Suitcase Heart

you can hide neath the covers on rain swept days
stand in your corner hide your face away
with your own perfect secret waiting to be told
like a frozen flower left in the snow
yes, i know it ain't easy to live this life
when the world outside goes into overdrive

yes, we can all paint our futures
but who knows what's gonna come
when the lost and the lonely join the bulls run
but until we get there until that day comes
we've got to roll with the punches and sleep with the gun
yes, we could all use a saviour
like we all need a friend
someone who can make us feel alive again

so come out Elizabeth
the street is like an open book
and I'd trade all I had tonight
for your suitcase heart

so, we can pick up the pieces and learn to walk
or just count off the days on the clock
we could run with the skeletons
live comic book lives
in the houses of plenty with souls of knives
we could drive at gunpoint
go anywhere
like gangsters in Cadillacs
with the wind in our hair

so come out Elizabeth
this town is like an open book
and I'd give up the world tonight
for your suitcase heart
so come out Elizabeth
these streets could lead us anywhere
we could forget about our past
and your suitcase heart