Pocket of Gold

She said, "A war ain't a war before both sides bleed" I got arms like rope and a belly like an old oak tree I was looking for dry home that I could outgrow Once the bed don't fit no more I told my lover, "It's a long night, hurry if you're running with me" And if the favor of her heart was caution then her eyes never pinned it to me If every dollar I owned was all that she stole I could have sold my heart for a pocket of gold I could have been a well kept man but it isn't so Oh-woah I need an untamed woman with a sharp tongue Well, go on son, go and try to get you one One that says, "Oh you should know I'll haunt you like a goddamn ghost" I said I never knew the moral but I guess that's how the story goes My lover's never been a mirror in the hour that I needed it most, most Spent all this time choking truth for lies When all the while it's hiding in a six foot hole I could have been a well kept man You know I could have been a well kept man I could have been a well kept man but it isn't so Oh-woah --- Pocket of Gold - The Ballroom Thieves