There's a broken heart for every light on Broadway

[Jonathan Lighter]

Thousands and thousands of hits, though not in YBQ.

I first read this in 1963 in the less romantic reverse form of "There's a
broken light for every heart on Broadway." I remember it clearly because it
made absolutely no sense to me. Then I heard Mel Torme' singing it straight.

Anyway, the original phrase is the title of a pop song written by the team
of Fred Fisher and Howard E, Johnson and recorded by Victor in January,
1916.

http://victor.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/700002062/B-17048-Theres_a_broken_heart_for_every_light_on_Broadway

JL

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"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."

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