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 till 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 shining bright another is burning 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 till the day i die they built this prison just for fools like me who don t know treasure from stone i killed a man now i won t ever see the green rolling 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 till the day i die i ll love you till the day i die