Love Song

Come and listen now you fellows to a story of true love
Of a thoughtless and unworldly boy and an angel from above
Yes an angel from above
His heart was dark as coal dust and hers was white as snow
He was rough around the edges what she seen I'll never know
What she seen I'll never know
Her beauty was like a dogwood blooming in the spring
A young and tender mountain girl who only wanted love
Yes only to be loved
But he loved to drink his whiskey and stay out late at night
His mind was full of sinful lust chasing his own desires
Chasing his own desires

Oh her love for him was stronger than a wall of seasoned oak
And she knew he was what she wanted but could she pierce his hardened soul
Could she pierce his hardened soul
Oh her tears could flood a river and she prayed for him each day
But her pleading cry he wouldn't hear why she stayed I do not know
Why she stayed I do not know
She would go to church on Sundays with a burdened heavy load
Asking to the lord above what to do I do not know
Should I stay or should I go

Oh he could not understand her nor understand himself
But he knew he loved that tender girl but he suffered how to show
Didn't know how he could show
One day he finally realized he was full of foolish pride
And the things she tried to tell him she was always right
Yeah he's opened up his eyes
Then upon one frosty morning to the altar he did go
And he asked to be forgiven of the wrongs that he had wrote
And the girl who's heart he broke
Now they sit and age together and he tells her everyday
How much he loves his pretty wife and he'll love her to the grave
Yes I'll love her to the grave