Standard (EADGBE)

As I sit in the all night diner

You return to your easy chair

You awake to your work and your woman

7

And I'll dream that it's me lying there

You can look in my eyes but you'll never know

There's an ache inside that I never show

7

A defensive device

Meant to keep my heart on ice

I keep my heart on ice I chill my holy soul

I shield my fragile eggshell love

7

>From attack during the groundswell

I'll act the part so well I'll play my finest role

But the furies take their toll and their price

7

Is to keep my heart on ice

As I sit in the all night diner

You leaned back in your nightclub seat

I went out with two friends and a stranger

7

With a laugh and a pang of defeat

But I looked in your eyes as I turned to go

Was there something there that you couldn't show

7

A defensive device

Meant to keep your heart of ice

You keep your heart on ice you chill your holy soul

You shield your fragile eggshell love

7

>From attack during the groundswell

You act the part so well you'll play your finest role

But the furies take their toll and their price

7

Is to keep my heart on ice

As I sit in the all night diner

I was thinking of you at the bar

And the smiles and the jests and the whispers

7

As I watched once again from afar

But I looked in your eyes and I never knew

Did I read you wrong did I misconstrue

7

The defensive device I will keep my heart on ice

I keep my heart on ice I chill my holy soul

I shield my fragile eggshell love

7

>From attack during the groundswell

I'll act the part so well I'll play my finest role

But the furies take their toll and their price

7

Is to keep my heart on ice

From Fast Folks Records

FF 306/307 Aug/Sept 1986 Volume 3