Darlin', let me in It's only me
Gotta talk of how our lives will be
I found us two ways outta here, but I don't know which is right
Sweetheart, ya gotta help me choose tonight

Chorus:
I only know our love's worth fightin' for,
Though livin' isn't easy, and freedom takes much more
But while we got each other, there's somewhere we can find
To leave this desolation valley far behind

Can't just be good victims anymore
Pa won't leave us anything but poor
So do we both go underground, a paper game to play,
Or head for empty country, far away?

(musical interlude)

Country livin's hard, and land ain't cheap
Lose one crop and we're in trouble deep
We'd have to barter, make, or grow everything we'd own,
But there, at least, we might be left alone

To leave this desolation valley far behind