Slow Healing Heart

When I left, I left walking wounded

I made my escape from the rain

Still a prisoner of hurt, I had months worth of work

Just freeing my mind of the pain

I had hours of sitting alone in the dark

Listenin' to sad songs and coming apart

Lord knows I made crying an art

Woe is a slow healing heart

A slow healing heart dying to mend

Longin' for love, lonely again

But when the spirit is broken and the memories start

Nothing moves slower than a slow healing heart

How I prayed for blind faith to lead me

To places where I'm not afraid

Now I'm doing fine both in body and mind

Some hurts take longer to fade

But there's a part of my feelings ever on guard

Against looks that are tender and words that are hard

'Cause I still remember those cutting remarks

Oh it's painful, a slow healing heart

A slow healing heart dying to mend

Longin' for love, lonely again

But when the spirit is broken and the memories start

Nothing moves slower than a slow healing heart

Nothing moves slower than a slow healing heart