Burned out Heart

Your burned out heart, came apart, left you ill-at-ease
Peeling off the years, sweat through the tears overseas
The dead couldn't save you with townes in the rearview
Your will fell out and then there were just two
Left here on their own with a burned out heart
Orders came down, should've skipped town, you took the call
Mind was blown, back out on your own, like it was nothing at all
Making the show, Chicago was high in the sky
High time you found that earthquake sound made you fly
The band played the song, you sang along
Sun killed the moon and you were young and strong
With a gleam in your eye and a burned out heart
Let go your guitar, slept in the car on the beach
Out on a run, steady hand on the gun just out of reach
Keep in time on a dollar or a dime on market street
Blood sweat the track, blue to black tasted too sweet
Chasing the train hooked in your vein
Box of rain couldn't drown out the pain
Just a rattle-and-a-shake and a burned out heart
Tried to shake it off with the lumberlung cough in the sheet
Racing the war, pacing the floor, back out on the street
Tracking the drag, finger tracing your tag, kill another climb
Wouldn't leave you alone, just got stoned and did your time
That spoonful weighed a ton, no fortunate son
Nothing was forgiven, nothing left undone
Carried down the load with a burned out heart
When push came to shove, you just had love and no apologies
Laugh for a joke, drag off the smoke, no guarantee
You'll hang in our heart, the true work of art, a burning flame
All that we had, good or the bad, love you just the same
You're never far on the dark side of a star
Never fade away wherever you are
Keep you here in our burned out heart