Jim Carroll Band Plain Division Lyrics

Plain Division Lyrics

By Jim Carroll, Jon Tiven, and Sally Tiven

>From A World Without Gravity: The Best of the Jim Carroll Band



There's a wind up in the trees

Like a voice that's whispering "Please"

Someone's decided on dividing

Everything in two 



I'd rip the money in half

I'd even break the staff

But split apart my heart

And there's no room for you 



Refrain:

Listen, love will always divide

You may not need both sides

It may be empty, it may be full

It's all just push and pull 



The front might be the rear

My poison pet

And you can't be sure which side you get

Come on,

Then make the decision

It's a love division 



All the jealous gestures, the blades of hurt desire

Slit my heart apart

Hear the cries that flow through the wire

They're passing through

They're split in two

I know inside, I can't divide the things I'm sure are true . . .

But I could take what you break

And make it all seem new 



Repeat Refrain 



Everybody's underground commuting at the speed of sound

Listen what the wheels say

They say: "Rip apart, rip my heart, rip my heart, 

rip the dark, trip the dark, abattoir . . ."



Repeat Refrain 





Copyright Dr. Benway Music/Sally Tiven Music, ASCAP/Jon Tiven Music, BMI (1995