she said a war ain t a war before both sides bleed i got arms like rope and a belly like an old oak tree i was looking for dry home that i could outgrow once the bed don t fit no more i told my lover it s a long night hurry if you re running with me and if the favor of her heart was caution then her eyes never pinned it to me if every dollar i owned was all that she stole i could have sold my heart for a pocket of gold i could have been a well kept man but it isn t so ohh whoa i need an untamed woman with a sharp tongue well go on son go and try to get you one one that says oh you should know i ll haunt you like a goddamn ghost i said i never knew the moral but i guess that s how the story goes my lover s never been a mirror in the hour that i needed it most spent all this time choking truth for lies when all the while it s hiding in a six foot hole i could have been a well kept man you know i could have been a well kept man i could have been a well kept man but it isn t so ohh whoa