As I sit in the all night diner

You return to your easy chair

You awake to your work and your woman

And I'll dream that it's me lying there

You can look in my eyes but you'll never know

There's an ache inside that I never show

A defensive device

Meant to keep my heart on ice

I keep my heart on ice I chill my holy soul

I shield my fragile eggshell love

From attack during the groundswell

I'll act the part so well I'll play my finest role

But the furies take their toll and their price

Is to keep my heart on ice

As I sit in the all night diner

You leaned back in your nightclub seat

I went out with two friends and a stranger

With a laugh and a pang of defeat

But I looked in your eyes as I turned to go

Was there something there that you couldn't show

A defensive device

Meant to keep your heart of ice

You keep your heart on ice you chill your holy soul

You shield your fragile eggshell love

From attack during the groundswell

You act the part so well you'll play your finest role

But the furies take their toll and their price

Is to keep my heart on ice

As I sit in the all night diner

I was thinking of you at the bar

And the smiles and the jests and the whispers

As I watched once again from afar

But I looked in your eyes and I never knew

Did I read you wrong did I misconstrue

The defensive device I will keep my heart on ice

I keep my heart on ice I chill my holy soul

I shield my fragile eggshell love

From attack during the groundswell

I'll act the part so well I'll play my finest role

But the furies take their toll and their price

Is to keep my heart on ice