My name is Bentley Jackson, I just got out of prison
My time inside taught to survive, you have got to learn to listen
Sometimes doing nothing means you’re choosing to take away
I headed back to my old home town where everything had changed
Nobody remembered why, nobody new my name
So I wrote it on the wall again and again and again and again and again

The Sound of the Broken Heart - is the sound of the rolling thunder
A sub-bass in my Soul - with a drop to make you wonder
Why fools will miss the gold in the force of the flowing river
Because the Sound of the Broken Heart - is deafening

I used to have a true love, that lived down by the station
Her heart was pure poetry her soul was inspiration
I wish that she’d looked back at me, when I was taken away
Because I had just one more truth to tell
That I couldn’t find the words to say
So all I said was nothing and all she heard was nothing
I never knew for certain if she felt the same

The Sound of the Broken Heart - is the sound of the rolling thunder
A sub-bass in my soul - with a drop to make you wonder
Why fools will miss the gold in the force of the flowing river
Because the Sound of the Broken Heart - is deafening

I died inside when Bently left - I wept down by the river
Tears for our years of gold, now I’m making do with silver
Nobody could help me, understand the reason he was taken
I know that he’ll come back for me, stop my Heart from breaking
I shared my life with no one I shared my soul with no-one
So many years of wanting, hoping, knowing he’ll come home

The Sound of the Broken Heart - like the sound of the rolling thunder
A sub-bass in my Soul - with a drop to make you wonder
Why fools will miss the gold in the force of the flowing river
Because the Sound of the Broken Heart - is deafening

When I finally found her – I stood in breathless wonder
The years had been so kind to her I swear that she looked younger
I never could accept myself, her beauty made it harder, so
I turned around and walked away - no happily ever after
My head and heart were almost bursting
So long had I felt nothing
I almost came alive - but I got used to it that way

The Sound of the Broken Heart - is the sound of the rolling thunder
A sub-bass in my soul - with a drop to make you wonder
Why fools will miss the fold in the force of the flowing river
Because the Sound of the Broken Heart - is deafening

I thought that you were near me
I sensed that you were here
To pick up all the broken years and brush away my fears
We’re closer to the meaning - now we’re further from our youth
I’d wait for you forever my Love no cure in the truth

One day we’ll be together, some way we’ll be together
I’ll wait for you forever - ‘til I can’t hear the rain

The Sound of the Broken Heart - is the sound of the rolling thunder
A break-beat in my soul - with a drop that makes you wonder
Why the fools that miss the gold – see the force in the flowing river
The Sound of the Broken Heart - is deafening

My Name is Bentley Jackson