Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index This Broken Heart is a song by Funkadelic from the album Cosmic Slop released first in 1973 . Trivia: This is a cover of The Sonics song by the same name. Like much of Cosmic Slop, "This Broken Heart" is R&B and soul-inflected. Complete tabs at [external site with complete tabs] Songwriter: William Franklin (a jazz trombonist) Memorable Lyrics: "Are you mad, at me, darling?/Are you sorry that we, we, we met?" "Yes, and you've been finding more faults /Than Carter got liver pills/And I'm hip to all that Gemini material laying around, heh" Gemini is a constellation and the third sign of the Zodiac (the twins) "Carter" may be a reference to Jimmy Carter?? Complete lyrics at the Motherpage The singer proclaims his love for a woman, and asks if she is planning on leaving him. He claims that no one will ever love her as much as he does. Personnel: Strings: Bernie Worrell Lead Vocals: Calvin Simon Drums: Geezer McGee (disputed) Critical response: This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.