Be Mine
He sat there on that mountain
Underneath the coal black sky
Holds her hand as she slips away
He was too damn tired to cry
The preacher said a few words
And left before the sun did shine
He didn’t need no time to mourn
And he didn’t care about feeling fine
He had loved her through it all
Yet she had roaming eyes
He learned of her cheatin’ ways
He learned of her lies
But by then the sickness had stricken
She was on the decline
He waited by her bedside
Till he could go back in that mine
Forty years of dying underground
To see a life for that doll’s eyes
But sometimes a man just cannot win
No matter how hard he tries
The mine was dark as hell
And as cool as her design
And no one was around to see
When he took her where the sun don’t shine
She looked around with her last glance
And she gestured to the skies
He told her he had always loved her
But sometimes that love dies
Neither would see the light of day
Not a drop of morning sun shine
He had one last dying wish
To spend eternity in that mine