My Heart Is Broken
Authors: Ryan Adams / Caitlin Cary

Official Appearance:

 Theme For A Trucker Double 7" -- Whiskeytown
Jacksonville City Nights -- Ryan Adams & The Cardinals

Unofficial Appearances:

 Pre-Strangers Almanac Demos -- Whiskeytown
Strangers Almanac Promo -- Whiskeytown
B-Sides & Rarities -- Whiskeytown
Played Live: 01/18/97 03/24/98 10/20/99 11/11/01 06/08/05
03/26/97 04/29/98 10/21/99

03/30/97 05/05/98 10/22/99
09/21/97 05/06/98
09/27/97 09/08/98
10/25/97 09/09/98
11/01/97 12/20/98
12/21/97
Notes:   CC: “One time we were in a van going to Memphis and I had read a book that had a title that I really liked and it was named ‘My Heart Is Broken’ and I said I want to steal that line and I said Ryan ‘Help me write the most heart-breaking country song you can think of.’”  RA:  “We were actually in the back of this van – we were actually driving to Memphis.”  CC:  “That’s what I said.”  RA:  “Sorry I just got back from la-la land.  I visit there quite often, sometimes in between thoughts.  Yeah, we didn’t have a guitar either, we just like knew the note, that’s the really interesting thing about this song.”  Caitlin Cary & Ryan Adams, 10/22/99.
Lyrics:   Whiskeytown Version
My heart is broken
My love is gone
I lay without you
Your pillow cold

I am forsaken
I can't go on
My heart is broken
My love is gone

If I hadn't cheated
While you were gone
The well that we'd
Been drinking from
Wouldn't a dried
And turned cold

I am forsaken
I can't go on
My heart is broken
My love is gone

If I hadn't cheated
While you were gone
The well that we'd
Been drinking from
Wouldn't a dried
And turned cold

My days are empty
My nights are long
Five cups of coffee
For the years gone wrong

If I hadn't cheated
While you were gone
The well that we'd
Been drinking from
Wouldn't a dried
And turned cold

I am forsaken
I can't go on
My heart is broken
My love is gone

My love is gone

Cardinals Version
My heart is broken
My love is gone
I lay without you
Your pillow cold

I am forsaken
I can't go on
My heart is broken
My love is gone

Well, if I hadn't cheated
While you were gone
The well that we've been drinking from
Wouldn't have dried and turned to cold

My days are empty
My nights are long
Five cups of coffee
For the years gone wrong

Well, if I hadn't cheated while you were gone
The well we've been drinking from
Wouldn't have dried up and turned cold
My days are empty
My nights are long
My heart is broken
My love is gone
My heart is broken
My love is gone

 

 

 

 

 

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