HEARTBREAK IN SILHOUETTE
Peggy Ann Manson-Allen McCoy-Carey Fraley
(Recorded February 26, 1963)


I listened to an old friend
describe the girl he'd met.
In memory I could see her--
Heartbreak in silhoutte.

He said her hair was golden--
her eyes were violet.
It surely had to be her--
Heartbreak in silhoutte.

He said that when he kissed her,
her kisses were like wine,
and suddenly I wondered
if she'd break his heart like mine.

But I sat there in silence
and smoked my cigarette.
His heart would soon discover
Heartbreak in silhoutte.

With shining eyes he told me
about the night they'd met;
In memory I could see her*
Heartbreak in silhoutte.

Outside the rain kept falling
recalling old regrets--
then she stood in the doorway--
Heartbreak in silhoutte.

At first she didn't see us
because the lights were dim.
As she chatted to her new love
she had eyes for only him.

My friend sat there in silence
and not a word was said.
Two broken hearts were sharing
Heartbreak in silhoutte.


*not sure about this line (okay in stanza 1)

I am typing this from memory--the only ? is the third line in the "marked" stanza--I can't remember if it repeats from the first stanza. I recorded it about 5-6 years ago from a country station in Waxahachie,TX and don't know the album name (FYI: THE INTERNATIONAL JIM REEVES). It is one of the "orchestral/Nashville Sound" ballad recordings--not the "hillbilly" stuff of his early hits.

Submitted by Susan_L.Zodin
(Susan_L.Zodin@TAMC.CHCS.AMEDD.ARMY.MIL)


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