Pay my respect to the company store
I ain´t got no money don´t want no more
Pay my respects to the company boys
now just move along
I worked hard for every little bit I got
And got lucky once on some advice
Met a dark haired girl that the Mississippi moon
Musta left by mistake one night
In a hurry, Lord
And that ain´t the hardest part
The hardest part is loving
Somebody that cares for you so much

Promises don´t pay cash at the bank
If they did I´m bidding your word
They couldn´t pay me for the time that it took to write a check
To buy a babydoll for my girl
And I worked hard for every little bit I got
The things I got are gonna stay
and it´s been flooding so hard on them company mines
That you know it´s gonna flood someday
And you´re gonna miss someone
And that ain´t the hardest part
The hardest part is loving somebody that cares for you
And that ain´t the hardest part
The hardest part is working and I´ve worked enough
I could stretch that penny like a silver line
Rolling through the pages of my life
Underneath your name where it´s underlined
I´ve been turned around
I´ve been mystified by a true love
And that ain´t the hardest part
Talkin´ bout a true love
And that ain´t the hardest part
And that ain´t the hardest part
And that ain´t the hardest part