Holes - Janis Ian

There are holes in my shoes

There are holes in my clothes

There’s a hole in my heart

Where you used to go — my heart

There’s a hole in my lips

Where you used to kiss me

A hole in the hole

And nobody fits me now — oh, now

And I could find somebody new

There’s a lot of fish in the sea

But every time I see one next to you

I know this hole’s where

My soul wants to be

There’s a hole in the wall

Where my fist found your face

There’s a hole in the soul

Of the whole human race — your face

Holes in the flesh

Holes in the bone

Holes in this bed

Where I now dance alone — our home

And I could find somebody new

There’s a match for every flame

Any time I strike one next to you

I know that hole

Will never be the same

There’s a crack in the world

Where it holds up the sky

And it bleeds from the mouth

And it foams from the eye

There’s a hole in this desert

My life has become

I am rock, I am stone

I am blind and deaf and dumb

There are holes in my shoes

Holes in my clothes

Holes in my heart

Where you used to go — my heart

And I could find somebody new

And finally be set free

But every time I see someone with you

I know that hole’s where

My soul wants to be