When the first light hits the morning He rolls himself into another minute of sleep When the bell cracks the silence This familiar pain comes back as the days before He puts on his boots and his black coat To walk the same old road like he always did A rolled up smoke cold cup of coffee And one last kiss for the next ten hours or so Every day living a low life Just another dance to the tunes of a broken dream Every day living a low life Just another dance to the tunes of a broken dream He's got nothing in his pockets All the cash he'd earned he spent To buy his blue eyed darling A shiny ring to keep her at his side As he comes home from the coal mine He finds her with another man inside That's how life puts him to test He turns his head and goes for the best Every day living a low life Just another dance to the tunes of a broken dream Every day living a low life Just another dance to the tunes of a broken dream