i knew him when his heart was cold
and coal black as the night
he would drink and cuss and dance
and stay out late at night
but she built a bridge
one heart were hers and his
now he drinks the dew of heaven's bounty
the richest man in beaver county
he works all day and smiles all night
dinner's just how daddy likes
and he drinks and smiles in pure delight
and when he dreams, he feels alive
strange days around the maypole
come what may we dare not smile
but in our eyes there is a sparkle
the reclaimed roads, the dusty miles
bluegill swim, the catfish moan
the bob white like a cannonade
she puts her mind to spinning yarn
a castle out on east west main
she built a bridge
one heart were hers and his
now he drinks the dew of heaven's bounty
the richest man in beaver county
she built a bridge
one heart where hers and his
now he drinks the dew of heaven's bounty
the richest man in beaver county
come what may we dare not smile