You Missed My Heart-Mark Kozelek/Jimmy Lavalle

[00:23.58]broke into her house. saw her sittin' there [00:28.53]drinking coke and whiskey in her bra and underwear [00:33.59]saw him in the kitchen, hangin' up the phone [00:39.32]i asked him nicely please to pack his things and go [00:43.49]he gave her a firm, reassuring look that said he wouldn't leave [00:48.79]but i asked him one more time and this time pulled out my shiv [00:54.45]i struck him in the back and i pulled it out slow [00:59.74]and i watched him fall down [01:01.55]and as the morning sun rose [01:04.80]he looked at me and said: [01:07.86]"you missed my heart [01:09.76]you missed my heart [01:12.82]you got me good. i knew you would [01:18.26]but you missed my heart [01:20.31]you missed my heart." [01:23.06]were his last words before he died [01:28.35]looking out the window, up at the blue sky [01:36.20]listening to her scream, listening to her cry [01:41.09]a feeling of relief came over my soul [01:46.02]i couldn't take it any longer and i lost control [01:51.36]i chased her up the stairs [01:55.57]and i pinned her to the ground [01:57.16]and underneath her whimpering [01:59.44]i could hear the sirens sound [02:04.28]i rattled off a list of everything i missed [02:09.44]like going to the movies with her [02:12.45]and the way she kissed me [02:14.88]driving into wheeling and showing her off [02:19.58]backyard barbecues and reunions in the park [02:24.70]i said i loved her skin and she started laughing [02:29.67]and while i clenched down on her wrist [02:32.78]she said "that's quite a list [02:35.60]but there's one thing you missed [02:38.80]you missed my heart, you missed my heart [02:43.92]that's quite a list, but what you really missed [02:49.15]you missed my heart, you missed my heart [02:54.36]that's quite a list, but what you really missed [03:02.16]running through the parking lot [03:04.40]running through the fields [03:07.16]policemen on my back [03:09.12]something hit my skull and cracked [03:11.99]they dragged me off to jail, set a million dollar bail [03:16.97]where i tried to tie a noose, but i failed and i broke loose [03:22.45]racing through the prison yard [03:25.16]shot down by a tower guard [03:27.76]he got me in the shins [03:30.10]and he got me in the arms [03:32.77]they strapped me in the gurney [03:34.89]took me to the infirmary [03:38.04]where the priest read my last rites [03:41.44]and just before, everything went dark [03:46.13]i said: [03:48.69]"he missed my heart, he missed my heart [03:53.85]he got me good, i knew he would [03:59.10]but he missed my heart, he missed my heart" [04:04.52]and just before, everything went dark [04:11.62]the most poetic dream came flowing like the sea [04:16.92]laying there my lifeblood draining out of me [04:21.88]a childhood scene then, sky moon beams [04:27.38]fishing with my friends sitting in the wild lands [04:32.55]watching the ohio river flow at night [04:37.90]waiting for the bullhead catfishes to bite [04:42.47]downriver from the moundsville prison graveyards [04:53.38]downriver from the moundsville prison graveyards [05:03.59]downriver from the moundsville prison graveyards [05:14.02]downriver from the moundsville prison graveyards [05:24.64]downriver from the moundsville prison graveyards [05:29.75]