[Intro] [Slow, soulful acoustic guitar picking] [Heavy pauses between notes] [Warm, resonant bass strings] [Verse 1] I was barely twenty one when I saw her in the pines With a gaze like bourbon whiskey and a face that defied time She’d been hardened by the seasons and the dust of every road While I was just a young man with a light and easy load She took me down to the river where the willow branches lean The toughest kind of angel that a man has ever seen [Chorus] She’s got a Marlboro heart, in a cold world of stone Finding silver linings, where the dusty wind is blown Through the rising dust and the fading light, She’s the spark that’s makes my whole world ignite Yeah, a Marlboro heart in a world of stone [Verse 2] When the storms of life grew heavy and the winter wind was high She didn't look for exits and she didn't ask me why She stayed right by my bedside as daylight faded to grey Chasing all the devils and the ghosts in me away She’s barreled through fire and she’s tamed the burnin’ flame, The kind of jagged diamond isn’t playin’ games. [Chorus] She’s got a Marlboro heart, in a cold world of stone Finding silver linings, where the dusty wind is blown Through the rising dust and the fading light, She’s the spark that’s makes my whole world ignite Yeah, a Marlboro heart in a world of stone [Bridge] [Slow, melodic guitar solo] [Deep, lingering notes] The preachers say that virtue is found in white and lace But I found my salvation in a weathered, smoky face She’s a rough-cut kind of lovin’, that reaches to the deep The kind of road hard promise that the mountain breezes keep [Chorus] She’s got a Marlboro heart, in a cold world of stone Finding silver linings, where the dusty wind is blown Through the rising dust and the fading light, She’s the spark that’s makes my whole world ignite Yeah, a Marlboro heart in a world of stone [Outro] [Slowest guitar picking] Never fail, no... Down by the river side She’s my joy and she’s my pride [Long, final acoustic ring] [End]
