Name: When Your Heart Breaks (Tennessee & Frank)
Duration: P00H02M22S
Description: Thanks to his partner Frank Merlo, Tennessee Williams learns the hard way how from a creative standpoint, a broken heart can both help and hinder your art.

When Your Heart Breaks (Tennessee & Frank)

from The Great Failed Romances of the Twentieth Century by Teddy Grey

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Thanks to his partner Frank Merlo, Tennessee Williams learns the hard way how from a creative standpoint, a broken heart can both help and hinder your art.

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Wise men say when someone breaks your heart
Just take the pain and turn it into art
Contended men so rarely feel the need
To show the world how beautifully they bleed

Some can spin it into gold
Make masterpieces, so I’m told
Well, if that’s true

Abandoned by the one that you adore,
Gifted the greatest canvas you could ask for

When your heart breaks
It can turn a fool to a poet, it can turn ridicule to acclaim
When your heart breaks
You might find that you have something to say

But that don’t mean it’s something you should chase
It’s ruined twice as many as it’s made
Left them shaken, dazed, and hopelessly bereft
Of salvaging the brains that they’ve got left

Some can spin it into gold
But most will never be consoled
Their little horse has run away

The world will be just fine without your art
But you may not survive a broken heart

When your heart breaks
It can turn a poet back to a fool and it can turn a sculpture to clay
When your heart breaks
You might find you have nothing more to say

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from The Great Failed Romances of the Twentieth Century, released October 22, 2021
When Your Heart Breaks:
Michael Lepore - Vocals, Guitar, Piano
Teddy Grey - Vocals, Guitar

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Teddy Grey New York, New York

Teddy Grey is a New York-based singer/songwriter. Past projects include double concept album "The Great Failed Romances of the Twentieth Century", mixtape "Rock N Roll McDonalds", and the cult independent movie "Garfeld: The Musical (A Garfield Parody)". More classics are on their way. Not rushing em this time. ... more

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