Until the Day I Die

Back in the hills when we were only kids
 Love shined like a diamond in your eyes
 I swore I'd never hurt you - then I did
 Now I'm all alone with all my lies
 I promised that I'd never be untrue
 I'd never make you cry
 The only promise that I didn't break
 Was to love you until the day I die
 I wish I'd never seen those city lights
 A sight for a country boy to see
 For every one that you see shinin' bright
 Another is burnin' out like me
 I wouldn't listen though you told me dear
 I couldn't see the lie
 But all the same I still love you tonight
 And I'll love you until the day I die
 They built this prison just for fools like me
 Who don't know a treasure from a stone
 I killed a man now I won't ever see
 The green rollin' hills where I was born
 No I won't ever see your face again
 But if I close my eyes
 I can almost hear you call me back to then
 And I'll love you until the day I die