It is spitting like an open fire
It is sitting on the shoulder
It is shining a light in your eyes
It is rising like the evening tide
It is tightening that pretty little noose
Oh, any second now it will choose
So keep it safe, keep it safe, keep it safe
Keep it safe, keep it safe, keep it safe
All of the thousands of you
with the heart -strained redness
It is to preach all the virtues
It will sell your soul for a side song
but it won't pay you rent
It is raising those old rebel flags
It is flicking through your long buried ashes
So keep it safe, keep it safe, keep it safe
Keep it safe, keep it safe, keep it safe
For us the thousands of you
come down with a heart string
for the injured and dispossessed
It is pointing that 12 gauge of truth
Though it's been broken more
It's blue and it's bleeding,
it's got a mind of its own
So keep it safe, keep it safe, keep it safe
Keep it safe, keep it safe, keep it safe
All of the thousands of you
with the heart string blues
All of the thousands of you
with the heart string blues