Pocket of Gold Songtext
von The Ballroom Thieves

She said a war ain′t a war before both sides bleed
I got arms like a rope and a belly like an old oak tree
I was looking for a dry home that I could outgrow
Once the bed don't fit no more

I said, my lover is 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


I need an untamed woman with a sharp tongue
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 love has never met a mirror at the hour that I needed it most
Spent all this time choking truth from 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