Johnny Flynn
Johnny Flynn
Johnny Flynn
Johnny Flynn
Johnny Flynn
Johnny Flynn
Johnny Flynn
Johnny Flynn
Johnny Flynn
Johnny Flynn
Johnny Flynn
The Hank of the title has had his heart broken by unrequited love, and is sailing away to make a new start somewhere else to escape the pain and humiliation of his rejection. However, he still can’t stop thinking about the woman who has rejected him. He’s singing a song to try and comfort himself, b...
[Verse 1]
So long broken parts of me
I will fix you up inside my dream
"Ours is but to do or die"
Said Alfred to the charging light
So long broken parts of me
[Chorus]
Oh the ocean carries me
Oh the ocean carries me
She carries me away
She carries me away
She carries me away
She carries me back home
[Verse 2]
This one goes out west to Heart Sunk Hank
Got stuck in the rungs of the ladder of his rank
When he was just a rolling stone
He sang so high and lonesome
This one goes out west to Heart Sunk Hank
[Chorus]
Oh the ocean carries me
Oh the ocean carries me
She carries me away
She carries me away
She carries me away
She carries me back home
[Verse 3]
I'm weeping for the one girl that I love
I'm crying more than that old song's lonesome dove
She doesn't even like that song
The chords are trite, the words are wrong
I'm weeping for the one girl that I love
(Applause and cheering)
Heart Sunk Hank was written by Johnny Flynn.
Heart Sunk Hank was produced by Adam Beach & Giles Barrett & Johnny Flynn.