"The Bends" Lyrics

Time can harden your heart and tear it apart and turn it into sand
With weary eyes and weathered lines and no one would understand
That these eyes see the world, felt her life slide through her growing hands

Just call the birds, forget yourself and put your ambitions on the shelf
It's no way to live, don't ask but give breeds nothing
But bitterness within your heart, within your heart

Well, her heart has more love to give than she'll ever know
Her heart has more love to give and she's growing old
Yeah, she's growing old

When things get bad around you, walls falling down too
I know what she'll do
She'll start again with some new friends
A new life so far from the bends

She'll make her way, cut off slack
Far away and never look back
Then one day, she'll turn and say
That I still love you all the same
And in her soul, she will know feelings fade
But they never grow old

Well, her heart has more love to give than she'll ever know
Her heart has more love to give and she's growing old
Yeah, she's growing old
Yeah, she's growing old
Yeah, she's growing old