Heartbreaker

The Walkmen

I have no business, asking you the words
I know the reason, you exaggerate
I know the answers, to all your demands
I have no secrets

I'm not your heartbreaker
Some tender ballad playin'
I'm not your heartbreaker

These are the good years
Ah, the best we'll ever know
These golden light-years

I'm not your heartbreaker
Some tender ballad playin'
I'm not your heartbreaker

You know I'm hopeless
Oh no, no you're wrong
It's not the singer
It's the song

You know I'm helpless
Oh no, no you're wrong
It's not the singer
It's the song

On the short days
Like the Chinese stars
Let's dance in our uniforms

These are the good years
Ah, the best we'll ever know
These golden light-years

I'm not your heartbreaker
Some tender ballad playin'
I'm not your heartbreaker

I'm not your heartbreaker
Some tender ballad playin'
I'm not your heartbreaker
I'm not your heartbreaker


Lyrics submitted by BenH

Heartbreaker Lyrics as written by Paul C. Maroon James Hamilton Leithauser

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, O/B/O DistroKid, Hipgnosis Songs Group

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    Just love the way it's sung almost with a sneer on the face!

    DevotchkAFaNon June 20, 2012   Link

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