M.P. Shaudd Poet Lyric

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

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