Graham Parker

The Beating Of Another Heart

Graham Parker


She comes from the hardest town 
They build you up to let you down and 
Leave you with an armour hard as steel

It's not the chaos or the heat 
Or the noises from the street but
Something inside she has to beat that

Shoots out a nerve causes judgements to swerve
And makes her feel that something must be wrong

She'll attempt to resist 
And pretend it don't exist when it does

But if ever her defence drop 
Love takes a shot pop
Baby you can't stop 

The beating of another heart
The beating of another heart yeah
Sometimes she needs the beating of another heart

All the steps we seem to take 
Are sometimes stairways to escape from
all the things that were supposed to come

And there's a threat when letting go
Showing things she'll never show but
I won't give in now I know

As I ask friend how on earth can I send
A little bit of me to her 

She'll attempt to resist 
And pretend I don't exist when I do

But if ever her defence drop 
Love takes a shot pop
Baby you can't stop 

The beating of another heart
The beating of another heart yeah
Sometimes she needs the beating of another heart

The pounding goes on forever
At night when we are here together
They say that people get too clever for love 

But I know
But if ever her defence drop 
Love takes a shot pop
Baby you can't stop 

The beating of another heart
The beating of another heart yeah
Sometimes she needs the beating of another heart
She needs the beating of another heart
She needs the beating of another h-e-a-r-t