Words: Sade Adu
Music: Sade Adu and Andrew Hale, Stuart Matthewman



Clean heart
Clean and sharp

Clean dream
Bad start


He loved his brother and his sister
Luke and Tony called him Mister
They made him feel much more

Like a man
He loved his daddy though he never told him
And how he loved his mother

He loved
He loved her like an Italian


Little Janet said you look so fine
So fine
Something in his smile

Made them feel like strangers
And then he straightened his belt
With a lover's touch

And he said I'm gonna bring home
The things that are out of your clutch


Seemed like the hottest night in summer
A heat that makes you feel like dying


Somewhere in the next block
There was a baby crying


Finger on the trigger for the years to come

And as the moon slid up over the restless streets

Sirens mocking and people stop to see
Their greedy eyes don't realise
He's someone's son

Finger on the trigger for the years to come

Finger on the trigger for the years to come