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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Copyright © Rightly Jennings | Year Posted 2016
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