Hand Over Head - Heidi Berry

When she flew into town

Her feet never met the ground

But I saw her face

Like a bright, proud flower

But something around the eyes

Shadows, that put the lie to her laughing voice

And those brave, brave words

Some of us live too hard

Some of die to young

And some are destroyed by what they might have done

I knew a man long ago

A hermit who held no hope

In his withered heart

Or his sad eyes

He lived a life of counterfeit

Pretending his life was sweet

Let others take chances

He was too afraid to make

Some of us live too hard

Some of die to young

And some are destroyed by what they might have done

So she flew out again

Waved to the crowd and then

Hand over head

She was gone

Some of us live too hard

Some of die to young

And some are destroyed by what they might have done