Barbed-Wire Around My Heart

lyrics from a song I wrote

They say people who wear their heart on their sleeve                       

Have a greater chance of getting hurt       

They say they're much easier to deceive         

Which lowers their self-esteem of worth                

I guess I need to strengthen my defenses    

And protect the love that I hold so dear       

It's like a cowboy mending fences                           

So that nothing will disappear

CHORUS:       

I guess I should put a little barbed-wire around my heart                     

Maybe that will help me keep it from falling quickly apart                              

Perhaps it will be a warning sign                     

Saying back off, not this time      

Or take it slow and easy                                  

Before those sharp edges leave its mark         

I guess I should put a little barbed-wire around my heart

It's not that I'm trying to prevent love from coming at all                   

I'm just embracing for the possibility               

I'd rather be reduced to an even crawl             

Than begging there down on my knees           

I'm not someone you can use and toss aside                                     

Or to see how much you can get away with                                     

You've done crossed over that property line      

And now I will have to protect it

REPEAT CHORUS

That may sound a bit dramatic   

But it's the only solution   

But your heart will feel fantastic                                   

Once it rids all that pollution

REPEAT CHORUS

Perhaps it will be a warning sign                 

Saying back off, not this time                                    

Or take it slow and easy                                  

Before those sharp edges leave its mark              

I guess I should put a little barbed-wire around my heart                              

I should put a little barbed-wire around my heart!

Written by: James W. Mckay/ 6-24-21

Reviews

[Julie McCarthy (juliesp..]

Do you play piano or guitar
What sort of beat fast or slow
I like this a lot
Especially barb wire
Keeps the hoodlums out

[James Mckay]

Thank you Julie. Unfortunately I don't play anything. I listen to a lot of country music. If I were to give it a tempo, it would be slow yet steady.