Two Hard Years

No you don't forget these winters,

Lord, it’s so damn cold

Used to write her bout’ my sufferin,

My sweet darlin’ girl back home

Do more workin’ now than living,

And I’m livin so alone

No I never should have left her

Would have stayed if I had known

Now I'm 40 long-hours south of somewhere

I should still remain

She’s happy now, I’ve heard she’s found,

Someone to change her name

Looking back I'm wondering how I let her slip away

But it’s been seven hundred thirty days,

 And two hard years too late

V2

Ain't no use in reminiscing

Can't put sand back in the glass

So I'm working myself silly

To put her memory in the past

No I ain't spent a single dollar

Except for food and rent

I still hold it on the off chance

She'll take me back again

Now I'm 40 long-hours south of somewhere

I should still remain

She’s happy now, I’ve heard she’s found,

Someone to change her name

Looking back I'm wondering how I let her slip away

But it’s been seven hundred thirty days,

 And two hard years too late

I’ve got some money here saved up

Just looking for a piece of land

But just seeing how it all turned out

No it didn't go to plan

 Now I'm 40 long-hours south of somewhere

I should still remain

She’s happy now, I’ve heard she’s found,

Someone to change her name

Looking back I'm wondering how I let her slip away

But it’s been seven hundred thirty days,

 And two hard years too late