Ballad of a Broken Heart

We'll I met her in Dixie, how that woman tricked me she said I was her only one
The rooster was crowin and I started ballin, when she woke with another man's son
So I said to my lady, I ain't your baby, I packed up and went on the run
I got me some liquor, that sweet fine elixer and drank till that bottle was done

I can dive, deep down into your love and swim for shelter
Or I can ride on the evening train and be free from sea to shining sea
When he goes out tippin, the bottle he's sippin drinks him till he's dry as a bone
When it's late at night and we get into a fight and I we end up in the morning alone
I sit home for hours, waiting for flowers, wait till I'm old and I'm gray
So I left him for good, not knowin do I should, ever return here this way

I could dive deep down into your love and swim for shelter
Or I can ride on the evening train and be free from sea to shining sea
I've got wine in my Mustache
Tears on my eyelash please darlin why won't you come home
I've got beers on the table, cause my heart ain't able, to leave my poor head alone
I've been livin off whiskey, my love don't you miss me

Well the gin's cleared my head, of a love lost and dead
Oh Lord can't you see I've Atoned

Oh Lord can't you see I've Atoned
Oh Lord can't you see I've Atoned
Oh Lord can't you see I've Atoned...