Every i is dotted with a tiny little heart
All the o's are smiling and it's tearing you apart
When will you destroy her land of love and wonder?
One wrong word is all it takes
to rip her world asunder
Hearts and stars on sweetly scented paper
Nothing you do will ever have the power to save her
Hearts and stars on letters to the wrong boys
She sleeps beneath a shelf with all her old toys
Every time she giggles it's a painful little sound
And she utters all these cliches
when she wants to be profound
You love her cuz she’s fragile
and we all need to feel strong
But I’ll kill you if you break her
and no one would think it’s wrong
Hearts and stars on sweetly scented paper
Nothing you do
will have the power to save her
Hearts and stars on letters to the wrong boys
Uncouth men ordering too many Rob Roys
supported by 4 fans who also own “Hearts and Stars”
It's the essence of TMJ to follow up a smart song about the need to forge new memories with a killer that grooves on everything great and awful about the 1970s. Brash, confident, and deeply pleasurable -- and its vibe is punctured by the new old b-side's warning "living backwards in time/losing your mind." As always, TMJ has it all ways, beautifully. Alan S