Afghan Whigs - If I Only Had A Heart lyrics

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(arlenharberg) When a man's an empty kettle He should be on his mettle And yet i'm torn apart Just because i'm presumin' that i could be kind of human If i only had a heart I'd be tender, i'd be gentle And awful sentimental regarding love and art I'd be friends with the arrows And the boy who shoots the sparrows If i only had a heart Picture me a balcony Above a voice sings low "wherefore art thou romeo?" I hear a beat, how sweet Just to register emotion, jealousy, devotion And really feel the part I could stay young and chipper And i'd lock it with a zipper If i only had a heart A brain, a home, the nerve