Broke

I could see the pride in your eyes when you got the news that day

60 hours a week, tires on a jeep, and you'd have off every 12 days

I never thought that mistress in the mountains might take you away from me

But sometimes you gotta dance with the devil to put shoes on baby's feet

So I'll pack your lunch and send you off into the dark

I pray that mine won't steal you from me like you stole my heart

And I will wait for you

Till you're gray and old and if that mountain calls you home

With you I will go

I'll wait for you

Till those hills run out of coal and the county company folds and we all go broke

I spent my honeymoon in the living room and you spent yours down in the mines

But at age 19, yeah, that was fine with me, but it gets harder over time

When you're home, go straight to bed 'cause you're too tired to speak

Darlin', I don't mind the lonely or the ashes in the sheets

And I will wait for you

Till you're gray and old and if that mountain calls you home

With you I will go

I'll wait for you

Till those hills run out of coal and the county company folds and we all go broke

And I will wait for you

And when we get old and gray, I'll thank the good Lord every day

That we got there

And I will wait for you

Even if that mountain wins

I won't let this be the end

I won't give up hope

Love don't go broke