We Never Lived Without Love

There's a miners hat on the mantle There's a pair of boots by the door His old lunch pail, ain't ever failed To pull a 16 hour tour While we lived paycheck to paycheck The thing we were most proud of Though our house was small, we all got along Cause we never lived without love We never lived without love And whenever times got rough If push came to shove, he was plain tough We never lived without love After 30 years in the coal mine He lost more than one or two friends His back was sore and in 54 He put his retirement in Though he never owned a mansion It didn't matter because The lessons he taught, the way that he fought We never did without love Daddy's back was shot by his 50's His lungs were black from the coal But in his final words he told us I'll always love you so We never lived without love Or the blessings from above The words on his grave, still read to this day Here lies a man full of love We never lived without love