Heart of Stone

After the ball at the old dance hall
I drove back home alone
You can grin and sneer and laugh and cheer
If you have a heart of stone
I never believed in fate
Now it's open for debate
Crushed out hopes and broken vows
Still chill me to the bone

It's a-gonna get better, it's a-gonna be a whole lot of fun
It's a-gonna get better before it gets worse
It's a-gonna be different, like nothing you ever seen before
It begins with a blessing but it ends with a curse

A long time ago I found lying in the snow
A blackbird with a broken wing
I had it watered and fed, kept it under my bed
In a shoebox tied up with a string
That crippled tweeting bird
The cutest thing I'd heard
But after a while it just went and die
Dwithout ever having learned to sing

The sweetest rose of summer froze
In the icy breath of the sea
It will not bend in the wind again or foolishly agree
I have no hate or fear
The stage is set, my mind is clear
We all shall go where the roses grow
The last dance is on me

It's a-gonna get better, it's a-gonna be a whole lot of fun
It's a-gonna get better before it gets worse
It's a-gonna be different, like nothing you ever seen before
It begins with a blessing but it ends with a curse

World is cold, I must be colder, now it has begun
Lay your lovely head upon my shoulder, we'll be one