Album: It's a Heartache (1977)

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• It's a heartache
  Nothing but a heartache (oh, yeah)
  Hits you when it's too late
  Hits you when you're down
  
  It's a fool's game
  Nothing but a fool's game
  Standing in the cold rain
  Feeling like a clown
  
  It's a heartache
  Nothing but a heartache
  You love until your heart breaks
  Then he lets you down
  
  It ain't right with love to share
  When you find he doesn't care for you
  It ain't wise to need someone
  As much as I depended on you
  
  It's a heartache
  Nothing but a heartache
  Hits you when it's too late
  Hits you when you're down
  
  It's a fool's game (yeah, yeah)
  Nothing but a fool's game
  Standing in the cold rain
  Feeling like a clown
  
  It ain't right with love to share
  When you find he doesn't care for you
  It ain't wise to need someone
  As much as I depended on you, yes, I do
  
  It's a heartache
  Nothing but a heartache
  You love until your heart breaks
  Then he lets you down
  
  It's a heartache
  Standing in the cold rain
  You love until your heart breaks
  Then he lets you down Writer/s: Ronnie James Scott, Steve Wolfe
  Publisher: Downtown Music Publishing, Independent Digital, Universal Music Publishing Group
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 7

• Anthony Newton from Tucson, AzI’ve been hearing fans singing the song during football (aka soccer) matches in Europe. Kinda cool.
• Seventhmist from 7th HeavenI always wished Raitt would get a throat lozenge whenever I heard this song.
• Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn August 19th 1978, Bonnie Tyler performed "It's A Heartache" on the ABC-TV program 'American Bandstand'...
  Five months earlier on March 19th, 1978 it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #78; and on June 18th, 1978 it peaked at #3 {for 2 weeks} and spent 21 weeks on the Top 100...
  Between 1977 and 1986 the Welsh songstress had six Top 100 records; two made the Top 10 with one reaching #1, "Total Eclipse of the Heart" for 4 weeks on September 25th, 1983...
  The two weeks that "It's A Heartache" was at #3, for those two weeks the #1 record was "Shadow Dancing" by Andy Gibb and at #2 was "Baker Street" by Gerry Rafferty...
  Ms. Tyler, born Gaynor Hopkins, celebrated her 63rd birthday two months ago on June 1951 {2014}.
• Lawrence from Saranac Lake, NyThe drummer on the Bonnie Tyler version of "It's A Heartache" was fellow Welch countryman Mike Gibbins of Badfinger fame.
• Rick from Belfast, MeBonnies original is the best...but Trick Pony did a decent remake
• Farrah from Elon, NcBonnie Tyler is a fabulous singer.
• Ken from Louisville, KyBecause of a ripped vocal chord, many people thought Bonnie Tyler sounded like a female Rod Stewart when she first did this song. Ironically when Stewart got around to recording his own version in 2006, he was much older and didn't have the same range as in the past.

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