Hand Carved Heart Lyrics

HAND-CARVED HEART -Tom Russell
Theres an old Spanish oak bent over a country road
If it could tell all that it knows of a hand-carved heart
Once two lovers slept in its shade, his hands weaving thru her dark braids
They shared the edge of a blade, carved their names in the bark
Chorus: The heart it has darkened with the weather of years
It may never fade away, washed clean with her tears
The human heart breaks with a hurt that runs deep through the blood
I wish it was made out of wood, like a hand carved heart
Then he rode away down that old country road
Away from the old Spanish oak and the hand-carved heart
He said shed be back one day, she waited, she wept and she prayed
She vowed he would never betray the hand-carved heart
Chorus: The heart it has darkened with the weather of years
It may never fade away, washed clean with his tears
The human heart breaks with a hurt that runs deep through the blood
I wish it was made out of wood, like a hand carved heart
I wish it was made out of wood, like a hand carved heart