When Love Was King
When pain didn't reign and love was kingWe could wash our hands of most anythingI inherited my fathers sinI was born and raised in the midst of itBefore a preacher spoke those words in redAnd holy men would bow their headBefore I was the man I amThe older son of Abraham
The day I drowned in fire and stormI found out, what I'd always knownI still remember, I still seeA heart that trusts and avoids that sadness
When pain didn't reign and love was kingMy daddy was a gambler, drinking manShowed his love with the back of his handNever saw him smile, not a flicker of grazeI think he buried him with momma in a Tennesse clay
The day I drowned in fire and stormI found out, what I'd always knownAnd I still remember, I still seeA heart that trusts and avoids that sadnessWhen pain didn't reign and love was king
The day I drowned in fire and stormI found out, what I'd always knownAnd I still remember, I still seeA heart that trusts and avoids that sadnessWhen pain didn't reign and love was kingA heart that trusts and avoids that sadnessBack when pain didn't reign and love was king