A heart full of holes
And you take work in hell, be glad its not worse
With a heart full of holes
Air pistols shoot out the lights
But if theres a reckoning day
The gold block and tackle tells the time upside down
Handcuffs and hunting knives clang on the bars
But your soul, your soul, that is not what I do
A heart full of holes
Why I ever survived to be old
If one of us dies, love, I think Ill retire
Fingers are pointing at you
Heart full of holes
Ive a whole wailing wall of electric guitars
Politicians go pawning their souls
Its a wonder to me, I still dont understand
Could shatter the windows down Brick Lane tonight
Theres a ringing of bells, a dunderheads curse
Well, if we go to heaven, and some say we dont
A clarinet squeals to be free
You can come and see Uncle to get through the week
Please God, Ill see You and maybe I wont
Dead peoples wedding gifts, walk out the door
Bits of the movement all over the place
A heart full of holes
Rock n roll, well, I dont know
Leave your pledges with me to redeem
Who knows, maybe gates made of pearls
And you get to the back of the queue
Brass knuckles and banjos are out on the town
Heart full of holes
Garden of Eden, no gates or barbed wire
Ive a bag packed to go either way
Accordions hop from the shelves to the floor
Its not gonna go anywhere
Theres not a lot I can do there
Heart full of holes
Repair it or die I was told
Which doesnt make me look too bad, dont you know
A heart full of holes
Redeeming your pledge, dear, Ill keep it for you
See my boys and my beautiful girls
A heart full of holes
Me with my heart full of holes
Heart full of holes
Some folk sell their bodies for ten bob a go
I remember the officers watch in my hand
And a heart full of holes
All battered and old
All my yesterdays broken, a watch with no face
Start playing their polkas to me
At the knees-up in Teddy Boys Row
Heart full of holes
