Nail it back together*
To keep out the weather
Cos it got broke again
This old heart again
But I've got a big old box
Down in the cellar
Where I keep all my stuff
For patching it up
I've got rivets and rags
I've got hooks and cement
I've got leather and glue
And a rusty old screw
Pull on a clean white shirt
Drag myself back to work
Looking good as new
No-one will know
It doesn't show
Does it?
Hammer it back together
To keep out the weather
I got careless again
With this old heart again
But I've got a big old box
Down in the cellar
Where I keep all my stuff
For bodging it up
I've got canvas and tar
I've got cat gut and wire
Mud, sticks & stones
And some needles of bone
Pull on a clean white shirt
Drag myself back to work
Looking good as new
No-one will know
It doesn't show
Does it?
I got screwed up newspaper
For packing the holes
Polystyrene & sandbags
& lead that I stole
Pull on a big warm coat
Drag myself down the road
Smiling at you
No-one will ever know
It doesn't show
Does it?