I'm On Your Side

I'm standing right beside you darling

I'll always have your back

They can throw the dirt they gather up

And I'll throw that dirt right back

They don't know the girl I held up

Or the sins we already confessed

We were two drunk lovers tired of the test

Looking for each other through the rubble and the dust

We were only trying to keep a little pride

Darling I'm on your side

Darling I'm on your side

The whiskey came and wine did too

Those lovers never lit the flame

They talked you right out of your boots

But never knew your sacred name

He washed up on your shore today

The way young lovers do

You left him face down in the sand

And slid the ring back on his hand

You were only trying to keep a little pride

So darling I'm on your side

Darling I'm on your side

So let them sing about us

You can see the birds above

Circle like they think they've found

Some bones to make a trophy of

All the bitter tongues can find

The taste is jealousy

But you helped me up off of my knees

And helped my blind eyes to see

And you gave me back a little bit of pride

So darling I'm on your side

Darling I'm on your side