Can't you hear the beat of a broken heart? Can't you see our love is dying?
Must you go on suffering and make me cry? Can't you see our love is crying?
Can't you see what I might want you to? And take my love is going?
Can't you tralala like a tom-tom drum and make it hard as a violin?
Do we all of us, and I said aye, aye, well, how?
Can't you hear the beat of a broken heart? Can't you hear a lion's crying?
Like a some-tom-tom of a tom-tom drum, can you hear my heart a-crying?
Can't you hear the beat of a broken heart? Can't you see our love is dying?
Won't you bring my way and mend your ways
And keep my heart from crying
You told me that we could have
I thought our love was the finest thing
And would go on forever
Can't you hear the beat of a broken heart
Can't you see our love is dying
Like a pit-pit-pit-pit of a silent heart
You know my heart is crying