Lyrics of When love was king

When pain didn't reign and love was king
We could wash our hand of most anything
Now i inherited my father's sin
I was born and raised in the midst of it

Before a preacher spoke those words in red
And holy men would bow their heads
Before i was the man i am
The oldest son of abraham

The day i drowned in fire and stone
I found out what i'd always known
I still remember, i still see
A heart that shrouds to a voice that sings
When pain didn't reign and love was king

My daddy was a gambler, a drinking man
He showed his love with the back of his hand
Never saw him smile, not a flicker of grace
Think he buried 'em with mamma in the tennessee clay

The day i drowned in fire and stone
I found out what i'd always known
I still remember, i still see
A heart that shrouds to a voice that sings
When pain didn't reign and love was king

The day i drowned in fire and stone
I found out what i'd always known
But i still remember, i still see
A heart that shrouds, and a voice that sings
When pain didn't reign and love was king

A heart that shrouds, and a voice that sings
Like when pain didn't reign and love was king