Afghan Whigs

If I Only Had A Heart

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When a man's an empty kettle
He should be on his mettle
and yet I'm torn apart
Just because I'm presumin' that I could be kind of human
If I only had a heart
I'd be tender, I'd be gentle
and awful sentimental regarding love and art
I'd be friends with the arrows
and the boy who shoots the sparrows
If I only had a heart
Picture me a balcony
Above a voice sings low
"Wherefore art thou Romeo?"
I hear a beat, how sweet

Just to register emotion, jealousy, devotion
and really feel the part
I could stay young and chipper
and I'd lock it with a zipper
If I only had a heart
A brain, a home, the nerve

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2002-01-10 00:27:01

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by Eskate85

19y ago

god this song is soooo goood. the piano is beautiful. really jazzy, and the lyrics are incredible. every whigs fan should hear this song!

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