An Us That Never Was

We was to never be Ever as we was Never will there be an us Fever one self And done you wrong Like a country song You was hurt so Bring dirty in on the rug And surly this was love Such a women would don a crown above her A polite southerner would say Should had done you better Then gone on to the next one Loneliness draws the moth to the flame Came to one door Fed me from one plate And give of one bed You didn't wish to lay unwed Led me in pray Even though I might stray I ought not to be so lucky You stuck along side This fool and his pride Use not my love as an excuse For above which you will otherwise leave A plate of rice and beans is kept waiting on the stove For what else is Heaven but a place that service your favorites? Of where grace is said before every meal A space is set with an empty seat I treated you badly Had it not been for me you would had knew joy Could had seen Rome Known not of this silent that greets you Cradling hands around a body that you couldn't lent me In a home that you wouldn't rent me Strength alone will only mend a heart but not heal it I couldn't deal with such things as parting So instead I started to writ