The Hungry Heart

from Acme by Dancing Mice

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First romances, second chances
What was there to lose
Her advances, hidden dances
Why the need to choose
Over-reaching, love is teaching
Helping to refuse

Close position, make decisions
Of who stays and goes
Face the mission, make transition
Withhold and dispose
Now engaging, stimulating
Marry and foreclose

Feed the hungry heart
Love in haste and live at leisure
Ending sours the start
Feeling’s work and thinking’s pleasure

One broken heart
As you decide
Unfaithful start
Now choose the side
Feel the charms of others’ arms

The hungry heart
Must make the call
One stays, one parts
Once and for all
Single track, and don’t look back

Live the phases, re-appraises
How the time has shown
Older faces, different places
Heart and mind are home
One was trying, one denying
Always on our own

First romances, time advances
Too adored to lose
Her advances, still the dance
Deletes the need to choose
Love was teaching, too far-reaching
Healing the refused

Beats the happy heart
Love in time, find hidden treasure
Never be apart
Thinking still, and feeling pleasure

No broken heart
The one denied
Right from the start
Now justified
Still on track, and looking back

The hasty heart
You made the call
Back to the start
Once and for all
Waive the charms of others’ arms

credits

from Acme, released May 12, 2020
Composed, arranged, played and produced by Dancing Mice
Ian Deary - Voice and Saxophone
Gavin Gibson - Guitars, Mandolin, Recorder
Anthony Moffoot - Synthesizers etc.
Roderick Murray - Bass and Guitar

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Dancing Mice Edinburgh, UK

Dancing Mice - indieprog/electropop - nine albums. Melodic, quirky songs mainly about people: some famous, some obscure, and some others.

dancingmice.co.uk

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