Kenny Rogers - Tomb Of The Unknown Love Lyrics
One time I drove to see a girl across the countryOne night as I was driving through to MexicoI had the windows wide openIt was cold and I was cryingAnd I later laid her on the radioThen I stopped that side of Tahoethru this tiny mining townAt a diner to be filled for the rideAnd in the wind I heard this cryingLike a heart broke cried a tuneI turned my collar up and went inside.Well, I saw this smiling waitressJoshing friendly with these truckersThat give her pats and she gives them shovesI said: Miss, watch that awful crying.Everybody laughed and said:Its the tomb of the unknown love.And then they pointed out the window to this stoneAll by myself, beneath the tree, beside the hillAnd on that winter nightI read these words aloneThese words that are haunting me still, it said:Here lies a young man struck down in his primeBy the awesome burning power of loveHe couldnt stand this true love cheatingSo he shot the girl downThey hung him from that tree up ( right ) aboveI know that local folks say its the windBut I know its crying from the tomb of the unknown love.So I drove on to my destinationI did the job my heart commanded of meAnd when the sheriff sirens came upI did believe and tried to findThey counted ten, I came out at threeSo now I guess tomorrow morningWarden reads some kind of paperHow Im gonna pay the state for what Ive doneHey, didnt they put their shackles on meAnd theyll take a little walkThey wont have to drag me cos its said and doneAnd maybe someday they can put me at this stoneAll by itself, beneath the tree, beside the hillAnd lovers everywhere can come and meet aloneThese words that forgive them up to, and itll say:Here lies a young man struck down in his primeBy the awesome burning power of loveHe couldnt stand this true love cheatingSo he shot the girl downThey hung him from that tree up ( right ) aboveI know that local folks say its the windBut I know its crying from the tomb of the unknown love.
