I Live on a Battlefield - Nanci Griffith

I live on a battlefield

Surrounded by the ruins of a love we built

And then destroyed between us, the smoke has cleared

As I stumble through the rubble

I’m dazed and seein' double

And I’m truly mystified

My new home

Is a shell-hole filled with tears and muddy water

And bits of broken heart

All around

There is desolation

And scenes of devastation

Of a love being torn apart

I live on a battlefield

I live on a battlefield

I live on a battlefield

The one where not one single drop of

Blood has spilled

Is no less horrifying

Sweet memmories

Of a bygone situation

Now shattered

Lord and battered

Lies scattered all around

My new home

Is a shell-hole filled

With tears and muddy water

Yes, and bits of broken heart

All around

There is desolation

And scenes of devastation

Of a love being torn apart

I live on a battlefield

I live on a battlefield

I live on a battlefield

Everything that can and has gone wrong

(I live on a battlefield)

It’s gonna take spine to carry on

(I live on a battlefield)

Like a drownin' man comin' up for air

(I live on a battlefield)

I’m looking for another survivor

But I can’t see one anywhere

My new home

(My home is filled with muddy water)

All around

(All around, there’s bit of broken heart)

My world

(My world)

Is one of desolation

And scenes of devastation

There is no consolation

For a love been torn apart

I live on a battlefield

I live on a battlefield, battlefield

I live on a battlefield

(My home is filled with muddy water)

I live on a battlefield, battlefield

I live on a battlefield

(All around, there’s bits of broken heart)

I live on a battlefield, battlefield

I live on a battlefield, battlefield