Heart On The Line

He remembers in the days of his youth
 He had an aptitude for acting cool
 And never unmasking his mind
 Never putting his heart on the line
 Penny ante in the peer-group game
 Taking chances for a fling with fame
 And never confessing the crime
 Never putting his heart on the line
 Putting his heart on the line
 Putting his heart on the line
 He remembers when his senses came
 And he recognized his foolishness
 And started to speak his true mind
 Started putting his heart on the line
 He saw the world through unused eyes
 Started ignoring what was cool
 And all the lies in society's shrines
 Started putting his heart on the line
 He rocked the boat and the culture-at-large said
 "We don't want to talk truth or God
 Or no other themes of that kind
 Or of putting your heart on the line"
 So now he blends in with the bourgeoisie
 He learned the lesson that society
 Rewards only those who decline
 To go putting their hearts on the line