A Heart Needs A Home

Richard Thompson · Celtschmerz: Live Uk '98 [2012]

I know the way that I feel about you

I'm never gonna run away, I'm never gonna run away

Never knew the way when I lived without you

I'm never gonna run away, I'm never gonna run away



I came to you when no one could hear me

I'm sick and weary of being alone

Empty streets and hungry faces

The world's no place when you're on your own

A heart needs a home



Some people say that I should forget you

But I'm never gonna be a fool, I'm never gonna be a fool

Better life, they say if I'd never met you

But I'm never gonna be a fool, no, I'm never gonna be a fool



Tongues talk fire and eyes cry rivers

Indian givers, hearts of stone

Paper ships and painted faces

The world's no place when you're on your own

A heart needs a home