The Ballroom Thieves - Pocket of Gold Lyrics

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