As a girl I lived in million homes So I always would keep to myself And my lessons were learned from the stories and poems I would steal from a library shelf Yes the books, like the rooms Weren’t mine to keep But the words weren’t left behind And I think of them all now and I can’t sleep And a poet who read my mind As the wise man once wrote Never give all the heart Well, It’s easy to see He was writing for me I just wish I could play that part Yes, he scribbled that love Isn’t worth thinking of That it fades out from kiss to kiss If I just learn those lines
Well just think of the misery I’d miss As the Irishman said Don’t put your heart up to play When he warned of the cost And the heart that he lost Mr. Yeats really paved the way For the men that I’ve known Who have clearly shown They’ve been reading him from the start Cause when it comes to me Well, their kisses come free But they never give all the heart When he warned of the cost And the heart that he lost Mr. Yeats really paved the way For the men that I’ve known Well, they’ve clearly shown They’ve been reading him from the start Cuz each time that I fall They never give all the heart