Everything But The Girl - Don't Let The Teardrops Rust Your Shining Heart Lyrics

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She's the adultress

Amazing!

Sorrow is a lonely road 
Where the rain like your tears 
Beats heavy on the roof above your head 
Tomorrow is a lovers' town 
That's been beaten down 
And the hands of winter holds the life we've led 

Instead of drowning in despair 
For I find small comfort in a bottle 
When we're apart 
Don't let the teardrops rust your shining heart 

I used to drive all night for you 
While the children were asleep 
And as the dawn broke on your room 
Back into my house I'd creep 
Where my husband slept alone 
Of course he must have known 
But we always hide the truth 
For fear of losing what we own 

So don't forget the words that we choose 
And constantly misuse 
They were written down every time we were apart 
Don't let your teardrops rust your shining heart

" . . . But we always hide the truth

For fear of losing what we own . . . "

I love torch songs!!

IN MEMORIAM
Jo Scott - my beloved friend, who died tragically in New Orleans on 6 December 1988.
We used to sing this song to each other, if either of us were feeling blue and then eat a litre of ice cream! You went away much too young, Jo - but while I live, you never died XX

deze song bewijst eens te meer dat je vele elpees/ceedees moet doorspitten om de echt memorabele nummers te vinden. Dit hoor je niet op hitparades en zelfs niet op de radio. Schitterend!

Absolute classic. Takes me back to mid 80s when I married young !

0:42-Best pic of ebtg

don't bother! It's good but the original version cannot be surpassed. A fantastic piece of poetry and pop music, delivered with the feeling and heart that only the composer (and Tracy) can.

Original Version ?

thanks so much,it has been so many years i was younger,better i loved her, she is reminding me myself

Thank you! This is the song of my first love, in 1986. I learned to play on my piano for may girlfriend... oh what sweet and gloomy memory...

lol @ Holly Cole.........the murdered version !

Holly Cole's version is amazingly heartfelt. It's on her Don't Smoke in Bed album... which also includes I Can See Clearly Now, Tennesee Waltz, Blame It On My Youth.... Well worth picking it up

i've waited for this for ages...thank you...

Oh thank you so much for putting this up. I had a tiny bit of it in my head from years ago and it took me three hours last night to find the name of the song so I could look it up and here it is. It breaks my heart - I haven't heard it for so long but used to listen to it all the time. That voice is one of the best things in life.

@wsmith6079wpg I've not heard that version but hopefully it does justice to this great song, the original.

...waited and waited...lol...thank you...it's been a long time since I've heard this. Reminds me of high school days as an exchange student in another country...far far away...cheers..xx

My first introduction to this song was from Holly Cole's live album It Happened One Night. While I love hearing this song arranged for a larger body of instruments, this simpler, purer original recording is possessed of a timeless beauty. I'm so glad I got to hear it! Thank you for posting it!

Wow,,, Forgotten all about this one.... Thanks for posting....