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Everything Breaks My Heart © 1997 RFRussell <— Back to CD indexSome days it starts before I’m even awake By the time I am I’m already late I trip over things that haven’t moved an inch The paper makes me flinch For no good reason I can see I have this weight inside of me Then the phone rings, but as I reach it I knock over yesterday’s coffee I get to work and it’s little debates Every detail adds weight By lunch it covers warming the planet I’m just an accident waiting to happen Days like these—everything breaks my heart You may say I’m too sensitive Or playing the wrong parts But just like everything else today You’d be slightly off the mark You see it in many strangers’ eyes Fear and sadness--no surprise The woman in the store with her poor child The man-in-car who got so riled Up to governments that cannot act And the greedy streak that’s business fact Until I begin to doubt myself Maybe wish that I was somewhere else Days like these—everything breaks my heart Sometimes it’s more than I think I can bear Sometimes it feels like solitary in here What can you say with your heart in your throat? The world’s so heavy it’s sinking the boat Just too much for too many years I hear the cries and taste the tears Til I feel deep as any ocean Waitin' for time to clear this emotion I pass people on the road sometimes Who look like I feel tonight Heading somewhere miles away Where all is left behind Days like these—everything breaks my heart Days like these—be careful with me please—have mercy on me |