Dolly Parton found increasing success in the late '70s, and Heartbreaker showcases her increasing confidence beautifully. In 1978 Parton was the winner of the Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year award, probably due in part to Heartbreaker's rise to number one on the country charts and its two number one singles ("I Really Got the Feeling" and the title track). While the clean country-pop is a step away from her much rootsier previous albums, it is the natural progression toward her 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs pop crossover success in the years to come. Unfortunately with this BMG Special Products release, the liner notes are nonexistent (Parton's duet partner, Richard Dennison, on "We're Through Forever ('Til Tomorrow)" goes completely uncredited) and the disco remixes of "Baby I'm Burning" and "I Wanna Fall in Love" (which were two of the year's biggest club hits) would've been terrific bonus cuts, but they are nowhere to be found. Still, it's great to have Heartbreaker back in print, no matter the shortcomings of the packaging..
DOLLY PARTON
HEARTBREAKER
RCA Victor APL1-2797
September 9/1978
Produced by Gary Klein & Dolly Parton
David Wolfert, Dean Parks, Jeff Baxter - guitar
Al Perkins - steel
David Hungate - bass
Paulinho DaCosta - drums/conga
Gregg Perry, David Foster, Michael Omartian, David Paich, Mac Rebennack - piano
Bill Reichenbach - trombone
Vocals:
Anita Ball, Jim Gilstrap, Augie Johnson, Myrna Matthews, Stephanie Spruill, Angela Winbush
Nick DeCaro - arrangements
Jerry Hey - horns arrangements
Recorded:
1978, RCA Victor Studio, Nashville
1.
I REALLY GOT THE FEELING
(Billy Vera - William McCord)
« © '78 Jemaxal Music, ASCAP »
I really got the feeling that I'll love you for a long long time
I felt it from the moment we met you didn't ask me my sign
I love my daddy but it really don't matter what my daddy might say
I really got the feeling that I'll Iove you till my dying day
You're a gentleman and a gentleman is gettin' mighty hard to find these days
And you're a tender man and you're man enough to show your love in tender ways
I really got the feeling that I'll love you...
I love those silly things you do
You make me feel once more like an innocent child or two
I really got the feeling that I'll love you...
I really got the feeling got the feeling
I really got the feeling got the feeling
I really got the feeling that I'll Iove you till my dying day
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2.
IT'S TOO LATE TO LOVE ME NOW
(Rory Bourke - Gene Dobbins - Johnny Wilson)
« © '77 Chappell & Co, ASCAP »
It's too late you say you want me and it's too late
Once my love for you was so great but it's too late to love me now
It's too bad to say you need me and it's too bad
I know the feeling and it's so sad but it's too late to love me now
It's too late to love me now
Don't you know how hard I've tried to hold out just for you
Loving you from mem'ry day by day
Then someone came into my life and turned my dreams around
And he's taking all the love you threw away
It's too late you say you love me and it's too late
Once my love for you was so great but it's too late to love me now
It's too late to love me now
Don't you know how hard I've tried...
It's too late you say you need me and it's too late
Once my love for you was so great but it's too late to love me now
It's too late to love me now
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3.
WE'RE THROUGH FOREVER (TILL TOMORROW)
(Blaise Tosti)
« © '78 Songyard Music, ASCAP »
[ with Richard Dennison]
Love's a war we all survive a never ending compromise
We always seem to say we're through
Just to say tomorrow babe I'm still in love with you
Every now and then we fight so very sure we're both right
Saying things we never mean
Just to take them back tomorrow and admit how wrong we've been
We're through forever till tomorrow
That's all we really seem to say
We can't go on with all this sorrow
We've got to find a better way
Many times we would fight and I would leave you
Then I'd find just how much I really need you and love you
Oh oh candle light a glass of wine can bring back vision to the blind
Making love is sweet revenge
Ynd when the battle's over we're back in love and we both win
We're through forever till tomorrow
That's all we really seem to say
From here where is our love to go
And from us what is left to say
Hey hey we're through forever till tomorrow
We're through forever till tomorrow
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4.
SURE THING
(Dolly Parton)
« © '78 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
It's Saturday night and it's a perfect night for dancing
I've had my makeup off and on all day
But it's gotta be right for a night of sweet romancing
And I've combed my hair at least a thousand ways
Mirror mirror don't you tell a soul of
How I smiled and talked all day to you
And how I practiced every step I know of
But tonight's the night and I'm a dancing fool
It's a sure thing when the sun goes down this evening
It's a sure thing to be out on the dancing floor
It's a sure thing I'll be the last one leaving
It's a sure thing gonna dance till I can't no more
I could've had a date but I thought I'd take my chances
I'm gonna dance with a different guy to every song
Then I'm a gonna wait till the right one strikes my fancy
Then he's gonna be the one to dance me home
It's a sure thing when the sun goes down this evening...
It's a sure thing when the sun goes down this evening...
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5.
