Bitter Boy - Kate Rusby

There was a boy, a bitter boy

Who’s golden heart I saw gleaming

I thought I’d win the heart within

But now I know that I was dreaming

But I will rise, and I will sing

Until the day I can’t conceal it

Because I hold the saddest song

And wish to God I cannot feel it

Then the boy, the bitter boy

He came to me for rest and healing

He reached in his chest, deep in his breast

Held out the heart for me still gleaming

Then the boy, me and the boy

We walked for miles through stormy weather

Hand in hand, we roamed the land

And held the gleaming heart together

Then the boy, the bitter boy

He came to take the gleaming treasure

He reached in my chest, deep in my breast

And took the gleaming heart forever