Poor Hearts

Bryson/McDowall

The use of ‘??’ denotes lyrics too unclear to transcribe.

The door lies wide open
You stand there half broken
You turn away slowly
Poor hearts are they
Who seek to find shelter somewhere
Confused and ??
Hiding behind reason
Slipping away slowly
Poor hearts are they
Who seek to find shelter somewhere
Poor hearts I have always found
Underneath the darker ground
Slipping in and ?? [singing??] out

The table’s still turning
Poor hearts are not yearning
They close their eyes and they
Reflect on things that they say
They know to be true
They never try hard to
Tug, tug away but then
They never are willing
You’re quite at home parading
With a gun to your head
Poor hearts I have always found
Underneath the darker ground
Slipping in and ?? [singing??] out

Recorded for the January 1984 BBC Janice Long session. Re-recorded in the Robin Millar sessions but unreleased. Re-recorded again with David Motion producing and released on the B-side of Who Knows What Love Is?, also included on the CD reissue of the album Strawberry Switchblade and on The Platinum Collection.