Broken Heart (Thirteen Valleys)

About Broken Heart (Thirteen Valleys)

"Broken Heart (Thirteen Valleys)" is a song by Scottish rock band Big Country, released in 1988 as the second single from their fourth studio album Peace in Our Time. It was written by Stuart Adamson and produced by Peter Wolf. "Broken Heart (Thirteen Valleys)" reached No. 47 in the UK and remained in the charts for four weeks. A music video was filmed to promote the single. It was directed by Richard Lowenstein and shot near Wittenoom, Western Australia."Broken Heart" originated as a track called "The Longest Day" which Big Country recorded around 1985. The song's chorus and melody was later incorporated into "Broken Heart". "The Longest Day" was included on the 1989 single release of "Peace in Our Time". In a 1988 radio interview, Adamson picked "Broken Heart" as one of his favourites from Peace in Our Time. He recalled of the song to Sounds in 1990: "I think it's the best song I've ever written. It works great on acoustic or electric. "Thirteen Valleys" is the one that got away. I'll play that song, always. I'd put it up against any song." more »

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1990

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Thirteen valleys; he has wandered for her love
For he thinks he is the one that she dreams of
But her bed was made elsewhere
From the first day she got there
Now he wanders thirteen valleys crying out
Now he wanders thirteen valleys crying out
"It could've been me
I said it could've been me."
A broken heart needs someone new to blame it on
A broken heart needs someone new to blame it on

Thirteen valleys; she has gone since morning came
For she gave so much that only love remained
But her lover is long gone
With the money she sent home
Now she wanders thirteen valleys crying out
Now she wanders thirteen valleys crying out
"It could've been me
I said it could've been me."
A broken heart needs someone new to blame it on
A broken heart needs someone new to blame it on

That broken heart will be forever and a lifetime
That broken heart will dry up love that's gone before
And you may fight, and you may run
But what was past is now undone
A broken heart needs someone new to blame it on
A broken heart needs someone new to blame it on

Thirteen valleys lie in silence in the haze
Filled with promises and spirits that we raised
But the spirits all are ghosts
Of the ones we hurt the most
And they wander thirteen valleys crying out
And they wander thirteen valleys crying out
"It could've been me
I said it could've been me."
A broken heart needs someone new to blame it on

It could've been me
I said it could've been me
A broken heart needs someone new to blame it on
A broken heart needs someone new to blame it on
That broken heart will be forever and a lifetime
That broken heart will dry up love that's gone before
And you may fight, or you may run
But what was past is now undone
A broken heart needs someone new to blame it on
A broken heart needs someone new to blame it on

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Big Country

Big Country is an internationally-renowned Scottish rock band formed in Dunfermline, Fife in 1981. more »

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