Rightly Jennings Poet Lyric

Song Without a Heart

A friend is someone who can see you smiling                          
Even in the dark                                                                               
She's right there, right there when y'need reminding                           
Of who you really are                                                                       
She guards y'against all that is phony                                        
Alone with her is far from lonely                                                 

Mostly I'm a man of two minds                                                       
one looks forward, n'one behind                                                    
At times I don't really know myself n' I                                         
I just may as well go blind                                                                  
I was hard n' warm, she was soft but cold.                                   
Thought it might be what i want, oh well what did I know?

You're the sing-along, the song without a heart                      
'Bout as useless as a deck of playing cards                              
You are the song without a heart                                                
Hey, s'what do you know? And it's off to school we go

She said, let's  pretend like some mothers do                                     
Saw it on T.V. that's how I know it is true                                       
Here I am now, one solitary fool.                                                            
I'd sit down but I cannot find an upturned stool                                 
If I could touch things, make them come alive                                     
If I sang to you might show me what listening looks like              

You're the sing-along, the song without a heart.                        
Like the peacocks tail in the dark                                                     
You are the song without a heart                                                      
Well, what do you know? And so it's off to work you go
                                                       
You are the song without a heart
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Poet Destroyer A June 24, 2016 at 8:22 PM Rightly, id like to hear the audio to your lyric, do you have it on line ...Linda Rightly Jennings June 25, 2016 at 7:52 AM Hi Linda. This particular song is often one of favourites. It's picking, so in the madness of a performance I've often had to leave it out, in favour of a more rocky song. I've got some recorded studio performances, overdue, I should have them in th... This week. I'm looking forward to hearing how this one turned out. I'll send you a message when I've uploaded it. Thanks for your feedback. X, rightly. Update: Find me on Soundcloud Rightly. It's up there now.