The Beating of Another Heart by Graham Parker from the 1980 album The Up Escalator

She comes from the hardest town,
They build you up to let you down,
And leave you with an armour hard as steel,
It's not the chaos or the heat,
Or the noises from the street,
But something inside she has to beat,
That shouts at her nerves, causes judgement to swerve,
And makes me feel that something must be wrong.
She'll attempt to resist, and pretend it don't exist where it does,
But if ever her defence drops,
Love takes a shot, pop,
Baby, you can't stop the beating of another heart,
The beating of another heart,
Yeah! sometimes she needs the beating of another heart.

All the steps we seem to take,
Are sometimes stairways to escape from,
All the things that were supposed to come,
There's a threat when letting go,
Showing things she'll never show,
But I won't give in now I know,
As I ask a friend,
How on earth can I send,
A little bit of me to her?
She'll attempt to resist.
And pretend I don't exist when I do,
But if ever her defence drops,
Love takes a shot, pop,
Baby, you can't stop the beating of another heart,
The beating of another heart,
Yeah! sometimes she needs the beating of another heart.

The pounding goes on forever,
At night when we are here together,
They say that people get too clever, for love,
But I know,
That if ever her defence drops,
Love takes a shot, pop,
Baby, you can't stop the beating of another heart,
The beating of another heart,
Yeah! sometimes she needs the beating of another heart.