Lyrics to
One Broken Heart

This version of One Broken Heart was released by Rick Springfield in 1976.

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Young girl you really did believe in him
Still he broke your heart with lies
You’ve got to be stronger, the pain, it won’t last much longer
Don’t lose respect for yourself, no
Sweet young thing, no, don’t lose your head
Or by the time you’re seventeen you’ll be waking every morning
With a stranger in your bed

One broken heart, I know it cuts like a knife
But one broken heart is no reason to give up on life
Girl, be waiting, be anticipating
For that new love to come along
And one broken heart, you’ll survive

So sad, you lived for and now you’re dying for love
But you won’t find it like that
No peace and calm in the strength of a stranger’s arms
Baby wake up to yourself
Love ain’t guaranteed, no, but it sure is worth a new start
Or by the time you’re twenty-one
you’ll be lying in a stranger’s bed
Dying from a broken heart

One broken heart, I know it cuts like a knife
But one broken heart is no reason to give up on life
Girl, be waiting, be anticipating
For that new love to come along
And one broken heart, you’ll survive
And I’m hoping, I’m really hoping
That sweet love will come your way
To mend one broken heart, you’ll survive
One broken heart, you’ll survive
One broken heart, you’ll survive

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About Lyrics and One Broken Heart by Rick Springfield

When you decide to study the lyrics to One Broken Heart, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1976 song by Rick Springfield. Some of the lyrics to One Broken Heart have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Rick Springfield and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to One Broken Heart if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to One Broken Heart" means the words set to the music of One Broken Heart, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Rick Springfield. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to One Broken Heart and the lyrics to One Broken Heart are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Rick Springfield who came here looking just for the lyrics to One Broken Heart, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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