random juke: how can you mend a broken heart..

I didn't know that know that the Bee Gees were the one who first popularised this song as I heard it first by Al Green, the jazz-blues version. The song came up again in Sex and the City movie. I don't have it here yet for download, but once I do, I'll put it up.

There's something funny about being in the blues, rather than finding songs that can soothe the heart, we have the tendency to immerse ourselves in soul-biting lyrics like this. Well, I guess we find comfort in thinking that the singer is validating our hurt by singing exactly what we feel in our hearts, that's why we listen to it...

Barry and Robin Gibb, 1970

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 a this broken man?
How can a loser ever win?
Please help me mend my broken heart
And let me live again.

I can still feel the breeze that rustles through the trees
And misty memories of days gone by
We could never see tomorrow
None 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?
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.