Lyrics

Black Heart Town

Well, somebody told me when I was a kid just hanging round
If you want all the best stuff boy you’ll have to move to town
And my mama’s voice was whispering in my ear
Those nursery rhymes no child should ever have to hear.

When you banged on my heart it filled my head with star dust
But you didn’t need a lover, you needed someone you could trust
Were you looking for a saviour, were you looking for a saint?
I’m many things honey – but that’s two things I ain’t

Open Up Hell and swallow me down
I been too long in this black heart town
Open Up Hell and swallow me down
I been too long in this black heart town

Oh, the Garden of Eden it was my fanciful dream
And we’d walk there together, by meadow and stream
But the apple of wisdom gave the lie to love’s moans
I saw my garden was - a desert full of bones

Well, the moon comes up and the sun it slowly goes down
And my demons lead me rattling all around town
At a table for one in dwindling glow of a night light
A voice says my name’s Love - I’ll be your server tonight

CHORUS x 2


© Willi Kerr 2023