Heart Of Life

by Ballzy Tomorrow

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about

The last of my 'pandemic tracks' started in 2020.

This thing has so many crazy chord changes in it, it took me almost 30 years to get it to a point where I played it and it sounded like a song.

It's by one of my favorite songwriters ever, Martin Briley from his album (which you should hunt down) Fear Of The Unknown.

lyrics

Pipe and slippers by the open fire
Lace curtains and a tumble dryer
We were dancing to the slow decay
A time saving advice would steal her heart away

I couldn't bear to leave the quadruped
But home was just a place to hang my head
Telling lies is such a meager sin
So if I make it up to heaven, let me in

I'm only aiming for the heart of life
I wanna rip the hot flesh and take a bite
Holding my head and squeezing out the light
Until the knuckles in my hands were white
I'm only aiming for the heart of life

Seven hours on a crowded plane
I was in it up to my neck again
Still chewing on the seed of doubt
I never did like that taste in my mouth

A little child who can barely speak
Can find the words to make a strong man weep
I gave it all away it seemed
For a few failed records and a picture in a magazine

I was only aiming for the heart of life.....

Don't say you're gonna love me forever
Even though I wish it could be so
Spare me all the cliches and the scenarios
Forever is a long long time
I could get stupid I could lose my mind
You say you're tough and you never bruise
But have you thought about standing in my shoes

When I'm older and giving in
Saliva trickling down my chin
Lying on a bed of piss and crumbs
Would you stay til the darkness comes

Too weak to hold a fork and spoon
Too dumb to recognize the room
Would you pull the plug cut the juice
Free the mind if the body aint no use

credits

released December 23, 2021
Produced, engineered, played and sung by Robbie Rist

Piano: Steve Green

Mixed by the Wizard Of Laurel Canyon, Joel Valder

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Robbie Rist Los Angeles, California

Ballzy Tomorrow is the ridiculous moniker by which actor/musician Robbie Rist releases his audio projects.

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