From the recording Rodeo
from Rodeo, released May 23, 2023
Produced by Gavin Gardiner at All Day Coconut
"The Heart is the Last Thing to Go": Ingrid MacDonald: vocals; Gavin Gardiner: guitar, bass, Mellotron; John Showman: fiddle; Ben Whiteley: cello
Lyrics
THE HEART IS THE LAST THING TO GO
Words and Music by Ingrid MacDonald
Got you a priest, you refused to speak
Didn't feel like talking
Ground beneath your feet opened to the deep
No strength left for walking
Pounding inside your chest
Like angels breaking their chains
The setting sun is like a golden rose
The heart is the last thing to go
Didn't speak to him for four long years
Now he’s standing in your doorway
You could take back all the cruel things you said
But that would not be your way
Watching you try to catch your breath
While you pretend nothing's wrong
The setting sun is like a golden rose
The heart is the last thing to go
He stayed with you all through that night
Changed the sheets when you soaked through
At the edge of the gossamer of life
You let him get close to
Maybe you’d been holding on
The next day you were gone
The setting sun is like a golden rose
The heart is the last thing to go