WITH YOU GONE
(Dolly Parton)
« © '78 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh what will do I with you gone
Sitting in my lonely room just staring at the wall
For lack of something else to do I count the tears that fall
Tryin' to get it through my head you don't care at all
What am I gonna do with you gone
What does life hold for me anymore
With you gone what once mattered don't matter no more
You still have the key to my heart and my door
What am I gonna do with you gone with you gone
I can hear the lonesome whistle of a passing train
I can feel my heart beat a rhythm with the pouring rain
Realizing that my life won't ever be the same
What am I gonna do with you gone
Will I ever be happy again
With you gone my whole world has just come to an end
Will I ever forget you or will I forget
What am I gonna do with you gone with you gone
[ steel ]
With you gone what does life hold for me anymore
With you gone what once mattered don't matter no more
And you still have the key to my heart and my door
What am I gonna do with you gone with you gone
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh what will do I with you gone
**********
6.
BABY I'M BURNIN'
(Dolly Parton)
« © '78 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
You look at me that way I know what your eyes say
Your eyes reflect love and desire
I see that you need me I need you to please me
You touch me and set me on fire
The way that you love me the way that you touch me
The way that you whisper my name
I cannot resist you each time I kiss you
Then everything goes up in flames
Baby I'm burnin' out of control baby I'm burnin' body and soul
Hot as a pistol that flamin' desire baby I'm burnin' you've got me on fire
I'm on fire
This red hot emotion puts fireworks in motion
It looks like the 4th of July
There's no use in fighting this fire you've ignited
Just stand back and watch the sparks fly
Baby I'm burnin' out of control...
Baby I'm burnin' baby I'm burnin' baby I'm burnin' baby I'm burnin'
Baby I'm burnin' out of control...
Baby I'm burnin' out of control...
**********
7.
NICKELS AND DIMES
(Dolly Parton - Floyd Parton)
« © '78 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
I used to stand on the corner when I was a child
And I play my guitar and sing as the people went by
The sidewalks are crawded but I just sing louder cause I didn't mind
Spending my time spinning my rhymes and singing for nickels and dimes
Nickels and dimes a song at a time for nickels and dimes
I'd brighten their day as they go on their way and they'd brighten mine
A sidewalk rehearsal for dreams that I held in my mind
I knew that someday in my own special way I'd repay all their nickels and dimes
I recall the sidewalk each night as I stand on the stage
As I play my guitar and sing for the people who paid
Cause I finally made it to what they all call the big time
But I still remember I still owe some nickels and dimes
Nickels and dimes a song at a time for nickels and dimes
A sidewalk rehearsal for dreams that I held in my mind
So if you remember a child on the corner of time
You'll know that I wrote this to repay your nickels and dimes
Nickels and dimes a song at a time for nickels and dimes...
Nickels and dimes a song at a time for nickels and dimes...
**********
8.
MAN
(Dolly Parton)
« © '78 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
I don't know why I like him I just only know I do
I don't know why I trust him I just know his heart is true
I don't know why he's more a man than any man I know
I don't know how I know the man's for real but I still know
The man is more than what meets the eye he is worn and weary from life
He is rugged but he's got style the man has got what matters inside
Weary yes he must get weary but he doesn't say
But you can read between the lines that wind along his face
The man has got his memories that he hides inside his mind
And you can see the sadness in the eyes they hide behind
The man is more than what meets the eye...
Love him yes I've always loved him and I always will
He holds a place in my heart no one else could ever fill
He's always been my hero, the best friend I've ever had
The man is something special and I'm proud that he's my dad
The man is more than what meets the eye...
The man is more than what meets the eye...
**********
9.
HEARTBREAKER
(Carole Sager - David Wolfert)
« © '77 Begonia Melodies, BMI »
Here I sit all alone thining bout what I should have known
You made me think that I could need you
You weaved your magic spell and I believed you
Looking back on you and me promises that will never be
I truly thought that we were lovers
But now I find I'm just like all the others
Heartbreaker wish I'd seen that love was blind
Sweet little lovemaker taking my heart and leave me behind
Heartbreaker couldn't you be just a little more kind to me
Played with fire felt its burn
I would have thought that I would have learned
I melted every time you kissed me
Each time you'd leave I thought that you would miss me
Heartbreaker wish I'd seen that love was blind...
Heartbreaker wish I'd seen that love was blind...
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10.
I WANNA FALL IN LOVE
(Dolly Parton)
« © '78 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
A different lover every day
Same old book just a different page
Same old lines in the same old play
I've got to find somebody I can love all the way
(I wanna fall in love) someone that I can live with
(I wanna fall in love) someone to take and give with
(I wanna fall in love) someone I can be real with
(I wanna fall in love)
I want someone to be just mine someone to be with all the time
A real true love is hard to find
And I don't know where I'll find him but I've got to keep on tryin'
(I wanna fall in love) if you hear me listen to me
(I wanna fall in love) I'm undone so come and do me
(I wanna fall in love) if you got love give it to me
(I wanna fall in love)
(I wanna fall in love) someone to really need me
(I wanna fall in love) someone to really please me
(I wanna fall in love) when it hurts someone to ease me
(I wanna fall in love)
(I wanna fall in love) someone to spend my life with
(I wanna fall in love) someone to fuss and fight with
(I wanna fall in love) someone to make it right with
(I wanna fall in love)
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