This is a lovely little record which popped into my head this Saturday morning, and six hours later, voila; a record. Gosh I'm good. ~L

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This is a lovely little record which popped into my head this Saturday morning, and six hours later, voila; a record. Gosh I'm good. ~L

How Long Can You Close Your Heart?




They beat me up when I was back in school
My life has been hell from the start
I know that's what your parents did to you
But how long can you close your heart?

In my first job, I learned, it's sad but true
They will exploit you from the start
The business man looks happy in his suit
But how long can you close your heart?

And once in a while I start to feel in gear
And soon as I do, somebody tells me:
"We don't want you here"

I look outside; the world keeps turning 'round
I only want to find the part of it that's mine
Then they say, "none for you"
'Cause we have owned you from the start

Welcome to Life
Said Spider to the fly
Sit right down on the sticky part
Then you are ours, with nowhere left to move
We feed on you and then discard

Oh

Now it's the weekend again, oh, and I try
Though I am weakened again, oh, every time you lie

You lie to me, while I count rosary
You tell me I must play my part
So I'm the fool, the fool you made of me
And how long can you close your heart?

Can't you see?
That you're hurting me
Whoever told you I am your food?
Doesn't your conscience ever bother you doing what you do?

My busy day gives me no room to say
I'm living in a shopping cart wheeled by the Rich
And one of them is you
So how long can you close your heart?

And now I find that I am older
Than I ever thought I'd be
And each day the world keeps growing colder
What does it want from me?

There on the strip the homeless people live
You tell them that they're on your part
But when the time of reckoning grows near
You'll fidget in your chair, and wish you weren't there

So how long can you close your heart?

Oh

Your heart

Oh

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Oh





Copyright 2009 ~ American Lesley Jane