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When Love Breaks Down Lyrics
My love and I,
We work well together
But often we're apart
Absence makes the heart lose weight, yeah,
Till love breaks down, love breaks down
Oh my, oh my,
Have you seen the weather?
The sweet September rain
Rain on me, like no other
Until I drown, until I drown
When love breaks down
The things you do
To stop the truth from hurting you
When love breaks down
The lies we tell,
They only serve to fool ourselves,
When love breaks down
The things you do
To stop the truth from hurting you
When love breaks down, when love breaks down
My love and I,
We are boxing clever
She'll never crowd me out
Fall be free as old confetti
And paint the town, paint the town
When love breaks down
The things you do
To stop the truth from hurtin’ you
When love breaks down
The lies we tell,
They only serve to fool ourselves,
When love breaks down
The things you do
To stop the truth from hurtin’ you
When love breaks down
The lies we tell,
They only serve to fool ourselves,
When love breaks down
The things you do
To stop the truth from hurting you
When love breaks down
You join the wrecks
Who leave their hearts for easy sex
When love breaks down
When love breaks down
We work well together
But often we're apart
Absence makes the heart lose weight, yeah,
Till love breaks down, love breaks down
Have you seen the weather?
The sweet September rain
Rain on me, like no other
Until I drown, until I drown
The things you do
To stop the truth from hurting you
When love breaks down
The lies we tell,
They only serve to fool ourselves,
When love breaks down
The things you do
To stop the truth from hurting you
When love breaks down, when love breaks down
We are boxing clever
She'll never crowd me out
Fall be free as old confetti
And paint the town, paint the town
When love breaks down
The things you do
To stop the truth from hurtin’ you
When love breaks down
The lies we tell,
They only serve to fool ourselves,
When love breaks down
The things you do
To stop the truth from hurtin’ you
When love breaks down
The lies we tell,
They only serve to fool ourselves,
When love breaks down
The things you do
To stop the truth from hurting you
When love breaks down
You join the wrecks
Who leave their hearts for easy sex
When love breaks down
When love breaks down
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Wow no-one has commented on this work of art. Its one of those break-up songs, the lyrics are just soooo true. Paddy McAloon has to be the most underrated lyric master of this generation.
I surprised that hardly any of the prefab sprout songs have been commented... I think that they made some of the best pop songs in the 80s/ early 90s and they should be recognized for it!
I have fond memories of my Dad playing the album "Steve McQueen" in the car when I was young, but I haven't got round to appreciating them until recently and songs like "When love brakes down" and "Goodbye Lucille #1" are some of the best love songs I've ever heard.
Lets hope that over time more people will discover these beautiful love songs and we'll see more comments!
You should hear Kate Walsh's version of this song. It's 10x as melancholic. I hate to say it but Kate Walsh's version is how this song was meant to be sung.
I'm with you on this my friend!
This is a great song, with an obvious meaning. May I recommend Deacon Blue to those who like Prefab Sprout - they drew a lot of influence from them.
Listen to Chocolate Girl and When Will You Make My Telephone Ring - and Town To Be Blamed. You'll hear the likeness.
Agreed,DB are similar sounding,Town to be blamed being my fave DB song i think.
Agreed,DB are similar sounding,Town to be blamed being my fave DB song i think.
@andrew_m Listened to them. Thanks for the recommendation. They do sound a little like Prefab and they also sound like The Waterboys (Dignity).
@andrew_m Listened to them. Thanks for the recommendation. They do sound a little like Prefab and they also sound like The Waterboys (Dignity).