My Heart Gave Way

[Verse 1] I wore my pride like a Sunday hat Till you brushed past and cracked it flat Your name came warm like a skillet blaze And I got lost in the cornfield maze You looked at me like a cut black pear Sweet on the tongue, but a warning there My knees went soft as a riverbed When your crooked smile moved through my head [Pre-Chorus] Now the floorboards lean And the porch light bends I feel that trouble On my skin again [Chorus] My heart gave way My heart gave way You said my name And it slipped away My heart gave way My heart gave way Six voices high Still I drifted away [Verse 2] You came around in a church fan dress With a pocket full of sweet distress I saw my future in a busted jar Shining like rain on a parked-up car You was a snake in a velvet shoe You was a hymn with a midnight bruise I bit that peach and I knew too late Some love comes dressed as a folded gate [Pre-Chorus] Now the floorboards lean And the porch light bends I feel that trouble On my skin again [Chorus] My heart gave way My heart gave way You said my name And it slipped away My heart gave way My heart gave way Six voices high Still I drifted away [Bridge] Mmm, I was salt in the sugar bowl Mmm, I was a bell with a broken soul Mmm, you were fire in a cotton field Mmm, and I learned what a false vow yields [Final Chorus] My heart gave way My heart gave way You said my name And it slipped away My heart gave way My heart gave way Six voices high Let the ruins stay My heart gave way My heart gave way I sang it loud But I still gave way