Heart on Ice - Judith Zweiman

While I sit in the all-night diner

you return to your easy chair

you awake to your work and your woman

and I'll dream that it's me lying there

You can look in my eyes but you'll never know
there's an ache inside that I never show
a defensive device
meant to keep my heart on ice

[Chorus]
I keep my heart on ice
I chill my holy soul
I shield my fragile eggshell love
from attack during the groundswell

I'll act the part so well
I'll play my finest role
but the Furies take their toll
and the price
is to keep my heart on ice

While I sat in the all-night diner
you leaned back in your nightclub seat
I went out with two friends and a stranger
with a laugh and a pang of defeat .

But I looked in your eyes as I turned to go
was there something there that you couldn't show
a defensive device
meant to keep your heart on ice

[Repeat Chorus]-- You keep your heart on ice....

While I sat at the all-night diner
I was thinking of you at the bar
and the smiles and the jests and the whispers
as I watched once again from afar

But I looked in your eyes and I never knew
did I read you wrong, did I misconstrue
the defensive device
I will keep my heart on ice

[Repeat Chorus]-- I'll keep my heart on ice...

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