The Ragged Heart

The ragged heart

With a razor's edge

Still standing there

On the ledge

Ready to fly out

My final cry

I’m staring down

Into a city sky

You get a ragged heart

When you live too long

You get a ragged heart

That goes on beating

And beating

And beating

You would never know

I have such thoughts

My face is calm

Like a soft sea caught

I have lived too long

I have lost my way

Contemplating murder

In a quiet way

You get a ragged heart

When you live too long

You get a ragged heart

That goes on beating

And beating

And beating

No needle now

No flowing tears

No safety pin

To stitch the fear

It’s a chance we take

When we live too long

We get a ragged heart

Just goes along

I got a ragged heart

‘Cause I lived too long

I got a ragged heart

That goes on beating

And beating

And beating

And beating, and beating, just beating, and beating

I’m Hangin’ on

I’m Hangin’ on

I’m Hangin’ on

Just beating

And beating

And beating

I’m beaten

Beaten

Still beating

Beat