Eastern Continental Divide

Verse I found no satisfaction in the lies I told to you Anything is better than the cumbrance of the truth So I stole your last gold dollar Took everything I could find Went out west to gamble Drink out the trouble in mind I crossed that deep muddy water The last of my dignity and pride Watched them sink down in the bottom of that eastern continental divide Now I plead here in your mercy, oh the shame that I brought on us all A beggar in the arms of charity, like Adam after the fall And I leave you my apology, though I am doing my time I never meant to hit the bottom of that eastern continental divide verse I thought I'd make our fortune Make something outta nothing again Like I did when I first loved you When I was an honest man Now my eyes are blacker than burned out tyres As I walk to the rising sun Too far gone for turning around Nothing left to be won I crossed that great smokey mountain From Tennessee to South Carolina Faded in the bottom of that eastern continental divide Now I plead here in your mercy, oh the shame that I brought on us all A beggar in the arms of charity, like Adam after the fall And I leave you my apology, though I am doing my time You never will get over that eastern continental divide That eastern continental divide