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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Dave Malloy
Dave Malloy
Piano
Lucy Kirkwood
Lucy Kirkwood
Performer
National Theatre
National Theatre
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Dave Malloy
Dave Malloy
Songwriter
Lucy Kirkwood
Lucy Kirkwood
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Dave Malloy
Dave Malloy
Producer
Marc Tritschler
Marc Tritschler
Producer

Lyrics

No one has to think about their heartbeat It pounds inside your chest day and night, night and day No, no one thinks at all about their heartbeat We just assume that it's there and there to stay But everybody's heart is a drummer Yes, a drummer who bangs and cracks and pounds If you listen, you just might start to wonder How anyone can sit there and not make a sound Get up Get up off the floor There's a rhythm in your heart Telling you it's time to start So get up Walk right through the door There's a drumbeat in your chest That will one day come to rest, now get up Once you hear your heartbeat inside you You can break apart the walls, break the ceiling, break the floor Yes, once you let your heartbeat move and guide you It can show you how to fly and how to soar But remember that it's now or never That drummer doesn't last all that long Your heartbeat won't go on forever Five hundred will slip by before the end of this song Get up Get up off the floor There's a rhythm in your heart Telling you it's time to start So get up Walk right through the door There's a drumbeat in your chest That will one day come to rest, now get up And every creature gets a different number Big old whales beat slow, little mice beat fast The smaller you are, the faster your drummer So don't give up, make it count while it lasts Get up How many heartbeats have you got? There's a rhythm in your heart Telling you it's time to start Get up How many heartbeats have you got? There's a drumbeat in your chest That will one day come to rest Get up How many heartbeats have you got? (Get up off the floor) If today is all you've got Will you give it your best shot? Now get up How many heartbeats have you got? (Walk right through the door) Can you feel them slipping by? Time is short, you've got to try, now get up Ah-ah-ah-ah Ah-ah-ah-ah Get up!
Writer(s): Dave Malloy, Lucy Kirkwood Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
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