This Heart of Mine - Alan Hull

Columbus sailed the ocean, at the age of seventeen

And he must have had a vison, and he must have had a dream

The wise men and the prophets, frozen in their ways

Tried to turn him back again, as a way of saving face

So they sent him out a message, and the message was so clear

If you go chasing rainbows, you’re not welcome here

And I heard he was a bad man, with his finger in the pie

But they knew he’d be home again, there was something in his eyes

And I’ve seen the veil of darkness, coming across the sky

Rising in the east, where the sun used to shine

Just when I get to thinkin', it’s all been a waste of time

The most beautiful thing in the world, cuts this heart of mine

Now poor old Mother Russia, couldn’t keep her children fed

When she saw she couldn’t feed them, she walked the streets instead

So Boris build a castle, with Joseph on the door

To try to erase the memory, but their mother was a whore

And the poor are always with us, I heard somebody said

No matter how much you feed them, they’ll still be underfed

One thing to remember, when evening the score

There are none so equal as, those who was so poor

And I’ve seen the veil of darkness, coming across the sky

Rising in the east, where the sun used to shine

Just when I get to thinkin', it’s all been a waste of time

The most beautiful thing in the world, cuts this heart of mine

Now you may be a sailor, or the pilot of a plane

Riskin' your life and everything, for fortune and for fame

Well you’re the kind of prophet, to put the world to rights

But the trouble with your vision is, keepin' it in sight

And I’ve seen the veil of darkness, coming across the sky

Rising in the east, where the sun used to shine

Just when I get to thinkin', it’s all been a waste of time

The most beautiful thing in the world, cuts this heart of mine

The most beautiful thing in the world, cuts this heart of mine