Probably just a Broken Heart

Appeared on Slim Possibilities

 

(David Munyon/S.P. Standley)


Written for Mrs. Humphrey and Dad and Mom.

 

There's this old man waiting at the station

old brown shoes tell you he's seen some road

on a bench there with no destination

life's been fun and life's been cold

he is there to see the traveling faces

cause his photographs got torn apart

someone said he still roams this country

probably from a broken heart

probably just a broken heart

 

Jean and Doug fell in love in Niagara

then their love simply falls apart

their old car leaks in five locations

love is sad and love is art

Douglas leaves for Mom and Daddys

thirtyone and a tent in the yard

blames it all on Jeans Flirtations

probably from a broken heart

probably just a broken heart

 

In the night she lights another Pall Mall

her lighter lights a lonely room

she recalls the way the aviators

used to dance and try and reach the moon

her thin hands caress the flag they gave her

while the dealers shoot it out back and forth

she sadly whispers... America's bleeding

probably from a broken heart

probably just a broken heart

 

I recall the recent frozen winter

and the way the hi-fi shook the walls

my mind vacationed in Jamaica

dreams are lost and dreams are joy

I watch TV like I was addicted

have no money for the QVC tarts

when I died I asked them please print clearly

probably from a broken heart

probably just a broken heart

 

David Munyon: vocal, guitar

Frank Fiedler: acoustic bass