Child, please don't worrynThere will be plenty of time now to find your eyenHe's been calling her to bednTo come make a home and start againnWell she ain't coming back and you know whynnIt's a hard life we're livingnI want to lay down here right next to you and dienBut it ain't no family stone that's gonna bring your baby homenWell she ain't coming back and you know whynnWe've been praying out on gravel roadsnYou know we ain't gonna waste no timenParading our hearts from door to doornWell we ain't gonna waste no timenIt's a high lonesome road to holdnBut I'm not going to change at allnNo you ain't gonna see me hang this here head and crynnChild, don't get behind menIt's hard enough to fake but Lord I trynI'd hate to miss my chance to use the phone and make amendsnWell she ain't coming back so I don't trynnnWe've been praying out on gravel roadsnYou know we ain't gonna waste no timenParading our hearts from door to doornWell we ain't gonna waste no timenIt's a high lonesome road to holdnBut I'm not going to change at allnNo you ain't gonna see me hang this here head and cry