Break-up Poetry and Lyrics

Facing the Ugly Truth In my college and young adult years I had a number of break-ups that tore my heart out. I pined for one woman for twelve years, and even now thirty years later I sometimes get misty-eyed thinking about her. I didn’t want to face the ugly truth–sometimes getting back together is...
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It May Seem Corny Now, But … Growing up in the sixties, I loved The Association for songs like Windy and Along Comes Mary. But frankly, I didn’t even know they had recorded Cherish until I broke up with my college girlfriend in 1972. I was heart-broken. I missed my girlfriend intensely, and wished fervently...
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Here’s a short, poignant poem expressing the pain of a relationship break-up. The metaphor of summery heat and wintry chill convey a wealth of information about the emotions of the author, far more than you might expect from four short lines. The Video: “The Iceman’s Spear” by Don H. Morris The Poem: “The Iceman’s Spear” by...
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A Sad Song on a Happy Day This is the saddest Christmas song for someone who has broken up with a girlfriend or boyfriend. Elvis captures the pain of a relationship breakup in his inimitable way. Remember as you listen that no matter how much your heart is hurting now, there is hope that you...
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I Heard This Song Everywhere! Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song by B.J. Thomas, released in 1975, was one of six Rock/Country crossover songs of that year. I heard it at least once an hour on both the Top 40 stations from Little Rock and Memphis I usually listened to and on the local...
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I was a freshman in college when Badfinger recorded this song in 1970. The next year Harry Nillson sang it, and I had my first broken heart (but not my last). I used to listen to this song on the radio and cry inside. I wanted her back, but she moved back home and...
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This Song Has It All Baby come Back by Player from 1977 expresses the pain and loneliness of a broken heart perfectly. The obsessive thoughts of being with the one who broke up with you, doing everything you can do forget and not succeeding, and pleading with your ex to come back, again unsuccessfully. The line...
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The Classic Heartbreak Song! If you go to Memphis, Tennessee, there really is a Heartbreak hotel at the end of Lonely Street, not far from Graceland. But everybody’s been there in their heart, no mater where they live. This classic evokes all the feelings of someone who has broken up with a girlfriend or...
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Heartrbreak Songs Here’s another song I love to listen to when my heart is breaking. Video: “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do” by Neil Sedaka The Lyrics: “Breaking Up Is Hard To Do” by Neil Sedaka Don’t take your love away from me Don’t you leave my heart in misery If you go then I’ll be blue ‘Cause breaking up his...
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The Intense Pain of a Broken Heart “Hearts will never be practical until they are made unbreakable.” –The Wizard of Oz, talking to the Tin Man We all know the agony of body, mind and spirit that results from a broken heart. Hearts break for many different reasons. Some hearts are broken by the death of...
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