Juice Newton - Queen of Hearts (Lyrics)

Song: Queen Of Hearts
Artist: Juice Newton
Album: Juice
Year: 1981
Lyrics
Midnight, and I'm a-waiting on the twelve-oh-five
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 time
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 'bout a life of crime
'Cause that's what I'll have to do
To keep me away from you
Honey, you know it makes you mad
Why is everybody telling everybody what you have done?
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 'bout a life of crime
'Cause that's what I'll have to do
To keep me away from you
Lovers, I know you've had a few
But hide your heart beneath the covers
And tell 'em they're the only one
And others, they know just what I'm goin' through
And it's a-hard to be a lover
When you say you're only in 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
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 'bout a life of crime
'Cause that's what I'll have to do
To keep me away from you
Playing with the queen of hearts
Playing with the queen of hearts
Playing with the queen of hearts
Playing with the queen of hearts
History
“Queen of Hearts” is about falling for an unreliable lover; although you know it’s a bad move, you are simply unable to resist them.
The Welsh musician Dave Edmunds was the first artist to record “Queen of Hearts”. The song appears on his 1979 album, “Repeat When Necessary”.
However, “Queen of Hearts” had its highest success via its inclusion on the 1981 album Juice by Juice Newton. The song also afforded Newton an international hit with Top Ten hit status in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and Switzerland and more moderate success in Austria, Germany and the Netherlands. In the US it peaked at #2, held from the top spot by “Endless Love” (which held the top spot for nine weeks). She won a 1982 Grammy for Best Female Vocalist in the C&W category.
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