500 Pieces

500 Pieces

I've seen you down on Polk Street
talking trash and high on speed
they say you used to know how to bump and grind
now you've got too much on your mind
Like 500 pieces of your heart
500 arrows missed their mark

It took four strong men to take you
took the whole damn world to break you
now you're living in an old hotel
cable TV and a patchwork quilt and there's 500 pieces of your mind
500 loves you left behind

Traveler of time and space
Oh, you're such a pretty face
and it's a shame your mother never knew
‘cause baby it ain't hard to see
in the warm glow of the TV screen
you're more than the mess they made of you

You're trying to collect the pieces of
all the people that you like and love
maybe it ain't too late
your little brother can still be saved from
500 pieces of your heart
500 arrows missed their mark

Baby it’s real clear to me in the bright light of the TV screen
You’re more than the mess they made of you