Beating Heart

LAURIE LEVINE

I have got a beating heart
In my chest
And it got broken once before
But now, it's fixed

I'm just an ordinary woman
And I'll do everything I can
To stop my beating heart
From being broken again

And as long as I'm high in the sky
No-one can shoot me down
And as long as I keep my head on right
I'll be long gone
Before you realise

I'm a real woman
Made of flesh and blood
I often make my mistakes
But everybody messes things up

I like the way that God made me
He used hate and he used love
He rolled me out in a baking tray
And then he cut me out

And as long as I'm high in the sky
No-one can shoot me down
And as long as I keep my head on right
I'll be long gone
Before you realise

Your words cut deep
Like the knives of men
And I've got the shield
I was born with as a woman

And as long as I'm high in the sky
No-one can shoot me down
And as long as I keep my head on right
I'll be long gone
Before you realise

Before you realise

Josie Field