Strung Out Heartstrings Lyrics - Singles - Joal Kamps

We started out just fine 

Had a basement suite down on the eastside 

I worked a nine to five 

Came home smiling almost every night 

Life was great; our hopes were high 

We spent all of our afternoons outside 

Life was good until that night - when I lost my way 

And it went all downhill from there 

So won't you hold me in your arms 

Though they're marked with all the scars 

From the times that I have let you down before 

Well, this time I have changed 

I swear it on my mother's grave 

I just wish there was a way I could keep my word 

Well, soon we lost the place 

And I started betting money at the races 

And if I ever won I was gonna buy us a brand new start 

But now we stand in a line 

Hoping for a meal and place to stay tonight 

I just can't believe these drugs could ruin a life 

So won't you hold me in your arms 

Though they're marked with all the scars 

From the times that I have let you down before 

This time I have changed 

I swear it on my mother's grave 

I just wish there was a way I could keep my word 

Now if you'll take a second chance 

I believe we could make a stand 

We'll leave all of this poison behind 

I swear I'll never let you down 

Yeah we'll blow this one-horse town 

We'll hitchhike until we reach the ocean 

We'll start out again 

Without all of the booze and heroin 

We'll be like settlers on a foreign shore