Playing it by Heart

Song Description

Thinking about the ways things change as we grow up

Song Length 3:04 Genre Rock - Easy Listening, Pop - Easy Listening
Tempo Slow (71 - 90) Lead Vocal Male Vocal
Mood Serene Subject Friend
Language English

Lyrics

Playing it by Heart

Hey Charlie, this used to be a garden
used to be a place we could go to and talk
and tell each other lies
hell no, it?s not like we were liars
it?s only that things never turn out like we plan
I doubt they ever can
when you?re playing it by heart

I can recall most of what we said
girls we hardly knew but hoped to bed
and bullshit that boys use to swell their heads
I wonder why we do that
we?d talk about the things we planned to see and do
dreams that somehow fade and disappear from view
but look at me and hey you?re looking back at you
still playing it by heart
playing it by heart

Hey Charlie, did you ever get to China
did you ever have your foreign affair
with a girl from Shangrila
as for me well, I?m still working on my millions
but I still know how to laugh and when to cry
and I still know how to dream
and I?m still playing it by heart
playing it by heart
playing it by heart

copyright John Hanlon 2004

Lyrics John Hanlon Music John Hanlon arranged Mike Harvey
Producer Russell Finch/John Hanlon Publisher none
Performance John Hanlon Label none
This track is on 3 Member Playlists
Playlist Creator Playlist Name Date Added
Julia My Top Songs 8/22/2014
RachB Rachel 3/11/2009
John Lord My Top Songs 9/10/2007

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