Heartbeat Away
Sheryl Crow * Track #9 On Be Myself
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Album Be Myself
Heartbeat Away by Sheryl Crow
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“Heartbeat Away” is another song from Be Myself written about the Donald Trump’s presidency, largely based in apocalyptic fear of nuclear war. Sheryl said to Rolling Stone magazine:
My sleep has been disturbed. My insides are ridden with unease. I wrote that song before Trump got the nomination – i...
Heartbeat Away Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Leonard put on his sunglasses
And he dialed the telephone
Left a message with his loved ones
"Don't wait up, I won't be home"
He scribbled on some hotel stationery
"Now you see me, now you don't"
[Verse 2]
He put his money in a briefcase
And he gave it to the man
Who took it to the Cayman Islands
And he buried it in the sand
So when the hackers hacked the system
He'll be on the beach with a Mai Tai in his hand
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, but that's alright
Yeah, that's okay
When it gets too tight
Gonna slip away
[Chorus]
You got the money, you got the fame
When you see me comin', you'll know my name
Hide in the shadows, 'til your dyin' day
Revelation's a heartbeat away
[Verse 3]
Well, the devil's in the details
As the details start to leak
So it is as what's predicted
You can feel it on the streets
There ain't no silver in the bank vaults
There's just paper where the money used to be
[Verse 4]
Even God ain't gonna fix this
You got here all on your own
You bet the president is sweating
While Russia's blowing up the phone
Deny, deny everything
But still, let's throw that rabid dog a bone
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, but that's alright
Yeah, that's okay
When it gets too tight
Gonna slip away
[Chorus]
You got the money, you got the fame
When you see me comin', you'll know my name
Hide in the shadows, 'til your dyin' day
Revelation's a heartbeat away
Heartbeat away, heartbeat away
Heartbeat away
Heartbeat away, heartbeat away
Revelation's a heartbeat away-ay
[Verse 5]
"Well, there's gonna be a new day"
Said the man with the red face
With his finger on a button
As he hums Amazing Grace
And he ponders the eternal
On his private jet as he heads off into space
[Chorus]
You got the money, you got the fame
When you see me comin', you'll know my name
Hide in the shadows, 'til your dyin' day
Revelation's a heartbeat away, yeah
You got the money, you got the fame
When you see me comin', you'll know my name
Hide in the shadows, 'til your dyin' day
Revelation's a heartbeat away
Heartbeat away, heartbeat away
Heartbeat away
Heartbeat away, heartbeat away
Revelation's a heartbeat away
Heartbeat away, yeah
Heartbeat Away Q&A
Who wrote Heartbeat Away's ?
Heartbeat Away was written by Jeff Trott & Sheryl Crow.
Who produced Heartbeat Away's ?
Heartbeat Away was produced by Jeff Trott & Sheryl Crow.
When did Sheryl Crow release Heartbeat Away?
Sheryl Crow released Heartbeat Away on Fri Apr 21 2017.
What else has Sheryl said about the song?
In an interview with Rolling Stone:
I wrote it before that was any discussion of Russia. But it’s about espionage and a guy who is burying his money off the coast of the Cayman Islands and Russia is hacking. Cut to the election and it became really foreboding, very eerie. It ends with a guy with a...