Clean Heart

clean heart 
clean and sharp 
clean dream 
bad start 

he loved his brother and his sister 
luke and tony called him mister 
they made him feel much more 
like a man 
he loved his daddy though he never told him 
and how he loved his mother 
he loved 
he loved her like an italian 

little janet said you look so fine 
so fine 
something in his smile 
made them feel like strangers 
and then he straightened his belt 
with a lover's touch 
and he said i'm gonna bring home 
the things that are out of your clutch 

seemed like the hottest night in summer 
a heat that makes you feel like dying 

somewhere in the next block 
there was a baby crying 

finger on the trigger for the years to come 

and as the moon slid up over the restless streets 
sirens mocking and people stop to see 
their greedy eyes don't realise 
he's someone's son 
finger on the trigger for the years to come 

finger on the trigger for the years to come