ElvisSacramento wrote on September 21, 2013
This is such a magnificent and fun song and Elvis' renditions of it are all brilliant. I've never skipped this song. I rate this song and Elvis' renditions of it 5 Stars. My favorite era of Elvis' career will definitely always be the 1950's.
Cruiser621 wrote on December 16, 2018
4-stars from me; can't get it out of mind every time I listen to it. The flip side "Milkcow Blues Boogie" supposedly the "A Side" or hit side wasn't as good in my opinion.
DerekH wrote on January 22, 2023
Oh what a great recording. . 5 star all day long.
Milky White Way wrote on January 23, 2023
For me it’s in the top five Sun recordings, great catchy song that I first heard when RCA first released the first Sun album in the mid 70’s (with the awful cover artwork).
Bill (BW) wrote on January 23, 2023
One of the best Sun recordings. Sounds best on "A Boy From Tupelo."
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