Two Hands on the Plow

I've looked high and I've looked low
Thought I's learning things that no one else knows
I've looked under twigs and I've looked under stones
It was rare that I found much I could truly call my own
But I've looked high and I've looked low

You told me that you'd love me and that you'd always do me good
Such kindness I found strange; I little understood
You opened up your soul and you gave your heart to me
I may've been a drunk, but I was falling at your feet
You opened up you soul and you gave your heart to me

I made do the only way that I knew how
With a foot down in the ditch and with two hands on the plow
I wanted more than my fates would allow
And it's hard to say where I'm headed now

I listen to the engine of the train that's rolling by
I watch the rain a' falling and the lightening in the sky
My mind is filled with troubles and I wish that I could cry
I'd tell you what I's feeling but it's so hard to describe
I listen to the engine of the train rolling by

I lay here in the darkness thinking I might go insane
It seems I cannot move but I know I cannot stay
There's sorrow in my heart and madness in my veins
So many things were good, but I've destroyed them in many ways
Sorrow in my heart and madness in my veins

I made do the only way that I knew how
With a foot down in the ditch and with two hands on the plow
I wanted more than my fates would allow
And it's hard to say where I'm headed now