Hostage of My Heart
c) 1984 Todd Jones
from the X-teens' Love and Politics

I guess I'm a hostage of my heart
Little things can make me fall apart
and that's why I walk away from love

Many times I've had romance in mind
I was so obsessed that I was blind
and when my vision cleared, I found I was along

Hostage...
Come to my rescue
Hostage...
Don't make me wait another minute for you
Hostage...
Come to my resuce
Hostage...
Today...

Art is play and what is love but pain
Kind of like a picnic in the rain
I feel like a hydrant, at the whim of your great dane

Love shy, I'm bitten by the asp of rapture
I cannot capture, love's too mental and consequental
I live without romance

Hostage...
How much longer, How much longer, How much longer
'til I'm free?

She said she'd love me
'til the end of measured time
Now I'm all alone and my Timex still works fine

So that's why I'm a hostage of my heart
I call things off before they start
and when the dust has cleared, I'm a hundred heart beats away