Broke into her house, saw her sitting there

Drinking coke and whiskey in her bra and underwear

Saw him in the kitchen hanging up the phone

I asked him nicely once to pack his things and go

He gave her a reassuring look, said he wouldn't leave

But I asked him one more time, this time pulled out my sheath

Stuck him in the back and I pulled it out slow

And I watch him fall down as the morning sun rose

He looked at me



He 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 died



Looking 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 control

I chased her up the stairs and I pinned her to the ground

Underneath the whimpering I could hear the siren sound

I rattled off a list of all the things I miss

Like going to the movies with her and the way she kissed me

Driving into downtown Wheeling, showing her off

Backyard barbecues and reunions in the park

I said I missed her skin when she started laughing

While I clenched down on her wrists, she said "That's quite a list

But there's one thing you missed



You 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 missed"



Running through the parking lot, running through the fields

Policeman on my back, something 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 loose

I went racing through the prison yard, shot down by a tower guard

He got me in the shins and he got me in the arms

They strapped me in the gurney, took me off to the infirmary

Where the priest read my last rights

And just before everything went dark



I said, "You missed my heart

You missed my heart

He got me good

I knew he would

But he missed my heart

He missed my heart

And just before everything went dark"



The most poetic dream

Came flowing like the sea

Laying there my life blood draining out of me

A childhood scene, night sky, moonbeams

Fishing with my friends, sitting in the wild reeds

Watching the Ohio river flow at night

Waiting for the bullhead catfishes to bite



Down river from the Moundsville prison graveyard