Flat Broke Love

Bachman-Turner Overdrive

Pardon my life, pardon my song
I hope you're not nervous, I'm not going to stay long
The one installment, I've made on your heart
Is not enough to cover what we're willin' to start

'Cause I'm a flat broke love
Lord, I'm a flat broke love

I'm up or I'm down, never constant or sound
Empty my pockets full of grain
The friends that I've loved, never feel I've been there
I've never left a grateful one

'Cause I'm a flat broke love
Well, I'm a flat broke love
Yeah, I'm a flat broke love
Baby, I'm a flat broke love

'Cause I'm a flat broke love
Yeah, I'm a flat broke love
Well, I'm a flat broke love
Lord, I'm a flat broke love

I'll state you this claim, you've all played the game
You've all upset somebody's cart
I think you forgot, love needs more than one heart
Without it, it can't hold a true flame

'Cause it's a flat broke love
It's a flat broke love
Yeah, it's a flat broke love
Hey, it's a flat broke love
Well, it's a flat broke love
Lord, it's flat broke love
Flat broke love
Baby, it's a flat broke love
It's a flat broke love
Flat broke love
Baby, she's a flat broke love
Oh, a flat broke love


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    This is on the greatest hits CD (though I don't recall hearing it on the radio way back when). The protagonist is basically saying his heart is empty, therefore 'flat broke'. One of the best set of BTO lyrics.

    KStormon October 24, 2012   Link

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