A heart like hers is hard to find
Until you do, you can lose your mind
A heart like hers is easy to break
So good care of her you gotta take
Ooh yeah, she’s got a heart of gold
She’s so special, she can’t be bought or sold
Ooh yeah, she’s got a heart of glass
Crystal clear, with style and class
Oh, she’s got a precious heart
A precious heart, so fragile and pure
Ooh, she’s got a precious heart
A heart so precious, to protect and insure
She’s got a precious heart.
A precious heart is like a precious stone
So priceless, you can’t just leave it alone
A precious heart is with a precious few
Consider yourself honored if one is offered to you
Ooh yeah, she’s got a heart of flesh
No stone for her, but a spirit fresh
Ooh yeah, she’s got a heart of oak
Stout and sturdy, and won’t be provoked
Oh, she’s got a precious heart
She’ll push right back when push comes to shove
Ooh, she’s got a precious heart
Tough when needed, but tender with love
She’s got a precious heart.
And when the clouds of war darken the air
Her precious heart shines through and reminds me she’s there
Her firm resolve stands strong and true
When I feel lost she’ll show me what I need to do
Ooh yeah, she’s got a heart of steel
An iron will and an even keel
Ooh yeah, she’s got a heart of light
To chase away the darkness of encroaching night
Oh, she’s got a precious heart
More precious than any metal or stone
Ooh, she’s got a precious heart
And she saves a place in it for me alone
She’s got a precious heart.
©2023 The Hesh Inc.
I started writing this in the mid-1980s during my army service in Israel, thinking of no one in particular but wanting to write a song in the vein of "Live it Up" by Mental As Anything from the Crocodile Dundee soundtrack, which was all over the radio at some point during that era. I also imagined there would be some elements of John Cafferty's "Down on My Knees" (from the Eddie and the Cruisers soundtrack) and Van Halen's "Dance the Night Away" ... like an '80s time capsule. In the summer of 2022, in the wake of my father's passing, I began to sense my own mortality looming ahead, and, feeling like I didn't want to leave anything unfinished when my inevitable time comes, I began revisiting all my old songs that had been languishing in my notebooks. When I came to this one roughly about a year later, I realized I wanted to make it about my beloved wife, Cheryl, for whom (believe it or not) I had not written a song the entire time we've been together.
The last verse came about in October 2023, in the days after the horrible Hamas terror attack on Israel. I was feeling lost, and that my creative endeavors that I had hitherto been working on now seemed pointless. It was Cheryl who reminded me that I needed to keep working on my music. And I realized that it is these very things that keep me sane and stable in an increasingly insane and unstable world.
So ... to Cheryl I say ... here is your song. With love.
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