The first thing that dies is the light from the eyes
You don't think a lover can tell
When the fie is gone in a cool miner's son
Like the ringing of the Rhymney bell
It begins in the south like a kiss on the mouth
Like a friend in the still of the night
But ends with your hearts in pieces and parts
In a cab in a cold grey light

(Shot from the right) There goes the gunman
(Shot from the left) They let him go free
Shot through the heart
Oh, such a young one, why'd you do this to me?
I was just crying to get free

While cuppin' your hand around a cold ale can
You're quietly doing me in
Now that it's don you believe in no one
And you say it again and again
I'm packing my bags, I won't shed a tear
I learned how to do that from you
I'm tossing these bottles and powders dear
I can't watch it happen to you

(Shot from the right) There goes the gunman
(Shot from the left) They let him go free
Shot through the heart
Oh, such a young one, why'd you do this to me?
I was just crying to get free

I fly 'cross the ocean to say that I care
I swear I do anyway
You laugh in my face, you take it in stride
You carefully throw it away

(Shot from the right) There goes the gunman
(Shot from the left) They let him go free
Shot through the heart
Oh, such a young one, why'd you do this to me?
I was just crying to get free

(Shot from the right) There goes the gunman
(Shot from the left) They let him go free
Shot through the heart
Oh, such a young one, why'd you do this to me?
I was just crying to get free