A Gold Cross on a Rope Chain

[Verse 1]

In West Jefferson she grew up dirt poor

And in a mountain revival she turned to the Lord

She learned that He loved with no conditions

A love that she gave to her daughters and sons

[Chorus]

She wore a gold cross on a rope chain

Said a little prayer in the father′s name

Watched over her whole flock

Called them all by their full names

Never stopped holding on to her only claim to fame

She wore a gold cross on a ropе chain

[Verse 2]

Now out here in Nashville I'm drinking again

And еveryone knows it, I can′t keep it hid

And when in my failure I cut the last thread

I reach for that cross on that chain by the bed

[Chorus]

She wore a gold cross on a rope chain

Said a little prayer in the father's name

I just drove off

I was 17 and a day

Left her holding on to her only claim to fame

She wore a gold cross on a rope chain

[Bridge]

And when that old cancer had took the bloodstream

She called me up just to ask if I'd sing

And then she knelt down and gave everything

To God the father and Jesus the king

[Chorus]

She wore a gold cross on a rope chain

Said a little prayer in the father′s name

Watched over her whole flock

Called them all by their full names

Never stopped holding on to her only claim to fame

She wore a gold cross on a rope chain