Queen of Hearts

Album: Repeat When Necessary (1979)
Charted: 11
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  • Midnight, I'm a-waiting on the 1205
    Hoping it'll take me just a little farther down the line
    Moonlight, you're just a heartache in disguise
    Won't you keep my heart from breaking
    If it's only for a very short

    Playing with the Queen of Hearts knowing it ain't really smart
    The joker ain't the only fool who'll do anything for you
    Laying out another lie, thinking about a life of crime
    That's what I'll have to do to keep me away from you

    Baby, it makes me feel so bad
    Why is everybody telling everybody what you have done
    And baby, I know it makes you sad
    But when they're handing out the heartaches
    You know you got to have you some

    Playing with the Queen of Hearts knowing it ain't really smart
    The joker ain't the only fool who'll do anything for you
    Laying out another lie, thinking about a life of crime
    That's what I'll have to do to keep me away from you

    Lovers, I know you've had a few
    You hide your heart beneath the covers
    And you tell 'em they're the only one
    And others know what I'm going through
    It's so hard to be a lover
    When you say you only do it for fun

    Playing with the Queen of Hearts knowing it ain't really smart
    The joker ain't the only fool who'll do anything for you
    Laying out another lie, thinking about a life of crime
    That's what I'll have to do to keep me away from you
    To keep me away from you
    To keep me away from you Writer/s: Hank Devito
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Red Brick Music Publishing, Royalty Network, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn this day in 1981 {September 13th} Juice Newton's covered version of "Queen of Hearts" peaked at #2 {for 2 weeks} on Billboard's Top 100 chart, the two weeks it was at #2, the #1 record for both those weeks was "Endless Love" by Diana Ross and Lionel Richie...
    And it also peaked at #2 {for 3 weeks} on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Tracks chart...
    Between 1978 and 1984 the Lakehurst, New Jersey native had eleven records on the Top 100, four* made the Top 10 with the above "Queen of Hearts" being her biggest hit...
    Besides "Queen of Hearts", her three other Top 10 records were "Angel of the Morning" {#4 in 1981}, "The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)" {#7 in 1981}, and "Love's Been A Little Bit Hard On Me" {#7 in 1982}...
    Juice Newton, born Judy Kay Newton, will celebrate her 68th birthday come next February 18th, 2020...
    * She just missed having a fifth Top 10 record when her covered version of "Break It To Me Gently" peaked at #11 {for 3 weeks} in 1982...
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