Broken Hearted Little Girl — A wistful illustrated empty school gym after a dance with a crown, abandoned shoes and drag-racing lights glowing beyond the doors

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Broken Hearted Little Girl

Words by Douglas Heyes Jr. Listen to the recorded versions and follow the lyric below.

Original Doug Heyes lyrics · AI-generated music & vocals

A high-school narrator moves through dances, drag racing, attention from others and an intense fear of being hurt. Swagger and jealousy repeatedly break through the refrain of heartbreak. The lyric presents a troubled adolescent viewpoint, where the desire to feel powerful and wanted is entangled with vulnerability and threatening behavior.

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Recorded versions

4 recordings. Different voices and arrangements bring another side of the song into the light.

Lyrics

Broken Hearted Little Girl

Words by Douglas Heyes Jr

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BROKEN HEARTED LITTLE GIRL

I met you for the dance at our local high school
I want to take a chance, you got me lookin’ like a fool
All the teachers talkin’, cuz you been out a-struttin’
Like the cool Co-captain of the Football Team
With your cute little 17 Homecomin’ Queen
Quarter mile Christmas tree, starter’s pistol, 1,2,3
Go!! Ain't nobody quicker off the line
Whoa!! Lookin’ so good and feelin’ so fine

You took me on out to the parking lot
You got a fire engine red Chevy pickup truck
You tell me that you want to try to rock my world
Baby, I am just a Broken-Hearted Little Girl
Revvin’ it up on a Saturday night
Paper money flashin’ in the cool moonlight
Rippin’ up the drag strip, smokin’ out the tires
The way you grab my gear shift, honey, sets my heart on fire

CHORUS
I'm just a Broken-Hearted Little Girl
Just another Broken-Hearted Little Girl
You've been swingin’ me around like a pretty string of pearls
And I'm just a Broken-Hearted Little Girl

Maybe there is somethin’ I just gotta confess
You got me dancin’ in the sunshine and takin’ off my dress
Now you tell me that you're lookin’ up my address
Baby, when you take me home, my hair is a mess
Guess I best invest in a bulletproof vest
All the other boys are always lookin’ at my breasts
A little shot'll show ya they're the best in the West
Teacher says he's gonna help me study for the test

BRIDGE
See what you got started when you rocked my world
I’m just another Broken-Hearted Little Girl
You got me goin’ under like a riptide curl
I'm just another Broken-Hearted Little Girl
I can see you baby, you're just standing over there
I'm dancin’ for my Daddy in my underwear
You pick me up like nothing and you take me over there
I'm gonna give you something so you better just beware

Baby, do you know that I can be your private dancer
It really ain’t like me to take a no for an answer
If I turn around and see you dancing with a stranger
You better let her know that her life is now in danger
I heard it from my Father when I came home all wet
Babe, you get me hotter than a burnin’ cigarette
Let me take you flying baby, all around the world
I'm never gonna be a Broken-Hearted Little Girl
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