Janis Ian - Heart of a City lyrics
[Janis Ian - Heart of a City lyrics]
This is a new song um
Actually somebody was asking
Me why it's not on a CD last night, and, um
That's because it's only four days old
There stood the observation deck
Where none had stood before
We stared down at the smoking ground
And one man took the floor
He said "I'm just five blocks from home
I was in it at the start
And they might have touched
The flesh and bone
But they did not strike the heart"
'Cause the heart of a city is
The soul of a man
And it runs like a river through
The beat of thе land
You can tear down a building
You can tear down a park
You can strike at a symbol
But you can't touch thе heart
There were ashes on the window sills
And ashes on the leaves
There were ashes on the tongues
Of everybody who still breathed
And flames so high they blocked the sky
'Til only cinders flew
But the phoenix rises from the ash
And I'll be rising, too
The heart of a city is the soul of a man
And it runs like a river to
The beat of the land
You can tear down a building
You can tear down a park
You can strike at a symbol
But you can't touch the heart
I heard the lady's torch
Across the harbor calling me
And a hundred thousand immigrants
Who came here to be free
And I thought about the cowards
Who were claiming victory
Well, if you see them on the street
You can tell 'em this for me
The heart of a city is the soul of a man
And it runs like a river through
The length of the land
They can tear down a building
They can tear down a park
They can tear down a symbol
But they can't touch the heart
They can strike at a symbol
But they can't touch the heart
They can strike at the symbol
But they can't touch the heart
Thank you thank you
Actually somebody was asking
Me why it's not on a CD last night, and, um
That's because it's only four days old
There stood the observation deck
Where none had stood before
We stared down at the smoking ground
And one man took the floor
He said "I'm just five blocks from home
I was in it at the start
And they might have touched
The flesh and bone
But they did not strike the heart"
'Cause the heart of a city is
The soul of a man
And it runs like a river through
The beat of thе land
You can tear down a building
You can tear down a park
You can strike at a symbol
But you can't touch thе heart
There were ashes on the window sills
And ashes on the leaves
There were ashes on the tongues
Of everybody who still breathed
And flames so high they blocked the sky
'Til only cinders flew
But the phoenix rises from the ash
And I'll be rising, too
The heart of a city is the soul of a man
And it runs like a river to
The beat of the land
You can tear down a building
You can tear down a park
You can strike at a symbol
But you can't touch the heart
I heard the lady's torch
Across the harbor calling me
And a hundred thousand immigrants
Who came here to be free
And I thought about the cowards
Who were claiming victory
Well, if you see them on the street
You can tell 'em this for me
The heart of a city is the soul of a man
And it runs like a river through
The length of the land
They can tear down a building
They can tear down a park
They can tear down a symbol
But they can't touch the heart
They can strike at a symbol
But they can't touch the heart
They can strike at the symbol
But they can't touch the heart
Thank you thank you