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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Al Green
Lead Vocals
Al Jackson Jr.
Drums
C. Hodges
Organ
Charlie Chalmers
Background Vocals
Donna Rhodes
Background Vocals
Howard Lee Grimes
Drums
Leroy Jr. Hodges
Bass
Mabon Hodges
Electric Guitar
Sandra Rhodes
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Barry Gibb
Songwriter
Robin Gibb
Songwriter
Charlie Chalmers
String Arranger
James Mitchell
String Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Willie Mitchell
Producer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I can think of younger days
When living for my life
Was everything a man could want to do
I could never see tomorrow
I was never told about the sorrow
[Chorus]
And how can you mend a broken heart?
How can you stop the rain from falling down?
Tell me how can you stop the sun from shining?
What makes the world go 'round?
[Chorus]
And how can you mend this broken man? Yeah
How can a loser ever win?
Somebody please help me mend my broken heart
And let me live again
[Verse 2]
I can still feel the breeze that rustles through the trees
And misty memories of days gone by
But we could never see tomorrow
Would you believe that no one, no one ever told us about the sorrow?
[Chorus]
So how can you mend a broken heart? And mine is
How can you stop the rain from falling down? Baby (How can you stop)
How can you stop this right ol' sun from shining? (The sun from shining?)
What makes the world go 'round?
And sometimes after saying, say
[Bridge]
La, la, la, la, la, la, la
Yeah
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
[Bridge]
Tell me
Help me mend my, my broken heart
I just wanna, I just wanna, I just wanna, I just wanna (And make me live again)
I just wanna live again, baby
[Chorus]
How can you mend this broken man?
Somebody tell me, how can a loser ever win?
Baby, help me mend my, this old broken heart
I think I, I know I, I believe I, I feel like I got to (And make me live again)
I feel like I'm going to live again
[Outro]
How can you mend this broken heart?
Somebody please tell me
How can you stop the rain from falling down?
Although my clothes are all wet, tell me
(Help me mend my broken heart) How can you mend my, please help me mend my broken heart
I think I, I believe I, I got a feeling that I want to live and live and live (And make me live again)
La, la, la, la, la, la la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la la
La, la, la
La
Written by: Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb