Larry Gatlin – Broken Lady

“Broken Lady” is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Larry Gatlin. It was released in November 1975 as the first single from the album High Time, (also appearing as the title track of the British release of Larry Gatlin with Family & Friends) The song was Gatlin’s second big hit on the Hot Country Songs chart, charting at number 5. The song won him a Grammy award in 1976 for Best Country Song.

The song was later covered by Dottie West for her 1978 studio album Dottie.

From the album High Time
B-side “The Heart”
Released November 1975
Genre Countrypolitan
Length 3:01
Label Monument
Songwriter(s) Larry Gatlin
Producer(s) Fred Foster

Larry Gatlin – Broken Lady lyrics

She’s a broken lady, waiting to be mended
Like a potter would mend a broken vase
A broken lady, waiting to be mended
And have what’s left of the pieces put back in place

Her love is like a fortress around a man she would have died for
Taking care to take of all he needed
But the ladies fortress slowly turned into a prison
And the warning signs he gave, she never heeded

She vowed every morning that what God joined together
No one else in the world could pull apart
Then the walls came tumbling to the ground
And her world came crashing down around her heart

Now she’s a broken lady, waiting to be mended
Like a potter would mend a broken vase
A broken lady, waiting to be mended
And have what’s left of the pieces put back in place

She’s a broken lady, waiting to be mended
And have what’s left of the pieces put back in place