I grew up near what they call the flats
Ain't too many people knows where it's at
Can't hear the highway, can't see a way out
I guarantee it ain't nothing worth crying about
Daddy left us all back in '91
Left us all wondering what it was we done
I'd stand in the yard and stare down the road
I guess I must have missed him, now I just don't know
Got the broken promises
Got the broken home
Don't break yourself on a
Heart of stone
I married a girl I met in Tennessee
The baby didn't make it, so neither did we
I still think about her, but she's fading fast
It don't do no good dwelling on the past
Got the broken promises
Got the broken home
Don't break yourself on a
Heart of stone
Well, I call momma every now and then
To say I'm coming home, but I don't know when
Well, I ran into daddy, but it's been so long
I don't tell momma, I don't let on
Got the broken promises
Got the broken home
Don't break yourself on a
Heart of stone
Well, I got drunk with daddy just the other night
He said he was glad to see I turned out alright
I hear people saying, "Like father, like son"
Don't think about it much, but I worry about it some
A heart of stone
Don't break yourself
On a heart of stone
Don't break yourself
On a heart of stone