Broke Down Lyrics - Broke Down - Slaid Cleaves

Sherry had a pawn shop band of gold 

A sink full of dishes and a love grown cold 

Along came a boy, pretty as the devil 

She took his hand, the whole thing unravelled 

There's no turnin' round, it's broke down 

Billy took the ring, jammed it in his pocket 

Drove down town and tried to hock it 

Down at the bottom of Lake Ponchartrain 

There's a love not carved inside a wedding ring 

Broke down, cracked and shattered 

Left in pieces like it never even mattered 

Broke down, torn and frayed, ain't nothin' left you could give away 

There's no turnin' round, it's broke down 

Ain't no tellin where love goes 

Maybe down where the black river flows 

Won't be comin' back round, it's broke down 

Baby in the back seat, and another on the way 

Sherry thinks of Billy at the end of every day 

Spends her nights waiting for real life to start 

Listening to the sound of her double crossed heart 

Broke down, cracked and shattered 

Left in pieces like it never even mattered 

There's no turnin' round, it's broke down 

On the other side of town, two lovers lie still 

Cigarette smokin' on a window sill 

There's a picture locked up in an old suitcase 

Billy closes his eyes but he still sees her face 

Broke down, cracked and shattered 

Left in pieces like it never even mattered 

Broke down, torn and frayed, ain't nothin' left you could give away 

There's no turnin' round, it's broke down, broke down