Back in the hills when we were only kids

Love shined like a diamond in your eyes

I swore I'd never hurt you - then I did

Now I'm all alone with all my lies

I promised that I'd never be untrue

I'd never make you cry

The only promise that I didn't break

Was to love you until the day I die



I wish I'd never seen those city lights

A sight for a country boy to see

For every one that you see shinin' bright

Another is burnin' out like me

I wouldn't listen though you told me dear

I couldn't see the lie

But all the same I still love you tonight

And I'll love you until the day I die



They built this prison just for fools like me

Who don't know a treasure from a stone

I killed a man now I won't ever see

The green rollin' hills where I was born

No I won't ever see your face again

But if I close my eyes

I can almost hear you call me back to then

And I'll love you until the day I die