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A Good Heart
Feargal Sharkey


A Good Heart Feargal Sharkey was a collaboration with Madness member Cathal Smyth titled 'Listen To Your Father'.


The track was performed on Top of the Pops with members of Madness.

His best-known solo material is the 1985 UK chart-topping single penned by Maria McKee, A Good Heart, which went to no.1 in several countries in 1985.

Feargal Sharkey also had UK Top 5 hit in 1986 with 'You Little Thief'.

This song has a link with 'A Good Heart': 'You Little Thief' was written by Benmont Tench, a member of Tom Petty's band, about his relationship with Maria McKee in response to Maria McKee writing 'A Good Heart' about him.

A Good Heart Feargal Sharkey reached number 12 in the UK chart.

He achieved further success in 1991 with his UK Top 30 album 'Songs From The Mardi Gras.

A Good Heart Feargal Sharkey Lyrics

I hear a lot of stories
I suppose they could be true
All about love
And what it can do to you

Highest risk of striking out
The risk of getting hurt
And still
I have so much to learn

I know, 'cause I think about it all the time
I know, that real love has quite a price

And a good heart, these days, is hard to find
(a good heart)
True love, the lasting kind
A good heart, these days, is hard to find
So please be gentle with this heart of mine

My expectations may be high
I blame that on my youth
Soon enough, I'll learned
The painful truth

I'll face it like a fighter
Then boast of how I've grown
Anything is better
Than being alone

I know, 'cause I learn a little every day
I know, 'cause I listen when the experts say

That a good heart, these days, is hard to find
(a good heart)True love, the lasting kind
A good heart, these days, is hard to find
So please be gentle with this heart of mine

As I look back
On all my childhood dreams
My ideas of love
Weren't as foolish as they seemed

If I don't start looking now
I'll be left behind
And a good heart these days
It's hard to find

I know, it's a dream I'm willing to defend
I know, it will all be worth it in the end

And a good heart, these days, is hard to find
(a good heart)True love, the lasting kind
A good heart, these days, is hard to find
So please be gentle with this heart of mine

And a good heart, these days, is hard to find
(a good heart)
True love, the lasting kind
A good heart, these days, is hard to find
So please be gentle with this,
with this heart (with this heart) of mine

A good heart
A good heart
A good heart
A good heart
A good heart
A good heart



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