We heard the rats in the rafters scurry by And we wondered about the color of the sky outside In Warsaw, in 1939 it was all right just to be alive It was good that you were mine And you held your hands up To form a heart in the air You held your hands up with your thumbs touching They formed a heart in the air Through the piece missing from the brick wall We had an excellent view of the soldiers coming down the hall And you held your hands up where I could see them in the dark and they formed a heart in the air You held your hands up and they formed a heart in the air I heard the old songs radiating from you I heard the old songs radiating from you