How Can You Mend A Broken Heart?

Album: Trafalgar (1971)
Charted: 1
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  • I can think of younger days
    When living for my life
    Was everything a man could want to do
    I could never see tomorrow
    But I was never told about the sorrow

    And, how can you mend a broken heart?
    How can you stop the rain from falling down?
    How can you stop the sun from shining?

    What makes the world go 'round?
    How can you mend this broken man?
    How can a loser ever win?
    Please help me mend my broken heart and let me live again

    La, la-la, la

    I can still feel the breeze
    That rustles through the trees
    And misty memories of days gone by
    We could never see tomorrow
    No one said a word about the sorrow

    And, how can you mend a broken heart?
    How can you stop the rain from falling down?
    How can you stop the sun from shining?
    What makes the world go 'round?
    And how can you mend this broken man?
    How can a loser ever win?
    Please help me mend my broken heart and let me live again

    La, la, la, la-la, la, la-da-da-da
    La-da-da-da, la-da-da-da

    Please help me mend my broken heart and let me live again

    Da, da, da
    Da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da Writer/s: Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 17

  • David Adams from From Searsport Maine I was born in 1949 like one of the Bee Gees. I can't remember which brother Probably Barry Gibbs. He has an incredible voice my favorite. Sorry to lose the other brothers. May they rest in peace.
  • Calvin Adelrick from MalaysiaThis song was about the 3 of them instead, a come back hit after a split of 2years which Andy went solo etc before that... egos and management issues was the problem. Lyrics say it all. Can watch it on the Docu ..Kettle Road " The Life and Music"
  • Josh Souvannakasy from Tumwater Very sad song
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyPer: http://www.oldiesmusic.com/news.htm {06-26-2018}...
    Bee Gee Barry Gibb was granted a knighthood by England’s Prince Charles Tuesday (June 26th, 2018) at Buckingham Palace...
    The 71 year-old Sir Barry honored his late brothers Maurice and Robin saying, "If it was not for my brothers, I would not be here"...
  • Markantney from BiloxeAug 2014
    Kristen, AL

    You're correct, Green's version wasn't a single but it's been a huge "Quiet Storm" Hit in R&B since the early 70s-to this day.
  • Susan from Atlanta, GaI have been a major fan of the Bee Gees since their US debut in 1967 and have most of their albums and singles.
    My ex and I got married in an informal ceremony in the student center of our university, and right before the ceremony, the song that played on the overhead was this one. At the time it seemed to me to be perhaps a bad omen. In retrospect, I realize I should have heeded my instincts.
  • Camille from Toronto, OhHere is an incredible song, very breathy and heartfelt, asking a question that many ask but to which there is no easy answer. The singer is reaching out to someone, perhaps a new potential love, imploring them to "please, help me mend my broken heart and let me live again."
  • Warren from Boise, IdMost people know this one as being one of the biggest hits they had that Robin Gibb sang on. Interestingly enough, Barry Gibb is the lead singer on the US single version from 1972. It gives the song a totally different sound. Is this the very version that went to number one??? I just pulled out my 45s the other day and was blown away when Barry started singing!!!
  • Jinny from Brighton , United KingdomAndy Williams did NOT turn this song down! That's a common misconception.
  • Boomer from Oklahoma City, OkHow Can You Mend A Broken Heart is another of the Bee Gees's great songs credited to Barry and Robin that may have been cowritten by Maurice as well. For years, the writing credit bore the B&R Gibb writing credit but on 2009's Ultimate Bee Gees double cd and dvd, the song was shown as being written by Barry, Robin and Maurice, for the recorded version on the cd and for the video included on the cd. Whether it was in error or a case of setting the record straight remains to be seen. We won't know until the next time the song is reissued.
  • Rick from Belfast, MeThis song simply cuts to the heart of the matter....about hurt relationships....
  • Ian from Tacoma, Wa"No one said a word about the sorrow". How right
    they we're about my relationship.
  • Lester from New York City, NyWas a very big Bee Gees fan until the disco crap. Their 1st album is great.
  • Kristin from Bessemer, AlI LOVE Al Green's version - too bad it was never released as a single-
  • Katrina from Pullman, WaThere have been several other artists to record this song including Michael Bublé, Al Green, and Its on the Ally McBeal Soundtrack: "For Once In My Life"
  • Marty from San Francisco, CaThis was the song that sold me on the Bee Gees and Trafalgar was my first album purchase. A true concept album!
  • Marty from San Francisco, CaAndy Williams is still kicking himself. He later released it as an album cut - but no hit.
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