still beating

I know the dog days of the summer

Have you ten to one outnumbered

Seems like everybody up and left

And they're not coming back

The shadow that you're standing on's still here

Sometimes that's all that you can ask

And your heart's still beating

You're not the fastest draw in town now

How many times you been shot down now?

Seems like everybody else could see

The things you never did

But if you could yourself

You'd probably never have made it through the things you did

And your heart still beating, yeah

I know the dog days of the summer

Have you ten to one outnumbered

It seems like everybody else saw

Trouble sneaking up behind

Left you half dead in the street

But that just means you're half alive

And your heart's still beating

Still beating, still beating

Still beating, still beating

Still beating, still beating

And your heart's still beating, yeah

- Josh Ritter