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Love Needs A Heart

This version of Love Needs A Heart was released by Jackson Browne in 1977.

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Maybe the hardest thing I’ve ever done
Was to walk away from you
Leaving behind the life that we’d begun
I split myself in two

Proud and alone, cold as a stone
Rolling down that hill into the night
I could see the surprise and the hurt in your eyes
From behind each flashing city light

Love needs a heart and I need to find
If loves needs a heart like mine

Love won’t come near me, she don’t even hear me
She walks past my vacancy sign
Love needs a heart, trusting and blind
I wish that heart was mine

Proud and alone, cold as a stone
I’m afraid to believe the things I feel
I can cry with the best I can laugh with the rest
But I’m never sure when it’s real
And it may be the hardest thing I’ve ever done
But apart from all that I hope to find
Where’s the heart that’s been looking for mine?
I hope it finds me in time

Love needs a heart and I need to find
If love needs a heart like mine

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The lyrics to Love Needs A Heart are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Jackson Browne in 1977. Elements of the lyrics to Love Needs A Heart are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Jackson Browne and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Love Needs A Heart back when it was created.

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