Heartstring Blues Lyrics - Songs From The Gutter - Thea Gilmore

It is spitting like an open fire in a dark alleyway 

It is sitting on the shoulder of every yesterday 

It is shining a light in your eyes 

It is checking every one of your new alibis 

It is rising like the evening tide around an old shipwreck 

It is tightening that pretty little noose around your neck 

Oh and any second now it will choose 

Yeah any second now all Hell will break loose 

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 come down with the heart string blues 

It is preaching all the virtues of love and providence 

It would sell your soul for a sad song but it won't pay your rent 

It is raising those old rebel flags 

It is picking though your long buried ashes and rags 

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 come down with the heart string blues 

It is singing its songs for the injured and dispossessed 

It is pointing that twelve gauge of truth straight at your chest 

Though it's been broken more times than you know 

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 come down with the heart string blues 

All of the thousands of you come down with the heart string blues