i grew up near what they call the flats   aint too many people knows where its at   cant hear the highway cant see a way out   i guarantee it aint nothin worth cryin about      daddy left us all back in '91   left us all wonderin what it was we done   id stand in the yard and stare down the road   i guess i must have missed how i just don't know      got the broken promises   got the broken home   don't break yourself on a   heart of stone      i married a girl i met in Tennessee   the baby didn't make it, so neither did we   i still think about her but shes fadin fast   it don't do no good dwellin on the past      got the broken promises   got the broken home   don't break yourself on a   heart of stone      well i call momma every now and then   to say im comin home but i don't know when   well i ran into daddy but its been so long   i don't tell momma, i don't let on      got the broken promises   got the broken home   don't break yourself on a   heart of stone      well i got drunk with daddy just the other night   he said "he was glad to see i turned out alright"   i hear people sayin "like father like son"   don't think about it much but i worry bout it some      a heart of stone   don't break yourself   on a heart of stone   don't break yourself   on a heart of stone