Song title: I sold my heart to the junkman
(Rene, Rene) by The Silhouettes (Ace 552), 1958
I sold my heart to the junkman
“...song, this is a very sad song, this next
song we’re gonna do.
The song is so sad that sometimes I have to
leave the stage and cry in the backstage a
little bit while I’m singing this song.
The reason this song is so sad because this
story happened to me just a little while ago
(not true, but true) (audience laughs)
And it was, it was a thing where I met this
this beautiful girl, right? was she a
beautiful girl as she was, she was nice and ...
and I gave her my whole heart, every every bit,
and she gave it back to me a month later all
beat up, so bad and
so terrible looking that
I Sold My Heart To The Junkman !
Now I can never fall in love again....”
Well I gave my heart to you, open, so open and trusting
And you gave it back to me, it was broken up and busting
(sold my heart) I sold my heart to the junkman
(sold my heart) I sold my heart to the junkman
I can never fall in love again
Oh and I know you took my heart, you thought that you
could use it
When you gave it back like a toy
you broken and bruised
(sold my heart) I sold my heart to the junkman
(I sold my heart) I sold my heart to the junkman
I can never fall in love again
Now, it was a movie sad scene, I played my part
Ooh I wanted the happy ending,
but all I got was a broken heart (all he got was a broken heart)
(I sold my heart) I sold my heart to the junkman(I sold my heart) I sold my
heart to the junkman
I can never fall in love again
Now I swear it was a movie setting, baby I played my part
And all I wanted was a happy ending,
but now I’m left with a broken heart (now he’s left with a broken heart)
(I sold my heart) I sold my heart to the junkman
(I sold my heart) I sold my heart to the junkman
I can never fall in love again
I gave my heart to you, so open and trusting
And you gave it back to me, it was broken up and busting
(so I sold) I sold my heart to the junkman
(yes I sold) I sold my heart to the junkman
I can never fall in love again
Yes I did sold my heart to the junkman, yes I did, yes I did
Sold my heart to the junkman
Now I can never fall in love again
Since I sold my heart to the junkman.
This song has never been published on any official release.
Very few performances of this songs are known (to me, at least!):
- 28/04/1974 Swarthmore College, Swarthmore,PA ,USA during the Pre-BTR gigs
- 09/05/1974 Harvard Square Theatre, Cambridge,MA ,USA during the Pre-BTR gigs
Data from the www.brucespringsteen.it database
First known live performance: 28/04/1974 Swarthmore College, Swarthmore,PA ,USA
Last known live performance: 09/05/1974 Harvard Square Theatre, Cambridge,MA ,USA
Song 'history':
Played live 2 time(s) during the gigs preceeding the official Born To Run Tour.
Keep in mind that only a small amount of the setlists of these years has surfaced, so it may have been played a lot more.
Data from the www.brucespringsteen.it database