Listen to my heartbeat   Yeah, all fall down   Someone help me off of the ground   Listen to my heartbeat   Yeah, all fall down   Someone help me off of the ground      Nelson and Starr   He's got ten grandkids, she's the third missus   He grooves around intensive care   Strutting his stuff      He's got the perfect mullet hanging down his back   And Starr walks in, gives a little wiggle   Makes old Nelson grin   He tucks me in, touches my feet   "Hey buddy, you know you got a slow heartbeat"      Listen to my heartbeat   Yeah, listen to my heartbeat   And the marching band plays along   Plays the morphine song on charity ward   Yeah, the marching band plays its song      Yeah, all fall down   Someone help me off of the ground   Yeah, all fall down   Someone help me off of the ground      And opposite me Brenda the alkie coughs so deep   It's the drugs and the drink, it could happen to anyone   Sure makes me think   And the bed beside her is full of cables and leaves   Nobody visits, nobody grieves      Listen to my heartbeat   Yeah, listen to my heartbeat      Nelson and Starr   He's got ten grandkids, she's the third missus   Starr takes some blood out of my arm   Rolls me over just like that      Listen to my heartbeat, slow but clean   While Brenda the alkie looks so mean   They wheel her out, she starts to cry   "If I don't get better, I'm gonna die   I'll go cold turkey till I'm clean   I'll go to jail but you get the morphine"      Listen to my heartbeat   Yeah, listen to my heartbeat   And the marching band song   Plays in the morgue at the charity ward   Yeah, the marching band plays its song      Yeah, all fall down   Someone help me off of the ground   Listen to my heartbeat   Yeah, all fall down   Someone help me off of the ground