Broke into her house, saw her sittin' there Drinkin' Coke and whiskey in her bra and underwear Saw him in the kitchen hangin' up the phone I asked him nicely please to pack his things and goHe gave her a reassuring look and said he wouldn't leave But I asked him once again, this time pulled out my shiv Stuck him in the back and I pulled it out slow And watched him fall down, and as the morning Sun rose He looked at me, and said You missed my heart, you missed my heart You got me good, I knew you would But you missed my heart, you missed my heart Were his last words before he diedLookin' out the window, up at the blue sky Listening to her scream, listening to her cry A feeling of relief came over my soul I couldn't take it any longer and I lost controlI chased her up the stairs and I pinned her to the ground And underneath her whimpering, I could hear the sirens sound I rattled off a list of everything I missed Like going to the movies with her and the way she kissed me Driving into Wheeling and showin' her off at Backyard barbecues and reunions in the park I said I loved her skin when she started laughing And while I clenched down on her wrist, she said That's quite a list, but there's one thing you missedYou missed my heart, you missed my heart That's quite a list, but what you really missed You missed my heart, you missed my heart That's quite a list, but what you really missedRunnin' through the parking lots, runnin' through the fields Policemen on my back, somethin' hit my skull and cracked They dragged me off to jail, set a million dollar bail Where I tried to tie a noose, but I failed and I broke looseWent racing through the prison yard, shot down by a tower guard Who got me in the shins and he got me in the arms They strapped me in the gurney, took me off to the infirmary And the priest read my last rites And just before everything went dark, I saidHe missed my heart, he missed my heart Just before my world went dark, said He missed my heart, he missed my heart Just before everything went darkThe most poetic dream came flowin' like the sea Layin' there, my lifeblood draining out of me A childhood scene: Night sky, Moon beams Fishing with my friends, sittin' in the wild weeds Watchin' the Ohio River flow at night Waitin' for the bullhead catfishes to biteDownriver from the Moundsville Prison graveyard Downriver from the Moundsville Prison graveyard Downriver from the Moundsville Prison graveyard Downriver from the Moundsville Prison graveyard Downriver from the Moundsville Prison graveyard
